Server & Cloud Infrastructure Lead

Exide Industries; Kolkata District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Exide Industries in Kolkata seeks an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to oversee Azure cloud, on-premises servers, and virtualization platforms while driving modernization and automation initiatives.

The role emphasizes security, backup and DR, incident response, IAM, and proactive monitoring to meet availability and performance targets.

Qualifications

• Must have hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and Windows/Linux server administration.
• Experience with virtualization (VMware/Hyper-V) and backup/DR.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure security, IAM, and automation.

Responsibilities

• Azure & Hybrid Infrastructure Management: Manage and support secure, scalable, and highly available Azure and on-premises infrastructure.
• Server Administration: Ensure availability, performance, patching, and lifecycle management of Windows and Linux server environments.
• Virtualization Management: Manage VMware, Hyper-V, and virtualization platforms supporting business-critical applications.
• Backup & Disaster Recovery: Maintain enterprise backup solutions, conduct DR drills, and ensure compliance with RPO/RTO requirements.
• Security & IAM: Implement infrastructure security best practices, hardening standards, and identity access controls.
• Incident Management & Troubleshooting: Act as escalation point for critical infrastructure issues and drive root cause analysis.
• Infrastructure Automation: Automate provisioning, configuration, monitoring, and operational activities using scripting and IaC tools.
• Monitoring & Operations: Ensure proactive monitoring, capacity planning, performance optimization, and SLA adherence.
• Project Support: Participate in cloud migration, infrastructure modernization, and technology transformation initiatives.
• Vendor Management: Coordinate with OEMs, service providers, and infrastructure partners for operational support and service delivery.

Skills

Azure

Hybrid Infrastructure

Server Administration

Virtualization

Backup & DR

Security & IAM

Automation

Monitoring & Troubleshooting

Incident Management

Vendor Management

Job description

Role & responsibilities

- The role will be responsible for ensuring availability, security, performance, and operational excellence across on-premises and cloud infrastructure environments while supporting modernization and automation initiatives.

The role should be able to work independently and will be accountable for:

• Azure & Hybrid Infrastructure Management: Manage and support secure, scalable, and highly available Azure and on-premises infrastructure.
• Server Administration: Ensure availability, performance, patching, and lifecycle management of Windows and Linux server environments.
• Virtualization Management: Manage VMware, Hyper-V, and virtualization platforms supporting business-critical applications.
• Backup & Disaster Recovery: Maintain enterprise backup solutions, conduct DR drills, and ensure compliance with RPO/RTO requirements.
• Security & IAM: Implement infrastructure security best practices, hardening standards, and identity access controls.
• Incident Management & Troubleshooting: Act as escalation point for critical infrastructure issues and drive root cause analysis.
• Infrastructure Automation: Automate provisioning, configuration, monitoring, and operational activities using scripting and Infrastructure-as-Code tools.
• Monitoring & Operations: Ensure proactive monitoring, capacity planning, performance optimization, and SLA adherence.
• Project Support: Participate in cloud migration, infrastructure modernization, and technology transformation initiatives.
• Vendor Management: Coordinate with OEMs, service providers, and infrastructure partners for operational support and service delivery.

Preferred candidate profile

The candidate should possess strong practical experience in Microsoft Azure, Windows/Linux Server Administration, Virtualization, Backup & Disaster Recovery, Infrastructure Security, Identity & Access Management, and Automation.