Role Overview :

Linux Solution Consultant with 8 years of overall IT experience, including 3 years in solution or platform consulting roles, with a strong understanding of VMware, KVM, and other enterprise virtualization platforms.

Responsibilities :

Architecture & Design :

- Lead solution and enterprise architecture activities, translating business, security, and operational requirements into implementable technical architectures.
- Drive architecture governance, including architecture board reviews, approvals, and compliance to enterprise standards.
- Identify, document, and justify product gaps, risks, constraints, and acceptable architectural deviations.
- Translate high-level architectures into executable technical designs, standards, and reference architectures.

Implementation :

- Design, deploy, and operate solutions using HPE VM Essentials / Morpheus, with strong hands-on involvement.
- Provide advanced Linux / UNIX administration and troubleshooting, including performance tuning and stability improvements.
- Design and implement KVM-based virtualization solutions in enterprise environments.
- Develop automation scripts and tooling to standardize provisioning, configuration, validation, and lifecycle management.
- Support technical validation, UAT, and production readiness activities.
- Perform root cause analysis with structured incident, problem, and post-incident documentation.

Delivery & Collaboration :





- Resolve technical dependencies and cross-domain integration challenges.
- Work effectively with cross-functional teams, including operations, compliance, and business stakeholders.
- Demonstrate high accountability and reliability in meeting delivery commitments.
- Context-switch effectively between technical deep dives, architectural discussions, and stakeholder conversations.

Mandatory Technical Skills :

- KVM virtualization experience.
- Strong infrastructure and compute background : Virtualization, Networking, Storage, Security.
- Strong capability to analyse customer requirements and develop viable technical solution proposals.
- Solid understanding of Linux / Unix : Kernel behavior, boot process, systemd, Filesystems (ext4, XFS, GFS2), LVM, VxFS, multipathing, udev.
- Experience in Serviceguard and pacemaker clustering technologies.
- Strong understanding of Storage : SAN/NAS concepts (FC, iSCSI, NFS), Storage integration with Linux and virtualization platforms.
- Strong understanding of Virtualization & Compute : Extensive experience with KVM/libvirt, VMware concepts (ESXi, vCenter) and migration strategies, CPU models, NUMA awareness, SR-IOV, PCI passthrough, nested virtualization.
- Strong understanding of Networking : Deep understanding of Linux networking (Bonding, bridging, VLANs), TCP/IP fundamentals, MTU, jumbo frames, troubleshooting complex network paths in virtualized environments.
- Advanced Linux administration and troubleshooting.

📌 Technical Consultant - Linux Platform & Virtualization (India)
🏢 Netsmore Technologies
📍 India