Wintel Engineer L2 / Datacenter Operations

Position- Wintel Engineer L2 / Datacenter Operations Exp- 3+ yrs Location- Lower parel, Mumbai Notice Period- Immediate joiner- 15 days Skills- Windows Server 2016/2019/2022 ,Active Directory, Group Policy ,AD Replication ,DNS / DHCP ,VMware and/or Hyper-V ,Virtual Machine provisioning and migration ,Windows Server patching ,Enterprise Backup & Restore ,Datacenter Operations ,Physical Server Hardware ,RAID / Storage fundamentals Role Overview: We are looking for an experienced Wintel L2 Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in Windows Server, Active Directory, VMware/Hyper-V, Backup & Recovery, and Datacenter Operations. The candidate should be able to handle infrastructure operations independently, L2 troubleshooting, incidents, changes, maintenance activities, and OEM/vendor coordination. Key Responsibilities: Administer and troubleshoot Windows Server 2016/2019/2022 environments. Manage Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS/DHCP, AD replication, authentication and Domain Controllers. Perform server health checks, performance troubleshooting, patching, hardening, upgrades and decommissioning. Administer VMware/Hyper-V hosts, clusters and VMs; perform provisioning, migration, troubleshooting and maintenance. Manage and monitor enterprise backup environments, including backup jobs, restores, retention and recovery testing. Support DC/DR operations, DR drills, failover/failback and recovery activities. Perform datacenter operations, including rack & stack, physical server installation/decommissioning and hardware troubleshooting. Troubleshoot CPU, memory, disks/SSD, RAID, PSU, NIC, HBA/FC and server hardware issues. Coordinate with Dell, HPE, Lenovo and other OEM/vendor teams for hardware replacement and technical issues. Monitor infrastructure, respond to alerts and resolve L2 incidents within SLA. Execute approved changes, patching and planned maintenance activities. Perform RCA for major/recurring incidents and maintain technical documentation. Use PowerShell for troubleshooting and basic automation. Required Skills: Windows Server 2016/2019/2022 Active Directory & Group Policy AD Replication, DNS/DHCP, Kerberos & authentication VMware and/or Hyper-V VM provisioning, migration & troubleshooting Enterprise Backup & Restore Datacenter / DC-DR Operations Physical Server Hardware & RAID SAN/NAS fundamentals PowerShell Monitoring & ITSM / Incident / Change Management OEM/vendor coordination Good to Have: VMware vCenter/ESXi Veeam / Commvault / NetBackup Microsoft Failover Clustering Dell/HPE/Lenovo server administration iDRAC / iLO Fibre Channel / SAN WSUS / Patch Management Azure/GCP fundamentals AD Migration / Certificate Services Disaster Recovery & Windows Server Hardening ITIL / VMware VCP / Microsoft / Backup certifications