As part of our continued growth, Neo Group is recruiting on behalf of one of our local partners, leveraging our network of 1,400 talented professionals across 10+ countries. Together, we are committed to delivering innovative, data-driven solutions that empower our clients and foster professional growth within a dynamic and collaborative workplace.

We are on the lookout for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join our Engineering Team.

Step into a high-impact role as a Senior Infrastructure Engineer. You will run and maintain our partner's Linux (Debian and Rocky Linux) and Proxmox VE infrastructure, owning the full lifecycle of virtual machines from provisioning and migration to upgrades and decommissioning. You won't just keep servers healthy; you will plan production maintenance and major upgrades, manage backup, restore and disaster recovery, and automate repetitive work with Ansible and scripting. If you are careful with production changes, love troubleshooting across compute, storage and networking, and take real ownership, we would love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities

Linux System Administration: Operate and maintain Linux infrastructure based on Debian and Rocky Linux
Virtualization & Cluster Management: Operate and maintain Proxmox VE clusters and virtual machines
Virtual Machine Lifecycle: Manage the full lifecycle of virtual machines, including provisioning, migration, upgrade, and decommissioning
System Updates & Upgrades: Plan and perform Linux and Proxmox updates/upgrades, including major version upgrades
Production Maintenance Planning: Plan and execute infrastructure maintenance activities in production environments
Data Protection & Disaster Recovery: Manage VM/server backup and restore processes and validate recovery procedures
Infrastructure Troubleshooting: Troubleshoot infrastructure issues across compute, storage, operating systems, and networking
Automation & Scripting: Automate repetitive operational tasks using Ansible and scripting
Infrastructure Migrations: Participate in infrastructure migrations and production changes
Change Management & Risk Mitigation: Prepare change plans, validation steps, and rollback procedures for high-risk infrastructure changes

Requirements

5+ years of hands-on experience with Linux infrastructure
Strong knowledge of Debian / Rocky Linux
Hands-on production experience with Proxmox VE, KVM/QEMU and Proxmox clusters
Good understanding of cluster concepts including quorum, Corosync and failure scenarios
Strong practical experience with ZFS, including pools, datasets, snapshots, replication, disk replacement and failure recovery
Experience with VM migration and live migration
Experience performing Linux and Proxmox updates/upgrades
Strong Linux administration knowledge including systemd, package management, boot process, filesystems, LVM, RAID, mounts, permissions, SSH and sudo
Good understanding of Linux networking: TCP/IP, routing, VLANs, bonding, DNS, MTU and firewall basics
Hands-on experience with backup and restore, including recovery after VM or server failures
Understanding of backup, snapshot and replication concepts
Experience with Proxmox Backup Server or similar solutions
Practical experience with Ansible, Bash and Git
Strong troubleshooting skills for CPU, memory, disk I/O, filesystem and network issues

Nice to Have

Experience with shared or distributed storage systems, such as Ceph, SAN, iSCSI, NFS or similar solutions
Python
Monitoring systems such as Zabbix, Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics or Grafana
Experience with physical servers and data center hardware
Hardware RAID / HBA
IPMI / iDRAC / iLO
Experience participating in disaster recovery or infrastructure migration projects

Soft Skills

Strong ownership and responsibility
Careful approach to production changes
Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues independently
Good documentation and communication skills
Focus on automation, reliability and operational simplicity

Benefits

Hybrid work model
Flexible working schedule
Interesting product
Learning opportunities
Career growth prospects

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

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