**Job Description:** **Azure/Infrastructure Engineer** We are seeking a seasoned Infrastructure Engineer to join our team, dedicated to maintaining, upgrading, and optimizing On-premises/Azure infrastructure through automation, performance tuning and best practices. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience with Virtualization, Containerization, Storage and Networking. Candidate should have good experience with Linux shell scripting for troubleshooting and automation use cases. **Responsibilities:** + Design, implement, and manage on-premises/azure infrastructure, including servers, storage, and network configurations, ensuring high availability and performance. + Utilize Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Ansible to provision, deploy, and manage infrastructure across development, testing, and production environments. + Automate infrastructure and application management tasks using shell scripting. + Provision, manage & upgrade virtual machines, containers using Docker and Kubernetes, and automate deployment and configuration of on-premises VMs. + Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize infrastructure for performance and scalability, employing best practices for system health and security. + Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation related to infrastructure processes, tools, and configurations. + Conduct system audits, including security and performance reviews, to ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices. + Stay updated with the latest in infrastructure technologies and methodologies, continuously seeking to improve our processes and tools. + Participate in on-call rotations to provide support for critical production issues and perform scheduled maintenance tasks outside of peak hours as necessary. + Ensure security compliance with data protection policies, including implementing OAUTH, RBAC, certificate, and PKI-based security mechanisms. **Qualifications:** + Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Computer applications, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. **Required** **Skills:** + 8+ years of experience as an Infrastructure Engineer or in a similar role, with a proven track record of deploying, maintaining, and upgrading scalable and reliable infrastructure. + Working experience with On-premises networking (CIDR, Subnets, FC-Channels), Virtualization (KVM/Proxmox/VMWare ESXi/Tanzu etc.), Storage (SAN/NFS/Nutanix/MinIO etc.) + Proven expertise in managing firewalls, load balancers, VPNs and Azure Xpress Route circuits + Strong understanding of containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and network plugins. + Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Perl, awk, sed) for automation tasks. + Expert in advanced Linux usage and system administration. + Experience managing enterprise-grade infrastructure on the cloud and on-premises. + Knowledge of cybersecurity technologies like PKI, SSL certificates, and their administration in different middleware and containers. + Experience with version control systems, such as Git. + Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently or as part of a team. + Strong communication and collaboration skills, capable of working effectively across multiple teams. **Desired** **Skills** + Certifications in relevant technologies + Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, Azure Monitor) \#SoftwareEngineering **Weekly Hours:** 40 **Time Type:** Regular **Location:** IND:AP:Hyderabad / Argus Bldg, Sattva, Knowledge City - Adm: Argus Building, Sattva, Knowledge City It is the policy of AT&T to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. AT&T will consider for employment qualified applicants in a manner consistent with the requirements of federal, state and local laws We expect employees to be honest, trustworthy, and operate with integrity. Discrimination and all unlawful harassment (including sexual harassment) in employment is not tolerated. We encourage success based on our individual merits and abilities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or employment status