Senior Linux & DevOps Engineer

As a Senior Linux & DevOps Engineer, you will:

• Administer and support Linux environments, including troubleshooting CPU, memory, disk, and other system-level issues.
  
• Handle issues related to on-premises servers and virtual machines (VMs).
  
• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and modules for infrastructure automation.
  
• Create and maintain monitoring dashboards and alerts using Grafana.
  
• Work hands-on with Prometheus, including writing PromQL queries, configuring alerts, and understanding how metrics are collected and delivered to Prometheus.
  
• Create, maintain, and troubleshoot Azure DevOps pipelines.
  
• Work with Azure DevOps artifacts and branch policies.
  
• Support continuous integration and continuous delivery processes across development and infrastructure environments.
  
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and DevOps issues and drive them through to resolution.
  
• Collaborate with technical teams to maintain reliable, automated, and well-monitored environments.
  
• Proactively identify potential infrastructure, monitoring, and deployment issues and take corrective action.
  

What You Bring to the Table:

• 8–10 years of overall professional experience in Linux administration, DevOps, infrastructure engineering, or a closely related field.
  
• Strong hands-on experience with Linux administration.
  
• Proven experience troubleshooting CPU, memory, disk, and other Linux system issues.
  
• Experience handling on-premises server and VM-related issues.
  
• Strong hands-on experience with Ansible.
  
• Ability to write and maintain Ansible playbooks and roles.
  
• Good understanding of Ansible modules and module concepts.
  
• Hands-on experience with Grafana, including dashboard creation and alert configuration.
  
• Hands-on experience with Prometheus, including PromQL queries and alerting.
  
• Understanding of Prometheus metrics collection and data flow.
  
• Hands-on knowledge of Azure DevOps.
  
• Experience creating and troubleshooting Azure DevOps pipelines.
  
• Knowledge of Azure DevOps Artifacts and branch policies.
  
• Familiarity with scripting using Bash and/or Python.
  
• Knowledge of RDBMS concepts, including indexes and keys.
  
• Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.
  
• Proactive approach to infrastructure and operational responsibilities.
  

You should possess the ability to:

• Diagnose and resolve complex Linux system and infrastructure issues.
  
• Troubleshoot CPU, memory, disk, and other operating-system-level problems.
  
• Manage and troubleshoot on-premises servers and virtual machines.
  
• Automate infrastructure and operational tasks using Ansible.
  
• Develop effective Ansible playbooks and reusable roles.
  
• Configure Grafana dashboards and alerts for infrastructure monitoring.
  
• Write effective PromQL queries and configure Prometheus alerts.
  
• Understand how application and infrastructure metrics are generated, collected, and exposed to Prometheus.
  
• Create, maintain, and troubleshoot Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
  
• Work with Azure DevOps artifacts and enforce appropriate branch policies.
  
• Use Bash and/or Python scripting to automate repetitive operational tasks.
  
• Apply RDBMS fundamentals when troubleshooting or working with database-dependent systems.
  
• Think critically when investigating technical problems and identify root causes.
  
• Work proactively to prevent recurring infrastructure and deployment issues.
  
• Communicate effectively with technical teams and take ownership of assigned issues and deliverables.
  

What we bring to the table:

• The opportunity to work across Linux infrastructure, DevOps, automation, and monitoring.
  
• Exposure to enterprise infrastructure spanning on-premises servers, virtual machines, and cloud/DevOps environments.
  
• Hands-on work with Ansible, Grafana, Prometheus, and Azure DevOps.
  
• Opportunities to contribute to infrastructure automation and CI/CD improvements.
  
• A collaborative technical environment focused on reliability, monitoring, automation, and continuous improvement.
  
• Opportunities to solve complex infrastructure and DevOps challenges while improving operational efficiency.
  

Let’s Connect

Want to discuss this opportunity in more detail? Feel free to reach out.

Recruiter: Giftson Paul Davidson
Phone: +31 20 369 0609 ; Extn : 151
E-mail: giftson.p@stafide.nl
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giftsonpauldavidson/