Server Engineer – IT Operations & Infrastructure

Purpose of Role:

Support daily operations of server, virtualization (VMware/KVM), storage (HPE SAN), backup and monitoring platforms to ensure optimum availability, performance and security.

Key Responsibilities:

- Provision VMs (VMware ESXi/vSphere) and deploy recent physical and virtual servers (Windows Server and Linux).

- Perform daily server health checks, patch implementation, preventive maintenance, and storage allocation (HPE SAN, MSA).

- Monitor backup jobs and validate recovery actions as necessary.

- Maintain system documentation, update runbooks, and configuration records in ITSM tools.

- Support monitoring platforms like Zabbix; escalate and collaborate with Level 2/3 support as needed.

- Handle Tier 1/2 incidents, troubleshoot hardware/software faults, maintain SLA compliance.

- Coordinate with OEM (HPE) for hardware support and VMware for licensing/upgrades.

- Support implementation of changes and OS virtualization upgrades.

Required Experience & Skills:

- 3–5 years in server infrastructure support, virtualization (VMware), HPE blade/SAN/storage systems; Windows & Linux administration.





- Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking fundamentals, storage concepts (SAN/LUN).

- Experience with monitoring tools (Zabbix, Nagios) and backup solutions (Veeam, Commvault or similar).

- Familiarity with patch management, server hardening and vulnerability remediation.

Preferred Certifications & Qualifications:

- VMware VCP

- HPE DCAE or Infrastructure Certs

- Microsoft Certified: Windows Server

- Red Hat Certified Engineer/Administrator

- ITIL Foundation

Competencies:

- Excellent verbal & written communication

- Ability to work in 24x7 shift model

- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

- Teamwork & cross-functional collaboration

Reporting Relationships:

Reports to IT Operations Manager; works with Network Engineers and Senior Engineers.

Required Skills

- it operations
- it infrastructure
- hpe chassis
- hpe blade
- blade management
- vmware
- virtual infrastructure
- storage area network
- logical unit number
- lun san storage
- monitoring tools
- zabbix
- nagios
- backup and recovery
- veeam
- commvault
- patch management
- server hardening

📌 Sr Engineer - IT Operations & Infrastructure (India)
🏢 Sourceo
📍 India