Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Pune · On-site

About this role

Come work at a place where innovation and teamwork come together to support the most exciting missions in the world!

Come work at a place where innovation and teamwork come together to support the most exciting missions in the world!
We are looking for talented and motivated candidate who are interested in solving complex problems and deliver robust solutions. You will be responsible for design & development, learn new technology & cloud services & Kubernetes , DevOps components, and Complex Target setup for the lab.
The role will be responsible for designing, provisioning, configuring, troubleshooting, and maintaining complex target environments used for product validation, vulnerability research, zero-day vulnerability configuration based on customer-specific use cases.
This role requires strong hands-on expertise in cloud infrastructure, Linux/Windows administration, virtualization, networking, automation, application deployment, and troubleshooting. The engineer will work closely with the Product team, Signature, QA, Engineering, and teams to deliver environments within defined timelines.
The ideal candidate should have 7–12 years of experience in cloud infrastructure management, including a minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in VMware environments (VC, ESXi, MSPT / Linux patching, upgrades, HA-DRS, vSAN, etc.) and experience with other virtualization technologies. Additionally, the candidate must have at least 4 years of hands-on experience with Linux infrastructure, along with DevOps skills in configuring, administering, and maintaining application pods and containerized environments.
Key Responsibilities & Skills
• Strong hands-on experience with Linux operating systems (RHEL, CentOS, Oracle Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu) including installation, configuration, troubleshooting, patching, and performance tuning.
• Extensive experience in Linux system administration, including server provisioning, configuration management, patching, and performance optimization in enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise in troubleshooting complex Linux system issues, including kernel, memory, CPU, disk I/O, and network performance analysis.
• Good understanding of Linux system architecture, including CPU, memory management, file systems, networking, and system services.
• Support zero-day vulnerability configuration by rapidly provisioning and configuring required target environments.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, HTTP/HTTPS, SSL/TLS, load balancing, routing, firewalls, and proxies.
• Hands-on experience with automation and scripting using Bash, Python, or Ansible to automate system administration and operational tasks.
• Experience managing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows using tools such as Jenkins, Git, and related automation platforms.
• Basic to intermediate knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with containerized and cloud-native environments, including managing Linux systems in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Hands-on experience with virtualization technologies such as VMware and KVM, including VM provisioning, configuration, and administration.
• Hands-on experience in installation, configuration, and performance tuning of distributed systems such as Oracle, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, Kafka, Redis, and Ceph in multi–data center environments.
• Strong understanding of Linux security and compliance, including system hardening, access control, SELinux policies, firewall configuration, and vulnerability management.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills for production issues, infrastructure incidents, and system performance optimization.
• Work on complex technologies such as Oracle PeopleSoft, Oracle WebLogic Server, IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS), IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS), IBM Spectrum, IBM Tivoli, Microsoft Exchange, VMware vRealize, BMC Helix & Other enterprise and customer-specific technologies
• Experience in storage performance tuning and troubleshooting including analyzing latency, IOPS, throughput, and resolving storage bottlenecks in enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of storage infrastructure management including capacity planning, storage •replication, backup integration, and maintaining high availability in multi-datacenter environments.
Good to have Hands-on experience with Windows Active Directory, DNS, Exchange, SharePoint, and windows patching (MSPT)
• Self-motivation and sense of ownership and accountability.
• Ability to analyze problems and create solutions.
• Ability to work independently and professionally.

Company at a glance

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS) is a leading provider of disruptive cloud-based security, compliance and IT solutions with more than 10,000 subscription customers worldwide, including a majority of the Forbes Global 100 and Fortune 100. Qualys helps organizations streamline and automate their security and compliance solutions onto a single platform for greater agility, better business outcomes, and substantial cost savings.

The Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform leverages a single agent to continuously deliver critical security intelligence while enabling enterprises to automate the full spectrum of vulnerability detection, compliance, and protection for IT systems, workloads and web applications across on premises, endpoints, servers, public and private clouds, containers, and mobile devices.

Founded in 1999 as one of the first SaaS security companies, Qualys has strategic partnerships and seamlessly integrates its vulnerability management capabilities into security offerings from cloud service providers, including Amazon Web Services, the Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure, along with a number of leading managed service providers and global consulting organizations. For more information, please visit http://www.qualys.com.

Founded1999
Team Size1,001-5,000 employees
WorkspaceOn-site
IndustryComputer and Network Security
Location
pune, Maharashtra, India
Websitequalys.com
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