Infrastructure Engineer III

Devopsroles; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Devopsroles in Bengaluru seeks a seasoned VMware Infrastructure Engineer to manage a large enterprise VMware environment, focusing on day-to-day operations, upgrades, and automation. You will handle vCenter/ESXi, scripting with PowerShell/PowerCLI/Python/Ansible, and troubleshoot Nutanix/UCS components.

The role requires strong knowledge of virtual networking, storage protocols, and security hardening, with a proactive approach to incident management and SLA adherence.

Qualifications

• Experience managing large enterprise VMware environments (6+ years).
• Strong automation scripting abilities (PowerShell/PowerCLI/Python/Ansible).
• Familiarity with vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, and related tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day operational support for VMware OS and related operations.
• Manage vCenter and ESXi hosts across the delivery lifecycle; perform upgrades and monitoring.
• Develop and run automation scripts for routine tasks using PowerShell, PowerCLI, Python, and Ansible.
• Troubleshoot VMware, Nutanix, UCS components; perform log analysis and incident response.
• Handle patch management, ESXi image configuration, and capacity planning.
• Ensure security hardening and compliance of virtual infrastructure; manage backups and DR readiness.
• Coordinate with storage, networking, and hardware teams; manage Dell/HP/Nutanix hardware tooling.

Skills

PowerShell

PowerCLI

Python

Ansible

VMware vSphere

vCenter

ESXi

Nutanix

UCS

vROps

vLog Insight

VRO

Networking

DNS

DHCP

NIC Teaming

VMFS

NFS

iSCSI

VMotion

HA

DRS

Security hardening

Dell OME/SAE

HP OneView

Cloud concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or MIS

Tools

Dell OME/SAE

HP OneView

Nutanix Prism Central

Nutanix Prism Element

Job description

Responsible for contacting clients with overdue accounts to secure the settlement of the account. Also they do preventive work to avoid future overdues with accounts that have a high exposure.

The VMware Operations team is part of Cloud Operations and provides 24x7x365 management and Support for American Express Enterprise VMware Virtual Infrastructure. The Infrastructure Engineer position will provide day to day operational support for VMware OS and associated operations. This team will manage vCenter & ESXi hosts throughout the delivery lifecycle and will execute daily operations like upgrades, monitoring, hardware & tools management, scripting for routine tasks and delivery of reliable, robust support solutions.

Working in an enterprise environment providing operational support by building, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere version 6.x and higher.

• Handling of routine mundane tasks using PowerShell, PowerCLI, Python, Ansible and such automation tools/engines.
• Troubleshooting and Upgrade of VMware, Nutanix & UCS Components & hands on experience using command line on all platforms. Good troubleshooting skills and experience on log analysis.
• Builds, deploys, maintain and assist with repairs of VMware servers/hosts on racks, blades, and hyper converged infrastructures.
• Troubleshooting Hardware and Operating system related issues.
• Patch management, administration, and deployment. Maintaining standard ESXi image configuration.
• Experience in performance tuning of VMware servers, Virtual sessions, and management of server resources between virtual machines.
• Working with Enterprise Backup & Restore Processes (Familiarity with Cohesity Appliance).
• Good Understanding of ITIL Processes (Incident/Change/Problem Management) and operates within agreed SLAs & good documentation skills with regular focus on maintaining KEDB/KMDB.
• Maintaining skills to the current industry level of certification.
• Self-motivation and strong communication skills, both verbal and written, are key attributes for this position.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks, set priorities, schedule, and meet deadlines (work under pressure and prioritize tasks).

• Minimum 6+ years proven experience of managing large enterprise level VMware Environment.

• Working with virtualization technologies, such as VMware, Nutanix (Prism Central, Prism Element, AOS, NCC, Foundation, LCM), UCS & vSAN, vROPs, vLog Insight, VRO.
• Clear understanding of networking protocols such as TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NIC Teaming and distributed switches.
• Working understanding of SAN, NAS, NFS, VMFS, iSCSI.
• Experience in VMware Guests, Templates, P2V, Capacity Planner, VMotion, HA, DRS, etc.
• Good Understanding of Virtual infrastructure security Hardening & compliance including certificates for the overall virtualized environment.
• Experience on Dell, Intel, Cisco, HP Servers and associated management tools like, Dell OME/SAE, HP OneView.
• Basic understanding on cloud service platforms and concepts around the same.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science/Management Information Systems or equivalent experience preferred.
• VMware & Nutanix certification is preferred.
• Minimum 6+ years proven experience of managing large enterprise level VMware Environment.