Senior Infrastructure Engineer -Azure VMware Solution
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Working with one of the top financial clients, this role calls for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer -Azure VMware Solution who will play a critical role in designing, managing, and optimizing the organization’s IT infrastructure. This includes data centers, cloud platforms, virtualization, storage systems, automation tools, and disaster recovery strategies. The successful candidate will drive the adoption of cloud technologies like Azure and AVS, while also leveraging automation to streamline processes and improve operational efficiency.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with your manager and product owner to understand priorities and execute on plans to maintain and modernize the infrastructure.
- Develop and implement strategies to transition workloads to cloud platforms like Azure VMware Solution (AVS) and native Azure, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
- Lead the design, implementation, and administration of infrastructure solutions, including virtualization platforms, storage systems, and physical servers.
- Drive automation initiatives using tools like Ansible and Terraform to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.
- Manage and maintain the organization's IT infrastructure, including data centers, disaster recovery strategies, and service continuity plans.
- Oversee the lifecycle management of Windows Server and Linux RHEL images, ensuring systems remain up to date and secure.
- Although not owning Active Directory services, manage these services in the US Region to service the users within the US infrastructure, including user accounts, group policies, and security management.
- Manage supporting any infrastructure services such as Exchange server and SMTP relay services, ensuring support of business processes, and system integrity.
- Monitor and optimize storage systems, ensuring efficient data storage, backup, and disaster recovery processes.
- Provide technical expertise in evaluating, selecting, and implementing physical server technologies and cloud-based solutions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement infrastructure solutions that align with business needs and industry best practices.
- Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends, making recommendations for continuous improvement and innovation.
- Lead and mentor a team of infrastructure professionals, fostering a culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning.
Desired Skill Set:
- 8+ years of experience in Infrastructure management
- 3+ years of leadership experience
- 5+ years of experience with Cloud technologies, including Azure VMware Solution (AVS), native Azure, and DevOps practices.
- 5+ years of experience with VMware technologies, including vSphere, vCenter, VCF, VxRail, NSX-T, HCX, vSAN, Horizon, and VDI.
- 5 years of experience with EMC/DELL storage systems, data storage optimization, and Commvault/Rubrik backup/recovery strategies. – 5 years
- Physical server technologies, server virtualization, and related hardware components. – 5 years
- Disaster recovery, backup and restore, and service continuity strategies and plans. – 5 years
- Active Directory administration, group policies, and security management.
- Managing the roadmap and lifecycle of server-based images (Windows and Linux RHEL), hardening, patching and compliance
Nice To Have:
- Strength in SQL design, disaster recovery, and failover solutions for supporting critical business applications
- Familiarity with VMware Aria Operations, Log Insight, and Network Insight for performance analysis and troubleshooting.
- Certifications in relevant technologies (e.g., VMware, Microsoft, EMC)
- Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) certification (required by October 31, 2025).
- AI Fundamentals (AI-900) certification
- Experience in an Enterprise environment adhering to delivery frameworks, and use of enterprise tools -ServiceNow, Confluence, JIRA.
- Engineering of SQL design/solution/implementation, and support
- Exchange server and SMTP relay services.
- Automation tools like Ansible and Terraform, with a focus on streamlining processes and improving efficiency
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