Delivery Head - Infrastructure Engineering, Data Center

Principal Delivery Head - Infrastructure Engineering Data Centre

The role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to drive innovation and efficiency within the technology department. It demands extensive experience in leading complex data center infrastructures, focusing on servers, SAN storage, high availability, disaster recovery, and hybrid environments, including data center operations and physical servers (blade and rack). Responsibilities include designing and testing backup strategies, maintaining documentation, ensuring compliance with regulations, and conducting product and vendor evaluations. Collaboration with various IT teams, the security team, and business stakeholders is essential

The role includes setting up processes, prioritizing tasks, and defining KPIs for on role and offrole team members must have experience in managing large technical teams, coaching and motivating them. Required to lead IT infrastructure audits, oversee IT projects, and implement ITIL service management solutions. Managing vendor relationships and handling budgets (CAPEX and OPEX) are crucial. The focus is on saving costs and using technology and personnel efficiently.

Data Centre Management

• • Person should have extensive experience in leading data center infrastructure for complex organizations, specialize in automation, SAN storage, high availability, and disaster recovery design.
  • Manage hybrid environments that encompass data center operations, cloud technologies like VMWare and Azure, and physical servers, including blade and rack servers.
  • Drive the organizations hybrid cloud strategy by designing and implementing innovative server systems, networks, storage, and security infrastructure.
  • Research and analyze new technologies and services, collaborating with external vendors, partners, and suppliers to identify solutions that add business value.
  • Provide technical and critical data analysis, preparing project plans that align with business objectives. And lead and support data center virtualization, service delivery, automation, and implementation, leveraging in-depth understanding of computer software, hardware, and networks.
  • Oversee the daily operations of data centers and virtual environments, ensuring uninterrupted business continuity. Guide the respective team in resolving issues and monitoring capacity utilization, making resources available to meet demand.
  • As the architect of hybrid cloud infrastructure, continuously seek opportunities for technology platform consolidation, automation, cost savings, and service quality improvement.
  • Role involves deep engagement in interconnecting resources and devices, as well as arranging physical and logical security workflows.

Enterprise Databackup

• • Developing Backup Strategies: Designing and implementing backup and recovery procedures to safeguard critical data.
  • Conducting Regular Tests: Performing regular tests to verify that data can be successfully recovered in case of emergencies.
  • Maintaining Documentation: Keeping accurate documentation of backup procedures and configurations.
  • Collaborating with IT Teams: Working closely with IT teams and stakeholders to establish data retention and archival policies.
  • Ensuring Compliance: Ensuring compliance with data privacy regulations and company policies.
  • Optimizing Storage Solutions: Managing backup storage solutions and optimizing storage capacity.

Team development

• • Strong in setting process and Prioritization the tasks and activities. Ability to define KPIs and handled large teams to techies
  • Coaches and builds a team, so that it is more effective at achieving the vision
  • Motivates and inspires people within IT infra to engage and work as a team with the common goal
  • Participates in monthly, quarterly, and annually reviews with function head and own team
  • Take the lead in the selection process to identify the right talent for various positions within the team
  • Identifies and creates development opportunities, enhanced domain knowledge, and technical expertise for team members

Other mandatory skills

• • Lead IT infrastructure audits, interact with internal teams and auditors, ensure standards are maintained, and resolve auditor queries.
  • Oversee IT infrastructure projects, acting as PMO to track, monitor, execute, and close projects.
  • Utilize ITIL service management background to implement configuration, change, and incident management solutions, along with best practices for capacity, performance, and disaster recovery.
  • Conduct product and vendor evaluations to ensure top-notch technologies and partners. Manage strategic vendor relationships and assist in IT procurement negotiations.
  • Regularly review and audit the performance of system integrators, vendors, partners, and OEMs.
  • Collaborate with the security team to deploy secure IT infrastructure for enterprise and customer projects.
  • Manage CAPEX and OPEX budgets, forecast spending, and efficiently handle software licenses within budget constraints.
  • Control costs and monitor dynamic IT infrastructure, including cloud servers, SAAS services, and DC power.
  • Focus on cost-saving measures and efficient use of technology and personnel