Linux SME Walkin Interview@ Gurugram Location Linux SME

Location: Gurugram, Haryana

Address: TCS GG7 office is located at Skyview Corporate Park, Sector 74A, Gurugram, Haryana, 122004

Experience: 6 years to 13 years Interview Mode: Walk In Drive

Interview Date: 8th Aug 2025 (Saturday)

Interview Time: 10: 00 AM to 1: 00 PM Mandatory skill set:

Linux/UNIX Operations & Troubleshooting (L2/L3)

OS Currency, EOL Remediation & Patch Execution

Monitoring/Event Mgmt Tooling (ServiceNow ITOM, SolarWinds, Grafana)

Cloud Operations (AWS/Azure Linux) & Automation Exposure (SSM/Ansible)

DR Support, Documentation, Risk & Capacity Inputs

Linux Tower Architecture & Standardization (Target baselines), EOL Burn-down Strategy + Patch Governance/Automation (SSM direction), Observability/Event Mgmt Integration (ITOM/SolarWinds/Grafana) Certification:

RHCSA/RHCE or equivalent Linux administration credential

- ITIL Foundation/ ITIL 4 Managing Qualified. Must-Have:

Provide L2/L3 operations for customer’s UNIX/Linux estate across on‑prem + AWS + Azure + VMware, with strong focus on OS currency (EOL remediation), patch compliance, monitoring/event management integration, and operational stability

Ownership of end-to-end Linux tower delivery service and transformation — driving Linux standardization, EOL burn-down strategy, patch automation adoption, DR readiness governance alignment, observability maturity, and SLA-led operations, emphasizing event management, patching automation, risk registry, and operating model maturity. Tools / Platforms

ITSM / Event Mgmt / AIOps: ServiceNow, ServiceNow ITOM

Infra Monitoring: SolarWinds

Observability / Logs: Grafana (Prometheus stack), Loki/Fluentd

Patching: AWS SSM direction for patching onprem + cloud

- SCCM/Intune

Automation/Orchestration: ServiceNow + AWX/Ansible + Terraform

Batch: Control‑M / Tidal (where Linux workloads rely on scheduling dependencies) Good to have:

AWS Cloud Practitioner or AWS SysOps (for Linux on AWS)





- Azure Administrator (for Linux on Azure)
- ServiceNow fundamentals
- Ansible basics.

AWS Solutions Architect (or SysOps), Azure Solutions Architect, ServiceNow ITOM fundamentals, automation certs (Ansible/Terraform) Key Responsibilities: Provide advanced troubleshooting and resolution for Linux incidents (availability, performance, filesystem, user/access, services, kernel-related issues).

Support operational activities across on‑prem, AWS, and Azure Linux estates, aligning to the broader customer operating model for infrastructure operations and administration.

Execute OS version upgrades and remediation for EOL/EOS Linux servers, prioritizing critical systems and high-risk populations (e.g., EOL VMs)

Maintain compliance with “supported version levels” expectations by ensuring planned upgrades and reducing vendor support risk exposure.

Perform patch planning/execution and support the customer’s direction to extend AWS SSM for patching across on‑prem and cloud, including pre-check/post-check automation and maintenance coordination.

Operate within the approved tool landscape for patch/image management (SCCM/Intune) where relevant to server operations and standardization.

Integrate Linux monitoring into Customer’s ServiceNow ITOM event management approach and downstream monitoring tools like SolarWinds, plus observability via Grafana/Loki where used.

Improve alert quality by participating in tuning thresholds and reduction of noisy events, consistent with the customer event management direction.

Support DR readiness activities for Linux workloads,



aligning to the TDAF callout that periodic DR testing/governance must be established (execution support, runbook validation, recovery assistance).

Provide operational inputs into capacity planning and proactive risk identification (CPU/memory/storage growth trends).

Maintain Linux SOPs/runbooks and update CMDB/service records as required through ServiceNow, aligned to the tool strategy emphasizing ITSM/CMDB integration.

Define the Linux OS standard/version baselines and a sequenced plan to reduce EOL exposure (including EOL VM populations highlighted in inventory)

Drive estate rationalization across platforms (VMware/AWS/Azure) and ensure “supported release” posture to reduce operational and security risk.

Establish patch policy, cadence, and compliance reporting; operationalize customer’s direction to extend AWS SSM patching for on‑prem and cloud, including automation of checks and standardized runbooks.

Align patch/image practices to Customer’s retained tool ecosystem (SCCM/Intune).

Ensure Linux signals (metrics/logs/events) are integrated into ServiceNow ITOM event management and correlated with downstream tooling (SolarWinds) and observability dashboards (Grafana/Loki).

Sponsor alert-quality improvements (threshold strategy, noise reduction)

Implement Linux tower contribution to DR readiness, aligned to the TDAF callout that DR drills/process governance must be mandated and executed, ensuring Linux workloads meet agreed RTO/RPO expectations by criticality.

Define Linux tower SLAs/OLAs, measurement methods, and reporting cadence.

Ensure Linux tower maintains and governs a risk register and operational documentation discipline via ServiceNow/CMDB integration.

Serve as the Linux tower escalation owner for P1/P2 issues, stakeholder communications, and cross-tower coordination (Compute/Network/DB/Storage). 15 years of Continuous Education.

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