Infrastructure and Platform Engineer Architect

PwC India; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC India seeks an experienced Infrastructure Reliability & Operations professional to manage large-scale hybrid environments spanning on-premises and cloud platforms. You will lead proactive monitoring, incident response, and RCA activities, driving automation and reliability improvements.

The role requires hands-on Linux administration, VMware, cloud platforms, and IaC tooling such as Terraform and Ansible. Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or MCA.
• Experience with Linux server administration across RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu/SUSE.
• Hands-on with VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter for virtualized environments.
• Exposure to storage and backup solutions, DR planning, and high availability.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain large-scale hybrid infrastructure across on-premises and cloud.
• Ensure high availability, resiliency, scalability, and performance of critical applications.
• Lead monitoring, incident response, problem management, and health assessments.
• Perform RCA for major incidents and implement corrective actions.
• Drive automation and IaC to improve reliability and efficiency.

Skills

Linux Administration

VMware vSphere/ESXi

Cloud Platforms

Terraform

Ansible

Monitoring & Observability

SRE fundamentals

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure Reliability & Operations

• Manage and maintain large-scale hybrid infrastructure environments across on-premises and cloud platforms.
• Ensure high availability, resiliency, scalability, and performance of critical business applications and infrastructure services.
• Lead proactive monitoring, incident response, problem management, and infrastructure health assessments.
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) for major incidents and implement preventative measures.
• Drive service availability improvements through automation and operational excellence initiatives.
• String understanding on Application Modernization , Replication, Failover Strategy

Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure

• Support and optimize Azure, AWS, Azure Local (Azure Stack HCI), and hybrid cloud environments.
• Participate in cloud migration, modernization, and transformation initiatives.
• Design and implement resilient infrastructure architectures supporting business continuity requirements.
• Collaborate with application, cloud, security, and infrastructure teams during cloud adoption programs.

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

• Lead DC/DR planning, execution, testing, and governance activities.
• Define and validate RPO/RTO objectives.
• Execute disaster recovery drills, failover testing, and recovery validation exercises.
• Ensure operational readiness for business continuity and infrastructure resiliency requirements.

Automation & Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Implement infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Terraform and Ansible.
• Develop and maintain automation workflows to improve operational efficiency.
• Automate routine operational activities, infrastructure deployments, compliance checks, and service restoration tasks.
• Support Infrastructure-as-Code standards, reusable templates, and automation governance.

SRE & Reliability Engineering

• Define, measure, and improve Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and Error Budgets.
• Establish reliability metrics and operational KPIs.
• Support reliability-focused architecture reviews and capacity planning activities.
• Drive continuous service improvement initiatives through data-driven operational insights.

Observability & Monitoring

• Build and enhance monitoring, alerting, and observability dashboards.
• Establish predictive monitoring and proactive issue detection capabilities.
• Analyze infrastructure and application telemetry to identify performance bottlenecks.
• Improve visibility using enterprise monitoring and observability platforms.

Platform & Virtualization Management

• Administer and optimize VMware infrastructure.
• Manage SAN/Storage platforms, storage performance, and capacity planning.
• Support backup and recovery solutions, ensuring recovery readiness and compliance requirements.
• Maintain secure, scalable, and governed infrastructure environments.

Governance & Compliance

• Ensure adherence to enterprise governance, operational standards, security policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in architecture reviews, risk assessments, and operational readiness reviews.
• Support audit requirements, infrastructure documentation, and change management processes.

Required Skills & Experience

Infrastructure Technologies

• Linux Administration (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, SUSE)
• VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter
• SAN/Storage Administration
• Backup & Recovery Solutions
• Data Center Operations
• High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR)
• Integration and Middelware

Cloud Platforms

• Microsoft Azure
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Azure Local / Azure Stack HCI
• Cloud Migration and Modernization

Automation & IaC

• Terraform
• Ansible
• Infrastructure Automation
• Configuration Management

Monitoring & Observability

• Monitoring Platforms
• Logging & Alerting Solutions
• Performance Management
• Dashboard Development
• Operational Analytics

Scripting & Automation

• Python (Preferred)
• Shell Scripting (Bash)
• REST APIs & Automation Integrations

Preferred candidate profile

Education : Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MCA

Primary Stack : On-Premise Infrastructure, Middleware, Database, Application Hosting, Load Balancing, DNS

Infrastructure Technologies- Linux Administration (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, SUSE), VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter SAN/Storage Administration, Disaster Recovery, Back Up, Storage Replication

Monitoring & Observability