- We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Infrastructure Engineer with hands-on experience in designing, deploying, and maintaining hybrid IT environments across on-premises and cloud platforms.

- The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Linux, Windows Server, VMware vCenter, and Kubernetes, Azure Cloud, along with strong Active Directory administration skills.

- Experience with Nutanix and infrastructure monitoring tools will be considered a strong advantage.

- The Infrastructure Engineer will play a key role in ensuring the availability, performance, scalability, and security of core IT systems while driving automation, standardization, and modernization of the infrastructure stack.

Duties And Responsibilities :

Cloud & Virtualization Management :

- Design, deploy, and manage Azure IaaS and PaaS services including VMs, VNets, Load Balancers, Azure Backup, Azure Monitor, and Azure AD.

- Configure networking and security components NSGs, VNet peering, VPN Gateways, ExpressRoute, and Private Endpoints.

- Implement hybrid identity management using Azure AD Connect and Azure Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS).

- Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.

- Optimize Azure workloads for cost, availability, and performance.

- Ensure governance and policy compliance through RBAC, tagging, and cost management.

Virtualization & Hyperconverged Infrastructure :

- Administer VMware vCenter, ESXi, vSAN, and vMotion for on-prem virtualization.

- Manage Nutanix AHV infrastructure clusters, storage containers, and Prism management interface.

- Perform VM provisioning, snapshots, cloning, and lifecycle management.

- Plan and execute resource optimization, migration, and capacity planning.

- Integrate VMware and Nutanix environments.

- Implement and manage disaster recovery (DR) and backup strategies (e.g., Veeam, Commvault).

Windows Server & Active Directory Administration :

- Administer Windows Server (2016/2019/2022) environments across multiple domains.

- Design and maintain Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) user/group management, OU design, and permissions.

- Create and manage Group Policy Objects (GPOs) for centralized control of system and security configurations.

- Configure and maintain DNS, DHCP, WINS, and Certificate Services (ADCS).

- Manage AD replication, FSMO roles, domain trusts, and Kerberos authentication.

- Implement ADFS, Azure AD Connect, and hybrid authentication solutions.

- Automate AD tasks using PowerShell scripts.

- Manage file servers, print servers, and NTFS/share permissions securely.

Linux Administration :

- Install, configure, and maintain Linux servers (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu).

- Manage core services SSH, Apache/Nginx, NFS, Samba, and cron jobs.

- Perform patching, log management, and kernel-level tuning.

- Automate system tasks using Bash, Python, or Ansible.

- Integrate Linux systems with Active Directory for centralized identity.

Security, Compliance & Governance :

- Apply security hardening practices across Windows, Linux, and Azure environments.

- Perform vulnerability scanning, patch management, and incident response.

- Implement role-based access control, encryption policies, and log auditing.

Containerization & Kubernetes :

- Design, deploy, and maintain Kubernetes clusters (AKS or self-managed).

- Manage deployments, StatefulSets, ingress controllers, ConfigMaps, and secrets.

- Apply RBAC policies, network policies, and pod security standards.

- Integrate Kubernetes with CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.

- Monitor and troubleshoot workloads using Prometheus, Grafana, and Kubernetes Lens.

- Manage container images and registries (e.g., Azure Container Registry).

Qualification, Experience, Technical And Functional Skills :

- Candidate with below experience.

- Candidate with 8+ years of experience.

- Cloud: Microsoft Azure (Compute, Networking, Storage, Identity, Security).

- Virtualization: VMware vCenter, ESXi, vSAN, vMotion.

- Hyperconverged: Nutanix AHV, Prism Central, cluster operations.

- Windows Server & AD: AD DS, GPOs, DNS/DHCP, ADFS, Azure AD Connect, ADCS.

- Linux: RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu system administration and scripting.

- Containers: Docker, Kubernetes (AKS, Kubeadm).

- Networking: TCP/IP, VLANs, DNS, VPN, Load Balancing, Firewalls.

- Monitoring Stack: Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix, Azure Monitor, ELK/EFK (advantageous).

- Automation: Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, Bash, Python (advantageous).

- Version Control: Git, GitHub, or Azure DevOps.

- A fundamental grasp of AI tools will be an added benefit.

Soft Skills :

- Excellent verbal & non verbal communication skills.

- Should be a team player.

- Good analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world.

- Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer.

- Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.

- At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all.

- And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust.