Assoc. Spclst , Software Engineering

An Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, managing, and supporting the infrastructure that enables an organization's IT systems and services to run smoothly. This includes working with hardware, networking, virtualization, cloud environments, and security systems to ensure the organization's IT infrastructure is efficient, reliable, and scalable. Infrastructure engineers often work closely with software engineers, IT support teams, and system administrators to optimize performance, mitigate risks, and deliver high-quality services to end-users.

· Manage the design, procurement, installation, upgrading, operation, control, maintenance, and effective use of specific technology services.

· Collaborate with business and IT teams to develop Data Archival solutions for Application retirement, Decommissioning and Live Data Archival.

· Carry out and also improve system software development and maintenance tasks by updating the product design to automate routine system administration tasks using standard tools and software development practices.

· Provide help with strategic direction and oversight for the design, development and support of Data Archival infrastructure that includes the full life cycle of technical

· Work within a matrix organizational structure, reporting to both the functional manager and the Product manager.

· Participate in Product planning, execution, and delivery, ensuring alignment with Product goals.

· Bachelors’ degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or any Technology stream.

· 3+ years of hands-on experience working with network and system administration for Linux/Unix and Windows servers.

· 3-5 years of experience designing & developing scalable and high-performance archival solutions

· 3+ Experience with integrating archival products with databases, file systems and cloud storage.

· Data Archival Platforms: Experience with Archival product vendors (OpenText Info Archival, SOLIX, Informatica, etc)

· Building data pipelines for efficient data ingestion and retrieval from source systems to archive.

· Databases: Experience on databases like Oracle, SQL, CITUS, Hive, etc & Querying Knowledge

· Automation & Cloud Platform: At least 1-2 year of experience with AWS/Azure Cloud as well as the infrastructure automation & management tools (ex: Ansible, Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Azure DevOps, etc).

· Cloud and Virtualization Platforms: Proficiency in virtualization (Vmware, Hyper-V, Nutanix) and familiarity with cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) platforms.

· Networking: Understanding of virtual networks, VPNs, and firewalls.

· Operating Systems: Experience working on Windows and Linux operating systems.

· Scripting and Automation: Skills in scripting languages like Bash or PowerShell or Python.

· DevOps practices: Experience with Git, infrastructure as code (IaC), observability, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD).

· Security Best Practices: Familiarity with IT security practices and compliance.

· Problem-Solving: Ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues.

· Product and customer-centric approach.

Our technology teams operate as business partners, proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver services and solutions that help everyone be more productive and enable innovation.

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