# Senior Infrastructure Engineer

**Company:** [Neo Group](https://jobs.workable.com/companies/ei632Axwd5x4FZRkFMR4K9.md)
**Location:** Yerevan, Armenia
**Workplace:** hybrid
**Department:** Engineering

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## Description

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.**

**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

-   Remote work opportunity.
-   Flexible working schedule.
-   Interesting product.
-   Learning opportunities.
-   Career growth prospects.