Core Responsibilities

 Solution Blueprinting: Design and document end-to-end infrastructure

solutions that align with business growth and RunOps efficiency.

 Domain Leadership: Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) and

architectural lead for:

o Virtualization: VMware (vSphere, vSAN, NSX-T) and Citrix (CVAD).

o Converged Infrastructure: Nutanix or Dell VXRAIL (HCI).

o Data Management: Enterprise Storage (SAN/NAS) and Modern

Backup/Recovery (Veeam, Cohesity, or Commvault).

 Automation Strategy: Drive "Infrastructure as Code" (IaC) initiatives to

automate repetitive operational tasks and provisioning.

 Capacity & Lifecycle Management: Develop frameworks for proactive

capacity planning and technology refresh cycles to prevent technical debt.

 Standardization: Establish and enforce global configuration standards and

security hardening baselines across all DC domains.

 Escalation Support: Provide Level 4 architectural support for complex,

cross-domain performance issues or critical outages.

Technical Requirements

Domain Required Expertise

Virtualization Advanced architecture of VMware SDDC stack and Citrix

XenApp/XenDesktop environments.

HCI &

Compute

Design and implementation of Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

(Nutanix/vSAN) and Blade Server technologies.

Storage &

Backup

Expertise in Tier-1 storage (Pure, NetApp, or Dell EMC) and

modern data protection strategies (Immutable backups, Air-

gapping).

Data Center Deep understanding of DC facilities, power/cooling requirements,

and leaf-spine networking fabric.

Automation Proficiency with Ansible, Terraform, or PowerShell for infrastructure

orchestration.

Qualifications & Skills

 Experience: 18- 20+ years in IT Infrastructure, with at least 5 years in an

Architect or Lead Engineering role within a RunOps or Managed Services

environment.

 Strategic Thinking: Ability to translate complex business requirements into

technical roadmaps.

 Certifications: OS, Storage , VCDX (VMware), CCE-V (Citrix), or expert-level

certifications in Storage/HCI are highly preferred.

 Collaborative Mindset: Proven track record of working across silos

(Network, Security, Apps) to deliver cohesive infrastructure solutions.

 Crisis Leadership: Calm under pressure with the ability to lead "Tiger