L2 Server Administrator

Job Description :

Windows Server Administration :

- Root cause analysis of recurring server issues

- Analyze event logs and remediate system errors

- Plan and execute patching cycles with rollback handling

- Configure Windows services, dependencies, scheduled tasks

- Manage disk/volume expansion and cleanup

- Troubleshoot complex OS or network integration issues

- Perform firmware/driver updates in planned windows

- Implement baseline hardening policies

- Execute recovery for failed services/OS components

VMware Administration :

- Host/vCenter patching and maintenance

- Manage datastore capacity, VM placement, and performance tuning

- Create/modify/remove VMs, templates, snapshots

- Troubleshoot vMotion failures, network issues, datastore unavailability

- Configure vSwitches and port groups

- Analyze performance reports for clusters/hosts/VMs

Backup & Restoration :

- Investigate and resolve complex backup failures

- Manage backup jobs, policies, retention

- Execute on-demand restorations with validation

- Tape rotation and vaulting coordination

- Tune backup schedules and performance

- Generate compliance and backup health reports

Linux Administration :

- Apply OS patches and updates

- Troubleshoot OS issues (kernel panics, failed services, filesystem errors)

- Manage LVM, filesystem growth/shrink, NFS/SAN mount changes

- Analyze syslog/journalctl and remediate issues

- Configure cron/systemd jobs

- Manage SSH configs and basic hardening

- Tune OS performance

- Recover failed boot/service scenarios

Active Directory & Authentication :

- Handle complex AD authentication, replication, and DNS issues

- Clean up stale objects and unused GPOs

- Manage service accounts, SPNs, DFS namespaces

- Domain controller maintenance and replication checks

Documentation & Reporting :

- Maintain and update SOPs and runbooks

- Prepare weekly/monthly operational health reports

- Document RCA and knowledge base articles

- Participate in DR drills and prepare infra recovery documentation