Job Title:  Senior Consultant | Unix Shell Scripting | Bengaluru | Engineering

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India’s impact on the global economy has increased at an exponential rate and Deloitte presents an opportunity to unleash and realize your potential amongst cutting edge leaders, and organizations shaping the future of the region, and indeed, the world beyond.

At Deloitte, your whole self to work, every day. Combine that with our drive to propel with purpose and you have the perfect playground to collaborate, innovate, grow, and make an impact that matters.

The team

The Deloitte South Asia strategic growth team serves as a central pillar driving growth and transformation within DSA, spanning several business lines and various technology functions.  We are established as a centralized team collaborating across consulting, implementation, and operation to maintain and enhance client value offerings and services. We innovate conventional approaches, leveraging Deloitte technology, differentiated domain expertise, intellectual property, talent, and capacity to embed continuous advantage and deliver enhanced business value.

In this team, our focus is on catering to the unique needs and preferences of clients in the South Asia region. Your role within this dynamic team is essential for establishing networks and relationships across the client stakeholder ecosystem and ensuring service fulfillment. Additionally, you will collaborate closely with other Deloitte leadership and stakeholders dedicated to the client. Your contributions will involve nurturing new and existing relationships, supporting presales life cycles, and playing a pivotal role in driving the success of DSA business growth for the specific client.

You will be part of a global organization that is making a measurable impact that matters every day.

Your work profile

About the Role We are seeking an experienced Unix Administrator – Senior Consultant to support, manage, and optimize enterprise Linux/Unix environments across on-premises data centers and hybrid infrastructures. This role requires strong hands-on expertise with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Ubuntu Server, Linux clustering technologies, and advanced troubleshooting skills. The Senior Consultant will provide L2/L3 technical support, drive operational excellence, ensure platform stability, and contribute to automation and modernization initiatives within the Unix/Linux tower. Key Responsibilities UNIX, Red Hat HA, SUSE HA, Red Hat Clustering, Veritas Clustering, Apache Unix/Linux Server Administration

• Perform installation, configuration, administration, and troubleshooting of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Ubuntu Server environments.

• Conduct OS patching, kernel updates, security hardening, performance tuning, and lifecycle management.

• Manage logical volumes (LVM), file systems, RAID configurations, and storage integrations. Clustering & High Availability

• Implement, configure, and support Linux clustering technologies, such as: o Red Hat Cluster Suite (Pacemaker/Corosync) o HAProxy / Keepalived o DRBD, fencing agents, failover resources

•Perform cluster validation, failover testing, quorum configuration, and cluster performance diagnostics.

• Troubleshoot cluster failures, split-brain issues, node communication problems, and HA resource constraints. Scripting, Automation & Tools

• Develop and maintain automation scripts using Shell/Bash, Python, and Ansible.

• Automate routine tasks such as patching, configuration deployment, monitoring, and health audits.

• Work with configuration management and orchestration tools (Ansible, Puppet, SaltStack preferred). Networking & Security

• Manage Linux network configurations including bonding, VLANs, routing, DNS configurations, and firewall rules (firewalld/iptables).

• Implement OS-level security best practices, SELinux policies (enforcing/permissive), and vulnerability remediation.

• Support authentication integrations with LDAP/AD/Samba/Kerberos. Monitoring, Troubleshooting & Operations

• Monitor system health, performance, logs, and hardware components using tools like Nagios, Zabbix, Prometheus, or Red Hat Insights.

• Handle L2/L3 escalations for OS performance issues, application failures, kernel panics, f ilesystem corruption, and networking defects.

• Provide root-cause analysis (RCA), incident resolution, and support planned maintenance activities. Documentation & Collaboration

• Maintain accurate SOPs, topology documentation, server inventories, and configuration guides.

• Collaborate with middleware, database, storage, network, and security teams for cross functional troubleshooting.

• Participate in DR drills, compliance audits, and capacity planning exercises. Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Ubuntu Server in enterprise environments.

• Expertise in Linux clustering technologies (Pacemaker/Corosync, HAProxy, Keepalived, etc.).

• Proficiency with Shell/Bash scripting, and familiarity with Ansible automation.

• Strong understanding of Linux internals: processes, memory, storage, networking, and kernel-level troubleshooting.

• Experience with LVM, filesystems (ext4, XFS), permissions, SELinux, systemd, a

nd performance analysis tools.

• Ability to troubleshoot hardware, OS, networking, and storage-related issues in a multi-tier environment. Experience

• 8+ years of experience in Unix/Linux system administration.

• Hands-on experience with clustering and HA implementations in production.

• Exposure to virtualization platforms (VMware/Hyper-V/KVM) and cloud basics is an advantage.

• Familiarity with ITIL practices (Incident, Change, Problem). Good to have

• Certifications such as RHCSA, RHCE, Linux Foundation Certified Engineer (LFCE), or equivalent.

• Experience with containerization (Docker/Podman) and orchestration (Kubernetes) is a plus.

• Experience in managed services or large enterprise IT operations. 

Educational qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree

Location and way of working

• Base location: Bangalore

Your role as a leader

We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society.

In addition to living our purpose, leaders across our organization must strive to be:

• Inspiring - Leading with integrity to build inclusion and motivation
• Committed to creating purpose - Creating a sense of vision and purpose
• Agile - Achieving high-quality results through collaboration and Team unity
• Skilled at building diverse capability - Developing diverse capabilities for the future
• Persuasive / Influencing - Persuading and influencing stakeholders
• Collaborating - Partnering to build new solutions
• Delivering value - Showing commercial acumen
• Committed to expanding business - Leveraging new business opportunities
• Analytical Acumen - Leveraging data to recommend impactful approach and solutions through the power of analysis and visualization
• Effective communication – Must be well abled to have well-structured and well-articulated conversations to achieve win-win possibilities
• Engagement Management / Delivery Excellence - Effectively managing engagement(s) to ensure timely and proactive execution as well as course correction for

the success of engagement(s)

• Managing change - Responding to changing environment with resilience
• Managing Quality & Risk - Delivering high quality results and mitigating risks with utmost integrity and precision
• Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving - Applying strategic mindset to solve business issues and complex problems
• Tech Savvy - Leveraging ethical technology practices to deliver high impact for clients and for Deloitte
• Empathetic leadership and inclusivity - creating a safe and thriving environment where everyone's valued for who they are, use empathy to understand others to adapt our behaviours and attitudes to become more inclusive. 

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