Senior Linux Engineer

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery... the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are...

When we say, "the stuff dreams are made of," we're not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD's vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what's next...

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

• Your New Role:
  As a Senior Linux Engineer, you will serve as a key technical leader responsible for architecting, implementing, and maintaining mission-critical Linux infrastructure across large-scale, enterprise environments. This role demands deep expertise in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), strong proficiency in infrastructure automation, and hands-on experience driving modernization initiatives that enhance platform stability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• In this senior position, you will act as the primary escalation point for complex Linux-related issues, ensuring the reliability, performance, and security of the organization's on-premises compute environments. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with VMware Aria Automation (vRA), Ansible, Jenkins, Packer, and advanced scripting, coupled with a solid track record of delivering automation-driven improvements.
• Your responsibilities extend beyond day-to-day operations; you will influence architectural decisions, establish best practices, and lead cross-functional efforts to standardize Linux deployments and streamline provisioning workflows. As the subject matter expert for Linux systems engineering and automation, you will enable consistency, reduce operational toil, and help shape long-term infrastructure strategies.
• To be successful, you will possess a unique blend of business and technical acumen; a big-picture vision as well as the drive and attention to detail that transforms vision into a reality. You must be willing to work as "one team": Building relationships with internal stakeholders, external vendors, all while contributing within a highly collaborative environment.

Engineering/Primary Responsibilities

• Provide L3 support for RHEL 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and other Linux distributions across Dev/QA/Test/Prod environments
• Lead complex troubleshooting for critical production issues in on premises
• Perform advanced system performance tuning, capacity planning, and optimization
• Lead infrastructure migration projects including OS upgrades and platform migrations
• Implement and maintain OS hardening standards and security baseline configurations
• Integrate systems with various infrastructure tools for privileged access management
• Configure and maintain monitoring using SolarWinds, Grafana, and Zabbix etc.
• Manage PagerDuty on-call escalations and lead critical incident response
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement permanent solutions

Infrastructure Automation

• Design and maintain automation workflows using VMware Aria Automation (vRA)
• Develop and optimize Ansible playbooks and Ansible Automation Platform configurations
• Build and maintain Jenkins pipelines for infrastructure provisioning and deployments
• Create automated RHEL images using Packer with security hardening built-in
• Write advanced automation scripts using Bash and Groovy
• Implement GitOps workflows using Git for version-controlled infrastructure
• Automate DNS/IPAM workflows with Infoblox integration
• Automate privileged access workflows with CyberArk integration
• Optimize existing automation for performance, reliability, and maintainability
• Develop end-to-end automation for server provisioning and lifecycle management

Analytics

• Follow ITIL change management processes and participate in CAB reviews
• Coordinate with cross-region teams across multiple time zones
• Create comprehensive technical documentation, runbooks, and automation standards
• Mentor L1/L2 engineers and serve as technical escalation point
• Lead migration planning, execution, and validation activities
• Deep troubleshooting and root cause analysis abilities
• Experience with ITIL change management processes
• Proven track record coordinating with cross-region teams

Qualifications & Experiences:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, information technology, or a Linux systems administration experience.
• Minimum of 8+ years of experience in IT infrastructure with a focus on Linux and Automation tasks.
• At least 8+ years of hands-on experience with automation technologies like preferably Ansible and shell scripting.
• Advanced expertise in Ansible and Ansible Automation Platform
• Strong hands-on experience with VMware Aria Automation (vRA) workflow development
• Proficiency building Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and bash, powershell scripting and Git.
• Familiarity with virtualization technologies (i.e. VMware ESXi, Hyper-V)
• Familiarity with IntelliSnap, cloud integration, and advanced storage features
• Advanced knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems
• Knowledge and/or ability to comply with change management processes.
• The candidate must have excellent communications skills to be successful.
• Ability to organize information and produce technical documentation for operational effectiveness.
• Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations.
• Position requires after hours support for outages/impairments. Candidates will participate in a 24x7 on call support rotation.

Not Required but preferred experience:

• Familiarity with Amazon AWS or Azure Cloud environments
• Experience with Red Hat OpenShift container platform
• Knowledge of Terraform for Infrastructure as Code

How We Get Things Done...

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

If you're a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.

Client-provided location(s): Hyderabad, India

Job ID: Discovery-WAMEGLOBALR000104083EXTERNALENGLOBAL

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-03-26T20:12:50