Role Purpose

The Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer will deliver complex cloud transformation, infrastructure modernisation, migration, security, backup and disaster recovery engagements for enterprise and mid-market customers. The role combines deep hands-on engineering with customer discovery, solution design, technical leadership and disciplined project delivery from assessment through cutover and operational handover.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery workshops, infrastructure assessments, dependency analysis and requirements gathering with customer stakeholders.

• Design practical Azure, hybrid cloud, private cloud, Microsoft 365, identity, networking, backup and disaster recovery solutions aligned to business requirements.

• Produce high-level and low-level designs, implementation plans, migration runbooks, rollback plans, effort estimates and operational handover documentation.

• Deliver end-to-end server, application, file services, Active Directory, Microsoft 365 tenant and cloud infrastructure migrations.

• Plan and coordinate replication, cutover, validation and transition activities while minimising service disruption and delivery risk.

• Implement and improve Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, VMware vSphere, Hyper-V and related infrastructure platforms.

• Deliver backup, recovery and business continuity solutions using technologies such as Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, Veeam, Datto BCDR and Zerto.

• Apply security-by-design principles across identity, endpoint, network segmentation,



vulnerability management and Microsoft security capabilities.

• Act as a trusted technical advisor, translating business needs into transparent options, trade-offs and implementation recommendations.

• Coordinate engineers, architects, project managers, vendors and customer teams; mentor peers and provide technical leadership during complex engagements.

Core Technical Requirements:

Cloud & Hybrid Microsoft Azure IaaS/PaaS; landing zones; Azure networking, storage, governance and security; hybrid architecture; cloud adoption and migration planning.

Microsoft Infrastructure Windows Server 2008 R2-2019 or later; Active Directory; DNS; DHCP; Group Policy; WSUS; identity and access management.

Virtualisation VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V administration, assessment, consolidation and migration experience; private cloud modernisation.

Migration Server, application and file migrations; AD consolidation and multi-forest migration; Microsoft 365 tenant-to-tenant migration; cutover and validation.

Backup & DR Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, Veeam, Datto BCDR and/or Zerto; recovery architecture, testing and business continuity planning.

Networking & Security VPNs, hybrid connectivity,



segmentation, load balancing concepts, Microsoft Defender, vulnerability management and security uplift programs.

Modern WorkplaceMicrosoft 365, Intune, MDM/MAM, endpoint management, patching, monitoring and automation; Datto RMM exposure is advantageous.

Documentation & Delivery HLD/LLD documentation, runbooks, estimation, technical assessments, project delivery governance and operational handover.

Experience & Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive cloud, infrastructure or systems engineering experience, ideally within an MSP, technology solution provider or professional services environment.

• Demonstrated success delivering customer-facing infrastructure transformation and migration projects across multiple industries.

• Strong Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Windows Server, Active Directory and virtualisation capability.

• Experience leading technical workstreams and coordinating multidisciplinary delivery teams.

• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to present technical recommendations to both technical and business stakeholders.

• Relevant Microsoft certifications are strongly preferred. Examples include Azure Administrator, Azure Solutions Architect, Windows Server, Microsoft 365 or Security certifications.

• ITIL Foundation and vendor certifications in backup, disaster recovery, virtualisation or security are advantageous.

Ready to lead our technical evolution? ? Apply now and let's grow together!

📌 Senior Cloud and Infrastructure Engineer (India)
🏢 Eastvantage
📍 India