Datacenter Engineer (Wintel & VMWare)

Job description Below

• Strong expertise in Wintel administration (Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, GPO).
• Advanced hands-on experience with VMware administration (ESXi, vCenter, VM lifecycle management).
• Proven expert-level troubleshooting skills, including packet-level analysis using Wireshark or equivalent tools.
• Strong experience in engaging and troubleshooting, production critical P1 issues.
• Experience with backup technologies such as Veeam, Rubrik, Cohesity, or similar enterprise solutions.
• Solid understanding of storage technologies (SAN, NAS, RAID, LUN management, performance tuning).
• Strong knowledge of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, VLANs, routing, firewalls) to support end-to-end troubleshooting.
• Experience working in 24x7 production environments with strict SLA requirements

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Administer, support, and optimize Windows (Wintel) server environments across physical and virtual platforms.
• Manage and maintain VMware infrastructure (ESXi, vCenter, vSAN), including VM provisioning, performance tuning, and capacity management.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting of infrastructure and application connectivity issues using packet capture and analysis tools (Wireshark, tcpdump).
• Support and manage enterprise backup solutions such as Veeam, Rubrik, Cohesity, including backup validation and restore testing.
• Work with storage platforms (SAN/NAS) to troubleshoot performance, latency, and capacity-related issues.
• Participate in and technically drive Major Incident (P1) calls, collaborating with cross-functional teams to restore services.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and preventive controls across datacenter services.
• Support change, patching, upgrade, and DR activities following ITIL best practices.
• Should be able to lead and drive technically the Operational issues on his own in a high pressure environment engaging multiple stakeholders during live troubleshooting.
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills with the ability to communicate complex technical issues in an easy-to-understand manner.
• Resourceful, with the ability to work independently.
• Strong time management skills and attention to detai