Linux Administrator

 Strong hands-on experience with VMware ESXi (patching, upgrades, cluster management, vCenter, vLCM)
Advanced Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 8.x/9.x, YUM/DNF, kernel management)
Vulnerability remediation in virtualized environments (Rapid7/Tenable preferred)
Experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for OS/hypervisor patching
Strong Linux & ESXi troubleshooting (hardware/firmware layer)
Scripting: Bash/Shell/Python
Lead ESXi & Linux vulnerability remediation (CVEs)
Perform ESXi lifecycle management & rolling upgrades (minimal downtime)
Patch/upgrade RHEL & SUSE systems
Automate remediation via Ansible playbooks