Data Center Technical Lead

Wipro; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Wipro in Bengaluru/Hyderabad seeks a Data Center Technical Lead to oversee design, operations and optimization of data centre infrastructure, ensuring high availability and scalable performance.

The role requires 8–12+ years IT infra experience, 3–5+ years in leadership, and strong virtualization, cloud, and automation skills. Candidates should manage incidents and drive improvements in a multi-vendor environment.

Qualifications

• VMware/Hyper-V virtualization expertise.
• SolarWinds and SCOM monitoring experience.
• Cloud exposure with AWS and/or Azure.
• Automation using PowerShell and Ansible.
• Experience handling major incidents.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end data centre operations (servers, storage, networking, backup, DR).
• Ensure 24x7 uptime, availability and performance.
• Manage Incident, Problem, and Change Management (ITIL).
• Act as escalation point for critical incidents.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement.
• Perform capacity planning and lifecycle management.
• Ensure security and compliance adherence.
• Manage stakeholders and vendors.

Skills

VMware / Hyper‑V virtualization

SolarWinds & SCOM monitoring

AWS / Azure cloud exposure

PowerShell / Ansible automation

Major incidents experience

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT / Engineering

ITIL / Cloud / VMware certifications

Tools

ServiceNow

Job description

Job description:

Data Center Technical Lead – Job Description

Location

• Bengaluru / Hyderabad

Role Summary

The Data Center Technical Lead is responsible for overseeing the design, operations, and optimization of data centre infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance, security, and scalability.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end data centre operations (servers, storage, networking, Backup and disaster recovery)
• Ensure 24x7 uptime, availability, and performance
• Manage Incident, Problem, and Change Management (ITIL)
• Act as escalation point for critical incidents
• Drive automation and continuous improvement
• Perform capacity planning and lifecycle management
• Ensure security and compliance adherence
• Manage stakeholders and vendors

Must-Have Skills

• Virtualisation (VMware / Hyper‑V)
• SolarWinds & SCOM Monitoring tools expertise
• Cloud exposure (AWS / Azure)
• Automation / scripting (PowerShell, Ansible)
• Experience handling major incidents
• Strong stakeholder management

Good-to-Have Skills

• Data centre transformation / cloud migration experience
• Container platforms (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Security and compliance knowledge
• ServiceNow or ITSM tools
• Relevant certifications (ITIL, VMware, AWS, Azure)

Experience Requirements

• 8–12+ years in IT infrastructure
• 3–5+ years in leadership role
• Enterprise / multi-vendor environment experience

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT / Engineering
• ITIL / Cloud / VMware certifications preferred

Mandatory Skills

Delivery Management .

Experience

8-10 Years .

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