Senior IT Engineer

Job Title: Senior IT Engineer – Virtualization & Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure

Organization Name: NEC Corporation of India Ltd.

Reporting Relationship: Reports to the Manager / Lead – Infrastructure & Datacenter Operations

Role Summary: We are looking for a System Administrator who will lead the day-to-day administration, optimization, and automation of our enterprise virtualization platforms, datacenter infrastructure, and hybrid cloud environments. The ideal candidate will ensure high availability, security, and disaster readiness of mission-critical workloads, and will support large-scale datacenter projects for government and enterprise customers.

Responsibilities:

- Manage and maintain enterprise virtualization platforms, including VMware vSphere, vCenter, and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), and Nutanix AHV clusters (Prism Central/Element).

- Configure and tune vSphere HA, DRS, vMotion, vSAN, and Distributed Switches, and monitor cluster and host health using VMware Aria Operations.

- Design, implement, and test replication, failover clustering, and disaster recovery solutions (e.g., VMware SRM) for mission-critical workloads.

- Administer hybrid cloud environments on Google Cloud Platform and AWS, including landing zones, IAM policies, and network architecture.

- Administer Windows Server and Linux (RedHat, CentOS, Ubuntu, Oracle Linux) environments for performance, security, and uptime.

- Manage Active Directory Domain Services, DNS, and Group Policy Objects, including user and resource provisioning.

- Plan and execute patching of servers, ESXi hosts, and workstations using WSUS, ensuring compliance with organizational policies.

- Execute VM migrations across platforms (VMware, Nutanix, Hyper-V, Proxmox VE) using tools such as Nutanix Move.

- Build and deploy datacenter infrastructure, including server installation, storage and RAID configuration, and OS deployment.

- Automate routine administration tasks using PowerShell and Ansible, and support application containerization using Docker.

- Manage the firmware and driver lifecycle for datacenter hardware (e.g., Dell EMC servers).

- Prepare technical documentation, SOPs, and status reports, and coordinate with customer and internal teams.

Prerequisites:

- Qualification: B.E./B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering, IT, or a related discipline.

- Ideal candidate should have a minimum of 3+ years of relevant experience in system administration, virtualization, and datacenter management.

- Desirable qualities:

- Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification (or equivalent AWS/Azure certification); VMware (VCP) or Nutanix (NCP) certification is an added advantage.

- Hands-on experience with Hyper-V, Proxmox VE, Docker, and Infrastructure-as-Code tools.

- Exposure to cybersecurity fundamentals and network traffic analysis.

- Experience in large-scale datacenter or government/public-sector projects.

- Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills, with the ability to work independently and under pressure.

Base Location: Noida, but flexible to travel (as per project and customer requirements).

Specialization Description

General IT Applications Development includes analysis, programming, and configuration of end user applications and/or systems software including:

- Analyzing detailed business/functional/technical requirements and specifications for the application
- Coding internally developed applications and/or configuring commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) applications using programming, scripting, and database languages
- Supporting application testing, deployment, maintenance, and evolution activities by correcting programming errors, responding to scope changes, and coding application enhancements

Level Description

Entry to developing level professional with little or no prior experience required. Applies a broad theoretical job knowledge typically obtained through advanced education. Work is closely supervised. Works to deliver day-to-day objectives with limited impact on achievement of results for the job area. Explains facts, policies and practices related to job area. Problems faced are not typically difficult or complex.

Headquartered in Japan, NEC is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies. With over 123 years of expertise in providing solutions for empowering people, businesses, and society, NEC stands tall as a champion in enabling change and transformation across the globe. Present in India since 1950, NEC has been instrumental in burgeoning India’s digitization journey continually for the past 70 years.

NEC India has proved its commitment to orchestrating a bright future through its diverse businesses from Telecommunications to Public Safety, Logistics, Transportation, Retail, Finance, Unified Communication and IT platforms , serving across the public and private sectors. NEC India, through the deployment of cutting-edge technology, has been powering India in seminal ways, making lives easier, safer, and more productive for all.

With its Centre of Excellence for verticals like Analytics platform solutions, Big Data, Biometrics, Mobile and Retail , NEC India brings to the table, innovative, seamless solutions for India and across the world.

NEC India is headquartered in New Delhi and has its offices panned across the country. It has branches in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Noida and Surat.

Specialties:

IT & Networking Solutions, Unified Communication Solutions, Safety and Security Solutions, Integrated Retail Solutions, Data Centre Solutions, Safe and Smart City Solutions, Transportation Solutions, SDN Solutions, Carrier Telecom Solutions, and Solutions for Society.

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