Data Center Engineer

Job Summary

We are looking for a Data Center Engineer with 3–4 years of hands-on experience in Data Center operations, Virtual Machine (VM) management, Linux/Unix administration, and DC-DR (Data Center–Disaster Recovery) environments.

The candidate will be responsible for day-to-day infrastructure operations, VM provisioning and management, Linux server administration, system health monitoring, troubleshooting, backup/restore coordination, DR activities, and supporting application/deployment teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and support Data Center and Disaster Recovery (DC-DR) infrastructure.
• Provision, configure, modify, and decommission Virtual Machines (VMs) based on project requirements.
• Perform VM activities such as:
• VM creation and deletion
• CPU, RAM, and disk allocation/extension
• Snapshot creation and restoration
• VM cloning
• Network configuration
• VM migration
• Backup and restore coordination
• Administer Linux/Unix servers, particularly Ubuntu and enterprise Linux distributions.
• Perform Linux system administration activities including:
• User and group management
• File system and disk management
• LVM configuration and extension
• Mount point management
• Package installation and updates
• Service/process management
• Permissions and ownership management
• OS patching and maintenance
• Troubleshoot server issues related to CPU, memory, disk, network, processes, services, and file systems.
• Monitor infrastructure availability, capacity, utilization, and server health.
• Support DC-to-DR replication, DR drills, failover, failback, and disaster recovery testing.
• Validate application and infrastructure availability during planned DR exercises.
• Perform regular health checks of servers and virtualization infrastructure.
• Coordinate with Network, Security, Storage, Database, Application, and DevOps teams for infrastructure-related activities.
• Support application deployment teams with server prerequisites, ports, storage, users, permissions, and connectivity.
• Troubleshoot network connectivity using tools such as ping, traceroute, telnet, nc, curl, ss, and netstat.
• Perform log analysis and troubleshoot Linux system/service failures.
• Manage server storage, disk utilization, NFS mounts, and file-system-related issues.
• Participate in incident, change, problem, and service-request management processes.
• Maintain infrastructure inventory and technical documentation.
• Follow organizational security, access control, backup, patching, and compliance standards.
• Provide support during planned maintenance activities, production deployments, migrations, and critical incidents.

Required Technical Skills

Operating Systems

• Ubuntu Linux
• RHEL / CentOS / Rocky Linux or equivalent
• Good understanding of Unix/Linux concepts

Virtualization

• Hands-on experience in VM provisioning and lifecycle management
• VMware / vSphere / ESXi, KVM, or similar virtualization platforms
• VM snapshots, cloning, migration, resource allocation, and troubleshooting

Linux Administration

• User/group and permission management
• LVM and filesystem management
• Disk partitioning and mount management
• Systemd and service management
• Package management using apt, yum, and dnf
• SSH configuration and troubleshooting
• Cron jobs and basic shell scripting
• Performance and log troubleshooting

Data Center / DR

• Understanding of Data Center infrastructure and operations
• Hands-on exposure to DC and DR environments
• DR drills, failover/failback, and recovery validation
• Backup and restoration concepts
• Server availability and capacity monitoring

Networking

• TCP/IP fundamentals
• DNS, Gateway, Routing, VLAN, Firewall, and Proxy concepts
• Basic understanding of ports and network connectivity troubleshooting
• Experience troubleshooting server-to-server and application connectivity

Good to Have

• Basic knowledge of AWS/Azure or private cloud environments
• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes
• Basic Bash/Shell scripting
• Exposure to monitoring tools such as Zabbix, Nagios, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar
• Understanding of ITIL processes
• Exposure to ticketing tools such as ServiceNow or Jira
• Knowledge of backup and storage technologies
• Understanding of security tools such as EDR, vulnerability scanners, and SIEM agents