Key Responsibilities

CTERA Management & Administration

- Deployment: Install, configure, and maintain CTERA Portals and Edge Filers (Virtual

and Physical).
- Storage Orchestration: Manage global file systems, including cloud storage routing

(AWS S3, Azure Blob, or Google Cloud Storage).
- Data Protection: Configure and monitor CTERA backup agents, snapshot policies, and

disaster recovery replication.
- Performance Tuning: Optimize caching policies and bandwidth throttling to ensure low-

latency file access across branch offices.

Linux Systems Engineering

- Server Administration: Manage the underlying Linux distributions (CentOS/RHEL,

Ubuntu) supporting the CTERA ecosystem.
- Scripting & Automation: Develop Bash, Python, or Ansible scripts to automate routine

storage tasks, monitoring, and reporting.
- Connectivity: Troubleshooting NFS/SMB mounts, Kerberos authentication, and

LDAP/Active Directory integration within Linux environments.
- Security: Harden Linux OS and ensure compliance with encryption standards (AES-

256) and TLS protocols.

Required Technical Skills

Category Requirements





Storage Platform Expertise in CTERA Portal, CTERA Edge Filers, and CTERA Drive.

Operating Systems Advanced Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu/Debian) administration and kernel tuning.

Networking Mastery of L2/L3 switching and routing, BGP, OSPF, and SD-WAN architecture.

Firewall & Security Proficiency in Stateful Inspection Firewalls, NAT/PAT, ACLs, and

Web Application Firewalls (WAF).

Protocols Deep knowledge of NFS (v3/v4), SMB/CIFS, S3 API, and HTTPS/TLS.

Cloud Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP storage and VPC networking.

Preferred Qualifications

Certification: CTERA Certified Skilled, RHCSA/RHCE, or Network certifications

(CCNA/CCNP, PCNSE).

Security Focus: Experience with Varonis, Stealthbits, or other file auditing tools.

- Monitoring: Familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, or Zabbix for storage health

dashboards..
- Integration: Knowledge of Kofax, Managed File Transfer (MFT), or other document

management tools that interface between applications.

📌 Senior Software Engineer (Chennai)
🏢 Virtusa
📍 Chennai