Principal Infrastructure Engineer — Cloud, Systems & Automation

Distro; Dadri; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Distro is seeking a Principal Infrastructure Engineer to own day-to-day Azure-based infrastructure operations in a Windows-centric environment in Noida. You will design, implement, and maintain cloud networking, DR readiness, and monitoring, while driving major upgrades with minimal supervision.

You will rigorously document work, communicate progress, and collaborate with a small team to ensure reliability across Windows and Linux systems, Puppet, and Docker Swarm.

Qualifications

• Clear, direct communication and sustained project engagement.
• Strong Azure cloud infra experience: networking, load balancing, segmentation.
• Azure Site Recovery disaster recovery experience preferred.
• Windows-dominant environment admin across Windows and Linux.
• Puppet configuration management experience; translate from Chef/Ansible.
• Docker experience with Swarm and Community Edition.
• Monitoring with Zabbix and Grafana; knowledge of Prometheus/Azure Monitor is a plus.
• Excellent troubleshooting and documentation skills.
• Able to drive major initiatives with minimal hand-holding.
• No need for payroll/benefits/tax systems knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day infrastructure operations across a small, close-knit team — hands-on and not narrowly scoped.
• Design, manage, and troubleshoot Azure networking, load balancing, and segmentation.
• Own disaster recovery readiness, including Azure Site Recovery configuration, testing, and failover.
• Administer Windows (~70%) and Linux environments.
• Maintain configuration management using Puppet.
• Manage containerized workloads using Docker, including Swarm.
• Support and improve monitoring using Zabbix and Grafana; eye toward Prometheus/Azure Monitor.
• Drive major initiatives like Windows Server 2025 upgrade and DB version upgrades.
• Document work clearly and communicate progress, blockers, and decisions to the team.

Job description

About The Role

PrismHR is the technology engine behind Vensure Employer Solutions, and the infrastructure underneath it — our Azure cloud environment, our Windows and Linux systems, and the automation and monitoring that keep it all running — has to be dependable. We're looking for a Principal Infrastructure Engineer to join a tight-knit, five-person infrastructure team responsible for day-to-day operations across our environment, not a single fixed project.

Beyond the day-to-day, you'll be expected to take real ownership of significant initiatives as they come up — including an upcoming Windows Server 2025 upgrade and a database version upgrade. You'll be trusted to drive these forward independently, with minimal oversight.

Why Communication Matters So Much for This Role

We want to be upfront about something~ the previous person in this role struggled with communication — not being direct in answers, not documenting work clearly, and going quiet during projects instead of staying engaged and visible. That created real problems for the team. So for this hire, clear and direct communication, solid written documentation, and staying engaged and visible throughout a project are treated as core requirements, not soft extras.

What You'll Do

• Own day-to-day infrastructure operations across a small, close-knit team — this is a hands‑on operational role, not a narrowly scoped project assignment.
• Design, manage, and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure in Azure, including networking, load balancing, and network segmentation.
• Own disaster recovery readiness, including Azure Site Recovery configuration, testing, and failover.
• Administer and maintain a primarily Windows environment (~70% of systems), along with Linux systems.
• Maintain and extend configuration management using Puppet.
• Manage containerized workloads using Docker, including Docker Swarm.
• Support and improve monitoring using Zabbix and Grafana, with an eye toward future adoption of Prometheus and Azure Monitor.
• Take ownership of major initiatives as they arise — including the upcoming Windows Server 2025 and database version upgrades — driving them from planning through execution.
• Document your work clearly and consistently, and communicate progress, blockers, and decisions directly and proactively to the team.

What We're Looking For

• Clear, direct communication and sustained engagement — you give straight answers, document your work as you go, explain what you're doing and why, and stay visibly engaged throughout a project from start to finish. This is one of the most important things we're evaluating for this specific hire.
• Strong Azure cloud infrastructure experience — networking, load balancing, and segmentation. Azure is our primary infrastructure environment, so this is a core requirement. AWS experience is a plus but not required.
• Disaster recovery experience, ideally with Azure Site Recovery — this is close to a firm requirement given how central DR readiness is to this role.
• Strong systems administration skills across Windows and Linux — with Windows prioritized, since roughly 70% of our systems run Windows.
• Puppet experience — our current configuration management platform. Chef or Ansible experience is acceptable if you can demonstrate you can translate that experience to Puppet.
• Strong Docker experience — particularly with Docker Swarm and Docker Community Edition.
• Monitoring experience — Zabbix and Grafana experience is directly relevant; familiarity with Prometheus or Azure Monitor is a plus as we look to expand our monitoring stack.
• Strong troubleshooting and documentation skills — both are considered highly important for this role.
• Comfort owning significant initiatives independently — you'll be expected to drive major projects like upgrades forward with minimal hand‑holding.
• PEO, payroll, benefits, compliance, or tax systems experience is not required — general familiarity with these concepts is helpful but is not a requirement for this role.
• Based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh and available on‑site for a split shift aligned to 8~00 AM–5~00 PM Eastern Standard Time.

Why Join Us

• Real ownership — you'll drive significant initiatives, not just tickets, from day one.
• A small, close‑knit team where your communication and follow‑through are genuinely valued and visible.
• A modern, Azure‑centric infrastructure environment with real investment in disaster recovery and monitoring maturity.

A principal-level role with genuine autonomy and trust.

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