We are looking for a skilledWintel / Cloud / Infrastructure Engineer to manage, support, troubleshoot, and improve enterprise infrastructure acrossWindows Server, virtualization, cloud platforms, storage, backup, monitoring, and core infrastructure services.
The role will be responsible for maintaining high availability, performance, security, patch compliance, operational stability, and incident resolution across on-premises and cloud environments.
L2 engineers are expected to handle operational support, incident resolution, routine administration, monitoring, patching, and implementation support.
Key Responsibilities
Common Responsibilities
- Manage and support Windows server infrastructure in production and non-production environments.
- Administer core services such as:
- Active Directory
- DNS
- DHCP
- Group Policy
- File and Print Services
- IIS
- Remote access / RDP / Bastion access
- SupportVMware / Hyper-V / virtualized infrastructure.
- Manage infrastructure monitoring, alert handling, and service health checks.
- Performpatching, upgrades, maintenance, and vulnerability remediation.
- Supportbackup, restore, and DR readiness activities.
- Work onincident, service request, change, and problem management.
- Coordinate with security, application, database, and network teams.
- Maintain operational documentation, SOPs, and technical runbooks.
- Ensure adherence to compliance, audit, and security standards.
L2 Responsibilities
- Monitor server, VM, storage, and infrastructure alerts and take first-level remediation.
- Handleincident resolution for OS, basic cloud, AD, DNS, DHCP, IIS, file share, and performance issues.
- Perform:
- user/group administration
- GPO implementation support
- scheduled task verification
- backup job monitoring
- Troubleshoot issues related to:
- Windows services
- login and authentication issues
- Support cloud operations such as:
- NSG / security rule coordination
- Execute standard changes through approved procedures.
- Escalate complex incidents to L3 with required diagnostics and observations.
- Update tickets with proper troubleshooting details and closure notes.
- Participate in shift handover and on‑call support as needed.
Technical Skills Required
Wintel / Windows
- Windows Server 2012 / 2016 / 2019 / 2022 administration
- Active Directory administration
- DNS, DHCP, GPO
- IIS administration and troubleshooting
- RDS / RDP access support
- File server / DFS / NTFS permissions
- Windows patching and OS hardening
- VMware vSphere / ESXi / vCenter or Hyper‑V
- Cluster and host monitoring
Cloud
- Should Have - Azure - VM, VNet, NSG, Load Balancer, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Backup, Key Vault
- Good to Have - AWS - EC2, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, EBS, Security Groups, SSM
- Good to Have - GCP - Compute Engine, IAM, monitoring basics
Backup / DR
- Backup monitoring and restore validation
- Knowledge of tools such asVeeam, Commvault, NetBackup, Azure Backup or equivalent
- DR planning, recovery procedures, backup verification
Monitoring / Operations
- Tools such asLogicMonitor, SCOM, SolarWinds, Zabbix, Azure Monitor, Datadog or equivalent
- Alert triage, threshold review, event correlation
- Incident and change management processes
Security / Compliance
- Vulnerability remediation
- Endpoint security / AV / EDR coordination
- Access control and privileged account governance
- Audit support and evidence readiness
Automation
- PowerShell scripting
- Batch / shell scripting basics
- Automation of health checks, patching, and repetitive tasks
- For L3: exposure toTerraform, ARM, Bicep, Ansible, or similar is preferred
Experience Requirements
L2
- 3-6 years in Windows / infrastructure operations
- Hands‑on experience in server support, monitoring, patching, AD, IIS, and incident handling
- Experience working in production support environments
- Basic knowledge of cloud and virtualization administration
- Familiarity with ticketing tools such as ServiceNow, JIRA, or Remedy
Educational Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
- Equivalent practical experience may also be considered
Preferred Certifications
- VMware VCP (preferred)
- ITIL Foundation
- Microsoft certifications on Windows / Azure administration
Soft Skills
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Clear communication and incident coordination ability
- Ownership and accountability
- Ability to work under pressure during production incidents
- Collaboration across infra, app, DBA, network, and security teams
- Mentoring and stakeholder management skills for L3 roles
- Incident resolution within SLA
- Patch compliance and vulnerability closure
- Backup success and restore readiness
- Infrastructure availability and stability
- Monitoring coverage and alert response
- Timely RCA submission for major incidents
- Audit observations closure
- Documentation and runbook completeness
- Automation and operational improvement initiatives