Senior System Administrator

Azure AD + Windows & SQL Administrator

Location: Faridabad, Haryana

Experience: 8+ Years

Employment Type: Full-time

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Azure AD / Microsoft Entra ID + Windows & SQL Administrator with 8+ years of hands-on experience in managing enterprise infrastructure and hybrid Microsoft environments.

The candidate will be responsible for administration, troubleshooting, security, monitoring, backup, patching, and maintenance of Azure AD/Entra ID, Active Directory, Windows Server, and Microsoft SQL Server environments.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure AD / Entra ID.
• Strong knowledge of Active Directory and Azure AD Connect / Entra Connect.
• Extensive experience in Windows Server Administration – 2016/2019/2022.
• Strong experience with Microsoft SQL Server Administration.
• Hands-on experience with SQL Backup, Restore, Patching, and Performance Tuning.
• Good knowledge of DNS, DHCP, and Group Policy (GPO).
• Strong PowerShell scripting and automation skills.
• Experience working with Hybrid Identity and Azure Infrastructure.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in an enterprise/global infrastructure environment.

Senior System Administrator

Location: Chennai

Experience: 10+ Years

Job Summary

We are looking for a skilled Senior System Administrator to manage and maintain enterprise infrastructure across Windows Server, VMware virtualization, and enterprise storage environments. The role will be responsible for ensuring high availability, performance, security, and reliability of IT infrastructure supporting business operations.

Key Responsibilities

Windows Server Administration

• Install, configure, maintain and troubleshoot Windows Server environments.
• Administer Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP and File Services.
• Resolve server-related incidents and access issues.

VMware Administration

• Manage VMware vSphere, ESXi and vCenter environments.
• Perform VM migrations using vMotion.
• Manage snapshots and optimize VM resources.

Storage Administration

• Manage enterprise SAN/NAS storage environments.
• Work with storage platforms such as Dell EMC, NetApp, HPE or equivalent.
• Configure and manage LUNs, RAID, storage allocation and replication.
• Monitor storage performance and capacity.
• Support storage integration with backup environments.

Compliance & IT Operations

• Ensure infrastructure adherence to IT security policies and organizational standards.
• Support internal/external audits and compliance requirements, including ISO/SOX where applicable.
• Maintain infrastructure documentation, configurations and change records.
• Ensure patch compliance and vulnerability remediation.
• Support IT governance and implementation of standard operating procedures.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience in Windows Server Administration.
• Good experience with Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS and DHCP.
• Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere, ESXi and vCenter.
• Practical knowledge of vMotion, VM snapshots and resource management.
• Experience with SAN/NAS storage administration.
• Knowledge of LUN, RAID, storage allocation and replication.
• Experience with infrastructure patching and vulnerability remediation.
• Good troubleshooting and incident-resolution skills.
• Good communication and documentation skills.
• Exposure to Linux administration.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics or related field; B.Tech/B.E/BCA/MCA or equivalent preferred.
• 10+ years of relevant infrastructure/system administration experience.

Good to Have

• Microsoft MCSA / MCSE / AZ-800 / AZ-801
• VMware VCP – Data Center Virtualization
• Dell EMC / NetApp / HPE Storage certifications
• ITIL Foundation

Key Technologies

Windows Server | Active Directory | GPO | DNS | DHCP | VMware | ESXi | vCenter | vSphere | vMotion | SAN | NAS | Dell EMC | NetApp | HPE Storage | LUN | RAID | Replication | Linux | Patch Management | Vulnerability Management

 Job Description:

• Job title : Senior DevOps Engineer (On-Premises Automation)        
• Experience: 8+ years
• Location: Chennai / Pune / Hyderabad / Bangalore
• Shift: UK Shift
• Work Mode: Onsite (WFO)

Roles and Responsibilities:

• This engagement automates end-to-end infrastructure build provisioning across on-prem and Azure. The team will build a shared ServiceNow-led intake, approval, orchestration, and closed-loop status model, using Jenkins/Ansible for on-prem builds and Azure DevOps/Terraform for cloud builds. Automation includes standards, security/compliance controls, scan gates, CMDB/change updates, and handover.              

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead secure and repeatable on-prem build provisioning pipelines
• Lead Jenkins CI/CD for automated on-prem provisioning and configuration.
• Create pipeline templates for VM/physical host, OS deployment, configuration, certification, and rollback.
• Embed hardened-image validation, scan gates, secrets handling, approvals, and audit evidence.
• Lead Ansible roles, PowerShell modules, test automation, and code reviews.
• Implement logging, monitoring, and root-cause analysis; support UAT and hypercare.       

Required Qualifications:

• 8–10 years in DevOps, platform engineering, or infrastructure automation.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Jenkins
• Git, CI/CD
• Ansible, PowerShell
• Python, IaC
• security scanning, secrets management
• Windows/Linux.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer with 8+ years of professional experience to join our team. In this role, you will design, implement, and optimize cloud infrastructure and CI/CD processes.

You will collaborate closely with development, QA, and operations teams to deliver scalable, secure, automated, and reliable solutions on AWS.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with AWS, Terraform, Git/GitHub, Jenkins, PowerShell, Python, AWS Systems Manager (SSM) Documents, and Active Directory (AD) administration, along with a passion for automation, efficiency, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub.
• Use AWS Systems Manager (SSM) to support operational automation and system administration.
• Automate system tasks and administrative workflows using PowerShell and other scripting languages.
• Create, maintain, and execute custom SSM Documents for configuration management, patching, automation, and troubleshooting.
• Manage and administer Active Directory (AD), including users, groups, permissions, policies, authentication, and integration with AWS services.
• Implement and manage version-control workflows in Git and GitHub.
• Ensure infrastructure and deployment processes follow best practices for security, reliability, scalability, and cost optimization.
• Monitor and troubleshoot production systems to ensure high availability, performance, and reliability.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve software delivery processes and release management.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the development of DevOps standards and best practices.

Required Skills and Experience

• 8+ years of professional experience, including at least 4 years in DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services, including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, EKS, Lambda, and related services.
• Proven expertise in Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience administering both Linux and Windows operating systems.
• Experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub.
• Proficiency with Git workflows and source-code management best practices.
• Strong PowerShell scripting skills; familiarity with Python and/or Bash is a plus.
• Experience with AWS Systems Manager (SSM), including creating and managing SSM Documents.
• Hands-on experience managing Active Directory, including users, groups, policies, authentication, permissions, and AWS integration.
• Solid understanding of cloud networking, security, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and decision-making skills.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Amazon EKS.
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools, such as Amazon CloudWatch, New Relic, and Sumo Logic.
• An AWS certification, such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional or AWS Certified Solutions Architect.

Who You Are

• You are eager to learn new technologies and continuously improve your skills.
• You make sound decisions and take ownership of your work.
• You are proactive, self-motivated, and comfortable taking initiative.
• You are a strong communicator who enjoys collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• You are committed to improving processes, automation, reliability, and operational efficiency.

Job Description

We are looking for a Windows Administrator with strong hands-on experience in Windows Server administration, upgrades, patching, vulnerability remediation, and troubleshooting.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform Windows Server administration, upgrades, and patching.
• Plan and execute OS upgrades, security patches, and hotfixes.
• Identify and remediate Windows vulnerabilities and security issues.
• Troubleshoot server, OS, application, and performance-related issues.
• Monitor CPU, memory, disk, services, and overall server health.
• Perform incident management and root-cause analysis.
• Manage Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Group Policy.
• Support VMware / Hyper-V virtualized environments.
• Automate administrative and remediation activities using PowerShell.
• Coordinate with security, application, network, and cloud teams.
• Maintain system documentation and ensure compliance with operational standards.

Primary Skills

• Windows Server Administration
• Windows Upgrades & Patching
• Vulnerability Remediation
• Troubleshooting & RCA
• Active Directory
• DNS / DHCP / Group Policy
• PowerShell
• VMware / Hyper-V

Very strong infra engineer to administer Linux based VMs (and few Windows VMs as well).

Must have strong knowledge and hands-on on docker, Kubernetes

Must be good at monitoring (AppDynamics, Prometheus, Grafana) and logging (Splunk)

Develop automation scripts using Shell and Python. Must have good knowledge in Ansible.

Should be good at optimize/finetune server configurations.

 Should be good in troubleshoot issues and fix them.

Hiring: Senior VMware / Infrastructure & Virtualization Engineer

📍 Location: Pune

💼 Experience: 10+ Years

🕒 Shift: UK Shift (12:30 PM – 9:30 PM)

We are looking for an experienced Virtualization Engineer to support a critical infrastructure migration project.

Key Skills Required:

• Strong hands-on experience with VMware vSphere / ESXi
• Production experience building and managing Microsoft Hyper-V Failover Clusters
• Hands-on expertise in Citrix XenServer / Citrix Hypervisor
• Experience with VMware-to-Hyper-V V2V migrations
• Citrix VDI and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, including MCS/PVS
• Windows Server 2019/2022, PowerShell scripting and troubleshooting
• HPE ProLiant servers, SAN storage, FC/iSCSI and MPIO
• Veeam Backup & Replication and disaster recovery

Important: Hands-on Hyper-V clustering and Citrix XenServer experience are mandatory. Candidates with only VMware administration or general IT support experience will not be suitable.

Interested candidates can share their updated resume via DM or email.

#Hiring #VMware #HyperV #CitrixXenServer #Virtualization #InfrastructureMigration #V2VMigration #VDI #PuneJobs

• Strong hands-on experience in Microsoft Azure Cloud.
• Good understanding of Azure services such as Compute, Storage, Event Hub, Event Subscription, Storage Queue, and PaaS services.
• Basic understanding of Azure AI Foundry and AI-related Azure service setup.
• Good Azure networking basics: VNet, subnet, routing, and basic troubleshooting.
• Strong knowledge of Terraform, especially:
• Terraform state
• plan / apply
• troubleshooting failures
• migration risks
• Terraform Enterprise concepts
• Strong Python coding capability, not just basic scripting.
• Experience using Python for API integration, automation, JSON/YAML handling, and internal tooling.
• Good understanding of CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to troubleshoot pipeline failures.
• Comfortable with YAML and JSON.
• Ability to troubleshoot Azure infrastructure/platform issues.
• Ability to collect logs/evidence and coordinate with network/app/Microsoft support teams.
• Basic awareness of agentic AI / LLM concepts.
• Awareness of security and cost best practices.

Good to Have Skills

• Hands-on experience with Harness.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform Enterprise.
• Exposure to LangGraph / LangChain.
• Exposure to agentic AI workflows or skill creation.
• Exposure to Claude or enterprise LLM integrations.
• Knowledge of Azure ML Workspace, model registry, and managed endpoints.
• MLOps / LLMOps knowledge.
• FinOps / Azure cost optimization experience.
• Azure certifications: AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-400, AZ-500.

Screening Priority:

Azure Cloud + Terraform + Python Coding + CI/CD Troubleshooting + YAML/JSON + Basic Agentic AI Awareness

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

3+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, including IaaS, PaaS, networking, identity (Entra ID), and governance services.

2+ years of experience with DevOps tooling and practices, including CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM), and version control (Git).

2+ years' experience in infrastructure design, platform engineering, or architecture.

Strong proficiency with automation and scripting — PowerShell, Azure CLI, Python, or Bash.

Solid understanding of containerisation (Docker) and familiarity with orchestration platforms (Azure Kubernetes Service).

Deep understanding of cloud architecture, deployment patterns, and management best practices, including the Azure Well-Architected Framework.

Experience defining standards, governance frameworks, and reference architectures for cloud platform consumption.

Strong knowledge of networking concepts, storage configurations, virtualisation technologies, and disaster recovery/backup design for hybrid environments.

Experience with Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines, Boards, Artifacts) or equivalent platforms.

Familiarity with identity and access management (IAM), including Entra ID, RBAC, PIM.

Strong understanding of security, compliance requirements, and IT governance frameworks (ITIL, COBIT, or similar).

Preferred

Key Responsibilities

Azure Infrastructure: Deploy, configure, and manage Azure IaaS and PaaS services, including Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, Network Security Groups, Azure Firewall, VPN/ExpressRoute gateways, storage, App Services, and Azure SQL.

Azure Landing Zones: Implement and maintain landing zones aligned with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework, including management groups, subscriptions, RBAC, Azure Policy, and resource tagging.

Cloud Migration: Execute on-premises-to-Azure migrations using Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery (ASR), and database migration tools.

Identity and Access Management: Manage Microsoft Entra ID integrations, Entra Connect, Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), and managed identities.

Backup and Disaster Recovery: Configure and manage Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, monitoring, and disaster recovery solutions.

L2 Support and Incident Management: Resolve infrastructure incidents and service requests within agreed SLAs, perform root-cause analysis, and escalate complex issues to L3 teams with detailed diagnostics.

Cloud Security: Apply security baselines using Microsoft Defender for Cloud and implement secure-score recommendations.

Automation and Infrastructure as Code: Automate routine tasks using PowerShell and Azure CLI, and work with ARM templates, Bicep, or Terraform.

Cost Optimization: Monitor Azure consumption, optimize resource utilization, and prepare monthly cloud usage and cost reports.

Technical Documentation: Prepare low-level designs, operational runbooks, as-built documentation, and project handover documents.

Presales Support: Assist with effort estimation, technical solution inputs, and proof-of-concept implementations.

Required Skills and Qualifications

3–5 years of hands-on experience in Microsoft Azure infrastructure.

At least 2 years of experience in customer-facing consulting or managed services environments.

Strong working knowledge of Azure networking, compute, storage, and identity services.

Practical experience delivering at least one end-to-end Azure migration or landing zone deployment.

Good understanding of Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP.

Hands-on scripting experience with PowerShell.

Working knowledge of Bicep, ARM templates, or Terraform.

Familiarity with ITIL processes and ticketing tools such as ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, Freshservice, or similar platforms.

Strong written and verbal English communication skills, with the ability to interact with customer IT teams.

Certifications

Mandatory

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104).

Preferred

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305).

Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500).

Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700).

Good to Have

Experience with Azure Virtual Desktop deployment and image management.

Exposure to Microsoft Sentinel or Microsoft Defender XDR.

Experience supporting UAE government or semi-government customers.

Arabic language proficiency.

Candidate Requirements

Currently based in the UAE with a valid residence visa, or able to transfer the visa without delay.

Available to join immediately or within 15 days.

A valid UAE driving licence is preferred for customer site visits.

Willing to work at customer premises and support occasional after-hours change windows