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
Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Visakhapatnam

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