SENIOR INFRASTRUCTURE & VIRTUALIZATION ENGINEER

DESCRIPTION

Primarily work involves deployment, commissioning and support of enterprise datacenter systems involving virtualization, servers, storage, backup and high-availability infrastructure for mission-critical customer deployments.

Responsibilities include:

  • Install and configure enterprise servers and virtualization platforms
  • Deploy and maintain VMware / virtualized environments
  • Configure and support Windows Server and Linux environments
  • Install and manage Microsoft SQL Server environments
  • Configure and validate High Availability (HA) and failover environments
  • Deploy and support SAN and shared-storage infrastructure
  • Configure backup and recovery systems including Veeam and immutable backup repositories
  • Prepare server, storage and deployment architecture for customer requirements
  • Carry out installation, commissioning and troubleshooting at customer sites
  • Conduct failover, backup and disaster-recovery testing
  • Prepare deployment documentation and technical reports
  • Work with development and support teams to troubleshoot customer issues
  • Conduct customer training and infrastructure handover activities

Skills and Qualifications

  • Strong understanding of server and virtualization technologies
  • Experience with VMware / Hypervisor environments
  • Good understanding of Windows Server and Linux administration
  • Understanding of SQL Server deployment and backup concepts
  • Familiarity with SAN, NAS, RAID and shared-storage concepts
  • Experience with enterprise backup platforms such as Veeam
  • Ability to troubleshoot infrastructure and system issues logically
  • Good communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Meticulous and disciplined approach to technical work
  • Ability to travel and work at customer locations when required
  • Ability to document systems and communicate clearly with customers and team members

Preferred Experience

  • Dell / HPE servers
  • VMware vSphere / ESXi
  • Windows Server / Active Directory
  • SQL Server
  • SAN / iSCSI storage
  • Veeam backup and recovery
  • HA and datacenter infrastructure.