• Hands on experience on Linux operating system administration and proficiency in Linux command line and shell scripting. 
• Linux user and group management 
• Creating, modifying and deleting user accounts 
• Managing user permissions and group memberships 
• Hands on in using privileged access management tools like Centrify, CyberArk, Microsoft Azure AD will be a value add. 
• Linux file system and backup management 
• Manage disk space and partitions 
• Configuring and managing RAID arrays 
• Oversee server administration, ensuring optimal performance, security and reliability 
• Experience in virtualization technologies like VMware 
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes architecture – including nodes, pods, services, deployments and namespaces. 
• Familiarity with key Kubernetes objects 
• Hands on in using K8S management tools using tools like Openlens, kubectl, Lens etc. 
• Familiarity with K8S resource management and cluster health performance monitoring – hands on tools like Kibana, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK etc. 
• Managing containers with Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes 
• Integrating with DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Gilab CI etc is a value add. 
• Basic understanding of Apache ActiveMQ** and Kafka* 
• Strong knowledge of networking fundamentals 
• Configuring network interface, routing and hostname resolution 
• Managing network services 
• Hands on in using network diagnostic tools like ping, netstat, traceroute, ip and ip tables 
• Good knowledge of protocols such as TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, HTTPS, LDAP, SMTP and SNMP 
• Experience in implementing security best practices  
• Operating systems patching experience 
• Coordinate with internal teams and stakeholders to accomplish the task.  
• Triage and route calls / tickets to appropriate resources and domains who can best support to address the issue/problem adhering to the SLA. 
• Basic understanding on Zero Trust cybersecurity principles 

Industry/domain experience in Electric Utility / Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) is a value add.