Cloud & Datacenter - Administrator

Comviva; Gurugram District; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Comviva seeks an experienced datacenter and cloud specialist to support AWS, OpenStack, and Linux environments. The role covers governance, incident response, backups, and automation across multiple regions and accounts.

You will design and manage AWS infrastructure with Terraform, automate provisioning, and ensure security and monitoring with CloudWatch and SIEM tools. Strong ownership and cross-team coordination are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related field.
• Relevant cloud or Linux certifications (AWS, RHCE) are an advantage.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, OpenStack, and Linux environments.

Responsibilities

• Act as first-level analyst for datacenter requirements across departments.
• Ensure SLA-bound responses, diagnose issues, and track to closure.
• Maintain evidence and artifacts for audits.
• Provide data for dashboards on datacenter metrics.
• Monitor daily datacenter tasks by internal teams and vendors.
• Provide L2/L3 Linux support, including clustering and OS management.
• Manage OpenStack setup and L1–L2 queries.
• Design and administer AWS infrastructure across accounts/regions.
• Develop/maintain AWS infra with Terraform; automate provisioning via CLI/Python/shell.
• Configure/troubleshoot VPC Peering, Transit Gateway, VPN; manage VPC/subnets/NETs.
• Monitor via CloudWatch, SIEM and enterprise monitoring platforms.
• Administer EMC Networker backups and perform DR restorations.
• Oversee datacenter operations including commissioning/decommissioning.

Skills

AWS Cloud

Linux Administration

OpenStack

VMware

Networking concepts

Backup & recovery

Terraform

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering

AWS Certification

RHCE Certification

Tools

Terraform

VMware

EMC Networker

CloudWatch

Job description

• Act as first-level analyst for any datacenter-related requirement or concern raised by other departments.
• Ensure all datacenter-related calls are handled within SLA, diagnosed accurately, responded to promptly, and tracked through to closure.
• Maintain and monitor all evidence and artifacts captured for audit purposes.
• Provide all relevant data for dashboards covering datacenter-related measurements.
• Monitor day-to-day datacenter operational tasks performed by both the internal team and vendors.
• Provide L2/L3 support in Linux administration, including clustering and OS management.
• Manage the OpenStack setup and handle all L1–L2 level queries.
• Manage and maintain AWS cloud services including EC2, EBS, S3, VPC, and RDS, with specialised expertise in VPN tunnelling.
• Design and administer AWS infrastructure across multiple accounts and regions.
• Develop and maintain AWS infrastructure using Terraform.
• Automate AWS provisioning and operational tasks using AWS CLI, Python, or shell scripting.
• Configure and troubleshoot VPC Peering, Transit Gateway, and VPN.
• Manage VPC, Subnets, Route Tables, Internet/NAT Gateways, Transit Gateway, VPC Peering, PrivateLink, VPN, and Direct Connect.

Key Responsibilities

Managerial & Service Governance

• Act as first-level analyst for any datacenter-related requirement or concern raised by other departments.
• Ensure all datacenter-related calls are handled within SLA, diagnosed accurately, responded to promptly, and tracked through to closure.
• Maintain and monitor all evidence and artifacts captured for audit purposes.
• Provide all relevant data for dashboards covering datacenter-related measurements.
• Monitor day-to-day datacenter operational tasks performed by both the internal team and vendors.

Linux & Virtualisation

• Provide L2/L3 support in Linux administration, including clustering and OS management.
• Manage the OpenStack setup and handle all L1–L2 level queries.

AWS Cloud Management

• Manage and maintain AWS cloud services including EC2, EBS, S3, VPC, and RDS, with specialised expertise in VPN tunnelling.
• Design and administer AWS infrastructure across multiple accounts and regions.
• Develop and maintain AWS infrastructure using Terraform.
• Automate AWS provisioning and operational tasks using AWS CLI, Python, or shell scripting.

Cloud Networking

• Configure and troubleshoot VPC Peering, Transit Gateway, and VPN.
• Manage VPC, Subnets, Route Tables, Internet/NAT Gateways, Transit Gateway, VPC Peering, PrivateLink, VPN, and Direct Connect.

Monitoring & Security Tooling

• Work with CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail, SIEM, network monitoring, and enterprise monitoring platforms.

Backup & Recovery

• Administer backups using EMC Networker, including image-based and module-based backups.
• Execute and validate DR restorations.

Datacenter Operations

• Manage and maintain datacenter operations including commissioning and decommissioning of servers, storage, and devices.
• Conduct installation and evaluation tasks for new server or infrastructure applications, coordinating with all internal and external stakeholders.

Required Skills

Technical — Critical

• Hands-on AWS cloud experience.
• Linux administration, including KVM and OpenStack.
• Datacenter management: SAN storage, HP/IBM chassis and blades, enterprise servers.
• Backup tools (EMC Networker or equivalent).
• Virtualisation: Red Hat, VMware.

Technical — Essential

• Hardware troubleshooting across servers and SAN storage.
• Exposure to other cloud platforms (Azure, OCI).
• Basic database knowledge.

Technical — Good to Have

• Patch management.
• Monitoring tools.
• Core networking concepts.

Functional / Behavioural

• Ability to work independently, take ownership, and perform under pressure.
• Effective communication and coordination with internal and external stakeholders at all levels, with tact, consideration, and clarity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or a related field.
• Relevant cloud or Linux certifications (AWS, RHCE) are an advantage.