A team in Kharadi, Pune is hiring a Unix Administrator for a full-time, on-site role. The position pays INR 74,000 a month.
Core skills
Unix administration sits at the center of this job, backed by solid shell scripting skills to automate routine tasks. Networking knowledge matters too, since a good chunk of troubleshooting involves tracing a problem from an application down to the underlying network layer. Strong troubleshooting instincts tie it all together.
A few skills beyond that baseline would help an application:
- Experience with Linux distributions such as RHEL or CentOS alongside traditional Unix systems
- Automation tools like Ansible or Puppet for managing server configurations at scale
- Familiarity with LVM and storage management on Unix systems
- Exposure to a ticketing or incident management system for tracking recurring issues
Day-to-day work
- Manage user accounts, permissions, and access controls across Unix servers
- Write and maintain shell scripts to automate backups, log rotation, and routine maintenance tasks
- Monitor system performance and disk usage, addressing warning signs before they turn into outages
- Patch and update Unix systems on a scheduled basis, coordinating downtime with affected teams
- Troubleshoot server and connectivity issues reported by application teams or end users
A recent case: a batch job that had run reliably for months started failing overnight, and the cause turned out to be a scheduled cleanup script that had quietly stopped clearing old log files after a permissions change, filling the disk just enough to block the job. Catching problems like that before they cause a larger outage is a major part of this role.
Qualifications and experience
A bachelor's degree is required for this position. The hiring manager cares more about demonstrated Unix skills in an interview than which specific major appears on a transcript. On the experience side, this role calls for 36 months of hands-on Unix administration, enough time to have handled a real production issue outside scheduled maintenance hours.
Pay and benefits
The role pays INR 74,000 per month. Standard benefits listed on Naukri Mitra include health insurance, paid time off, and provident fund contributions. Since the position is on-site in Kharadi, employees also have access to an on-site cafeteria and cab or commute support, which is useful given how spread out Pune's IT corridor has become.
What the team is like
Infrastructure work here runs on a rotation, so on-call responsibilities come up periodically rather than falling on one person all the time. Most days are steady, focused on maintenance and small improvements, but a production issue can pull anyone into an unplanned late evening. Administrators who've been here a while say the variety, patching one week, troubleshooting a network issue the next, is what keeps the job from feeling repetitive.
Applying
Send a resume that specifies the Unix or Linux distributions you've worked with, along with the approximate size of the environments you've managed. If you've written shell scripts you're proud of, mention what they automated and why. Candidates who move forward will do a technical interview covering real troubleshooting scenarios before a final conversation about start date.
