Lead – IT Infrastructure; Networking, Virtualization & Backup

Position: Lead – IT Infrastructure (Networking, Virtualization & Backup)
Location: Ernākulam

Location:

Kochi

Experience:

12–18 years

Employment Type:

Full Time

Role Overview
We are seeking a senior infrastructure professional to lead and oversee enterprise-level Networking, Virtualization platforms, and Backup & Disaster Recovery environments. The role requires strong operational governance, stakeholder management, and hands-on technical oversight to ensure high availability, performance, security, and resilience across IT infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities
Lead and manage enterprise networking infrastructure, including LAN, WAN, WLAN, firewalls, routing, switching, and network security components.
Oversee network architecture, performance monitoring, capacity planning, and high availability configurations.
Drive network security, compliance, and resilience in coordination with security teams.
Oversee enterprise virtualization environments (VMware / Hyper-V / other platforms), including capacity planning, performance tuning, and high availability configuration.
Manage and optimize backup and disaster recovery strategies, ensuring data integrity, compliance, and periodic DR drills.
Establish governance for business continuity planning and infrastructure resilience.
Coordinate with application, security, cloud, and operations teams to ensure seamless infrastructure support.
Monitor infrastructure health, security posture, and risk mitigation strategies.
Manage vendor relationships, AMC contracts, audits, and technology upgrades.
Prepare and present infrastructure performance metrics, availability reports, and risk assessments to senior leadership.
Lead, mentor, and develop infrastructure teams across networking, virtualization, and platform management functions.

Technical Skills Required
Strong experience in enterprise networking technologies (LAN/WAN, routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, load balancers, network security).
Expertise in Virtualization technologies (VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, VDI, clustering, HA, etc.).
Hands-on experience in Enterprise Backup Solutions (Veeam, Veritas, Commvault, etc.).
Strong knowledge of DR strategy, replication, and recovery testing.
Exposure to cloud platforms (Azure / AWS), including hybrid networking, is an added advantage.
Strong understanding of infrastructure and network security best practices.