Infrastructure Engineer

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure Design & Implementation

• Design, deploy, and maintain on-premises and hybrid IT infrastructure.

• Install, configure, and manage physical and virtual servers (Windows/Linux).

• Support infrastructure upgrades, migrations, and refresh projects.

Server & Virtualization Management

• Administer virtualization platforms (VMware, Hyper-V, KVM).

• Manage server capacity planning, performance tuning, and lifecycle management.

• Support high availability (HA), clustering, and disaster recovery setups.

Storage, Backup & DR

• Manage SAN/NAS storage systems and storage provisioning.

• Implement and maintain backup and recovery solutions.

• Participate in DR planning, testing, and execution.

Operations & Support

• Provide Level 2 / Level 3 infrastructure support for production environments.

• Monitor infrastructure health, performance, and availability.

• Perform root cause analysis and resolve incidents and problems.

Security & Compliance

• Implement infrastructure security best practices, patching, and hardening.

• Support compliance with internal policies and external audit requirements.

• Coordinate with security teams for vulnerability remediation.

Documentation & Change Management

• Maintain infrastructure documentation, SOPs, and architecture diagrams.

• Follow change management processes and maintain accurate configuration records.

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Skills

• Minimum 10 years of experience as an Infrastructure Engineer or similar role.

• Strong experience with Windows Server and/or Linux administration.

• Hands-on experience with virtualization technologies.

• Knowledge of storage, backup, and disaster recovery solutions.

• Basic to intermediate knowledge of networking concepts (LAN/WAN, VLANs, DNS, DHCP).

• Experience with monitoring tools and ITSM/ticketing systems.

Cloud & Automation (Advantage)

• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).

• Basic scripting or automation skills (PowerShell, Bash, Python).

• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code concepts is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent.

• Relevant certifications preferred (e.g., VMware, Microsoft, Linux, AWS/Azure).