Job Summary

nWe 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.

nThe 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.

nKey Responsibilities

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

nOperating Systems

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- Ubuntu Linux
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- RHEL / CentOS / Rocky Linux or equivalent
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- Valuable understanding of Unix/Linux concepts
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nVirtualization

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

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

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

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

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- Basic knowledge of AWS/Azure or private cloud environments
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- Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes
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- Basic Bash/Shell scripting
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- Exposure to monitoring tools such as Zabbix, Nagios, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar
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- Understanding of ITIL processes
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- Exposure to ticketing tools such as ServiceNow or Jira
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- Knowledge of backup and storage technologies
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- Understanding of security tools such as EDR, vulnerability scanners, and SIEM agents
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📌 Data Center Engineer (Pune)
🏢 The Adlakha Group
📍 Pune