Infrastructure lead

Job Title: Infrastructure lead

Experience: 10+ Yrs

Location: Visakhapatnam

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

The Infrastructure Administrator will be responsible for managing and optimizing enterprise IT infrastructure with a strong focus on AWS cloud administration. This role requires deep hands-on expertise in AWS services, hybrid cloud environments, networking, security, and cost optimization. The candidate will ensure high availability, scalability, and compliance of mission-critical workloads while driving modernization initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

AWS Cloud Administration

• Provision, configure, and manage EC2 instances, Auto Scaling Groups, and Elastic Load Balancers
• Administer S3 buckets, lifecycle policies, replication, and storage classes
• Manage VPCs, subnets, routing tables, NAT gateways, VPNs, and Direct Connect
• Implement IAM roles, policies, MFA, and fine-grained access controls
• Configure CloudWatch alarms, dashboards, and logs for proactive monitoring
• Manage CloudTrail, AWS Config, and X-Ray for auditing and governance
• Administer RDS (Aurora, MySQL, PostgreSQL), DynamoDB, and ElastiCache
• Deploy and support Lambda, API Gateway, Elastic Beanstalk, and Step Functions
• Integrate GuardDuty, Security Hub, WAF, and Shield for threat detection and protection. Optimize costs using Cost Explorer, Budgets, Trusted Advisor, Compute Optimizer, and Savings Plans

Infrastructure Data Center Management

• Oversee on-premises servers, virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V), and storage systems
• Ensure disaster recovery readiness and business continuity planning
• Implement enterprise backup and recovery solutions

Automation Optimization

• Automate infrastructure provisioning using CloudFormation, Terraform, and Ansible
• Develop scripts (Python, PowerShell, Bash) for routine task automation
• Monitor performance and recommend infrastructure upgrades

Collaboration Support

• Provide Tier-3 support for escalated AWS and infrastructure issues
• Work closely with DevOps teams to integrate CI/CD pipelines
• Liaise with vendors and AWS support for advanced troubleshooting

Core Technical Skills

• Compute: EC2, Auto Scaling, Elastic Load Balancing
• Storage: S3, EBS, Glacier, Storage Gateway
• Networking: VPC, Route 53, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect
• Databases: RDS (Aurora, MySQL, PostgreSQL), DynamoDB, ElastiCache
• Security: IAM, KMS, GuardDuty, Security Hub, WAF, Shield
• Monitoring Logging: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, AWS Config, X-Ray
• Serverless PaaS: Lambda, API Gateway, Elastic Beanstalk, Step Functions
• Automation: CloudFormation, Terraform, AWS CLI, Python/PowerShell scripting
• Cost Management: AWS Budgets, Cost Explorer, Trusted Advisor, Compute Optimizer, Savings Plans

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• 10+ years of progressive experience in infrastructure administration with at least 5+ years in AWS cloud administration
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in hybrid/multi-cloud environments

Certifications (Preferred)

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate
• AWS Certified Security Specialty
• AWS Certified Advanced Networking Specialty
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP) / Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

Job Category: Infrastructure lead

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