Company Description Samartha InfoSolutions, founded in 2006, is dedicated to becoming a world leader in simplified, innovative IT solutions. The organization focuses on progressive IT services that help customers achieve core business objectives and maximize returns from their network and systems infrastructure investments. Its experienced teams specialize in OSS/NMS/ITSM solutions, IT infrastructure support, and application development and support, delivering 24x7 on-site and remote services.

Samartha’s certified engineering consultants work with leading technologies across sectors such as BFSI, automobile, and telecom, and maintain strategic partnerships, including with Embarcadero Technologies for data modeling, database management, and application development tools. The company also offers office automation services, helping clients streamline labor-intensive processes such as Excel-based workflows.

Role Description We are seeking a highly experienced E2E Infrastructure Architect to lead the design, governance, optimization, and operational management of a large-scale telecom infrastructure landscape spanning three geographically distributed Data Centers. The role will be responsible for the overall infrastructure architecture, technology roadmap, capacity planning, resiliency, security, operational excellence, and lifecycle management of the telecom OSS/BSS and supporting platforms.

The Architect will act as the primary technical authority across Compute, Virtualization, Storage, Backup, Network, Linux, Windows, Database, Cloud, Container Platforms, and Disaster Recovery environments while ensuring high availability and adherence to business SLAs.

Qualifications

Infrastructure Architecture & Strategy

- Define and maintain the end-to-end infrastructure architecture across three Data Centers.
- Develop infrastructure standards, governance models, and technology roadmaps.
- Lead architecture reviews for new solutions, platform enhancements, and infrastructure transformations.
- Ensure alignment of infrastructure architecture with telecom business objectives and operational requirements.
- Drive standardization, consolidation, and modernization initiatives.

Multi-Data Center Management

- Design and manage active-active or active-passive Data Center architectures.
- Ensure seamless workload distribution, redundancy, and failover capabilities across Data Centers.
- Lead Disaster Recovery (DR) planning, testing, and execution.




- Define and maintain Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) requirements.
- Establish infrastructure resilience and business continuity strategies.

Platform Ownership

Provide architectural leadership for

- Compute Infrastructure (Physical & Virtual)
- Linux and Windows Platforms
- VMware / Virtualization Platforms
- OpenShift / Kubernetes Platforms
- HPE GreenLake, Storage and SAN Infrastructure
- Backup and Recovery Solutions
- Network Infrastructure (LAN/WAN/DC Network)
- Database Platforms
- Monitoring and Observability Solutions
- Security and Identity Management Systems

Capacity & Performance Management

- Define infrastructure capacity management processes.
- Conduct capacity forecasting and growth planning.
- Identify infrastructure bottlenecks and performance risks.
- Optimize infrastructure utilization and operational costs.
- Ensure infrastructure scalability to support telecom business growth.

Security & Compliance

- Define infrastructure security architecture and hardening standards.
- Ensure compliance with organizational security policies and regulatory requirements.
- Review vulnerability assessments and remediation plans.
- Support audit, compliance, and risk management activities.

Operations Governance

- Establish operational standards and support models.
- Govern incident, problem, change, and release management processes.
- Review major incidents and lead infrastructure Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
- Drive automation and operational efficiency initiatives.
- Define and monitor infrastructure KPIs and SLAs.

Vendor & Stakeholder Management

- Coordinate with OEMs, system integrators, and technology partners.
- Lead technical discussions with business, operations, and delivery teams.
- Review infrastructure contracts, support agreements, and licensing requirements.
- Provide technical leadership during audits, reviews, and executive presentations.

Technical Skills Required

Compute & Virtualization

- VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter
- Hyper-V (preferred)
- Physical server infrastructure (HPE, Dell, Cisco UCS)

Operating Systems





- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- Oracle Linux
- Windows Server Administration

Container Platforms

- OpenShift Administration and Architecture
- Kubernetes
- Docker / Podman

Storage & Backup

- SAN/NAS Storage Platforms
- Storage Replication Technologies
- Backup & Recovery Solutions
- Disaster Recovery Architecture

Networking

- Data Center Networking
- TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP
- Routing & Switching
- Firewall Technologies
- Load Balancers
- Network Security Architecture

Cloud & Automation

- AWS / Azure / Hybrid Cloud (preferred)
- Ansible
- Terraform
- Python / Shell Scripting

Monitoring & Observability

- Prometheus
- Grafana
- ELK Stack
- Splunk
- Infrastructure Monitoring Platforms

Database Technologies

- Oracle
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- High Availability Database Architectures

Telecom Domain Expertise

Mandatory Experience

- Telecom OSS infrastructure environments.
- Large-scale Network Management and Service Assurance platforms.
- Multi-vendor telecom ecosystems.
- High-availability production environments.

Preferred Exposure

- Network Inventory Platforms.
- Fault Management Platforms.
- Service Assurance Platforms.
- Network Automation Solutions.
- 4G/5G Core Networks.
- RAN, Transport, and IP/MPLS domains.

Leadership & Governance

- Lead infrastructure architecture reviews and technical governance boards.
- Mentor L2/L3 engineers and infrastructure leads.
- Drive continuous service improvement initiatives.
- Define infrastructure standards, policies, and best practices.
- Provide executive-level reporting and strategic recommendations.

Key Deliverables

- Ensure infrastructure availability meeting agreed SLAs (>99.9%).
- Maintain resilient operations across all three Data Centers.
- Drive infrastructure modernization and automation initiatives.
- Deliver successful DR drills and business continuity validation.
- Reduce operational risk through proactive architecture governance.
- Optimize infrastructure performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
- Lead RCA and preventive action planning for critical incidents.

Preferred Certifications

- RHCE / OpenShift Administration
- VMware VCP/VCAP
- TOGAF
- ITIL Foundation/Expert
- AWS/Azure Solution Architect
- Kubernetes (CKA)
- HPE Infrastructure Certifications

Support Model

- 24x7 Critical Telecom Production Workplace with Architectural Governance and Escalation Ownership.

Work Location : Pune

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