CISCO UCS Administrator

Tata Consultancy Services; Hyderabad, Chennai District, Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services is seeking an experienced UCS Administrator to deploy and manage Cisco UCS domains, including fabric interconnects, chassis, blade, and rack servers. You will configure UCS Manager and related components and ensure service profiles, templates, and firmware updates are in place.

Responsibilities include backup/restore of UCS configurations, standardizing server setups, and coordinating with networking, storage, and virtualization teams.

Qualifications

• Experience deploying Cisco UCS domains and managing UCS components.
• Deep knowledge of UCS Manager, UCS Central, and UCS Director.
• Strong troubleshooting and communication skills in data-center environments.

Responsibilities

• Deploy UCS domains including fabric interconnects, chassis, blade servers, and rack servers.
• Configure UCS Manager and associated tools (UCS Central, UCS Director).
• Create and manage service profiles, pools, policies, templates, and firmware updates.
• Backup and restore UCS configurations and verify health.
• Standardize server configurations (CPU, RAM, RAID).
• Administer UCS pods and racks in data centers.
• Configure VMware ESXi hosts and vCenters (vSphere 7/8).
• Provide Level 3 support for UCS-related issues.
• Perform operational validation and health checks.
• Coordinate with network, storage, and virtualization teams.

Skills

Cisco UCS

UCS Manager

Intersight

Networking vLANs

PowerCLI

VMware Aria Operations

VMware converter

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Deploy UCS domains including fabric interconnects, chassis, blade servers, rack servers.
• Configure UCS Manager
• Create and manage service profiles, pools, policies, templates, and firmware updates
• Backup and restore UCS configurations.
• Standardize server configurations (CPU, RAM, RAID)
• Configure VMware ESXi hosts and vCenters (vSphere 7/8).
• Provide Level 3 support for UCS-related issues.

Perform operational validation and health checks..

Desired Competencies (Technical/Behavioral Competency)

1. Deploy UCS domains including fabric interconnects, chassis, blade servers, rack servers.
2. Configure UCS Manager, UCS Central, and UCS Director.

3. Create and manage service profiles, pools, policies, templates, and firmware updates.

4. Backup and restore UCS configurations.

5. Standardize server configurations (CPU, RAM, RAID).

6. Administer UCS pods and racks in data centers.

7. Configure VMware ESXi hosts and vCenters (vSphere 7/8)

8. Provide Level 3 support for UCS-related issues.

9. Perform operational validation and health checks.

10. Coordinate with network, storage, and virtualization teams.

11. Strong hands-on experience with Cisco UCS servers.

12. Deep understanding of UCS Manager, and Cisco Intersight.

13. Knowledge of networking (vLANs, vSANs), storage networks, and virtualization platforms.

14. Experience with data center migrations and decommissioning.

Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills.

1. Knowledge on Scripting /Automation using PowerCLI

2. Exposure to tools like VMware Aria Operations & VMware converter