Installation, configuration, and maintenance of server hardware (rack/blade servers)
Management of server rooms:
cabling infrastructure
power supply
cooling
physical security
Configuration and support of network equipment:
switches
routers
firewalls
Management of data storage systems (SAN / NAS / Ceph)
Administration of UPS, backup power systems, and energy consumption monitoring
Support of on-premises Kubernetes clusters at the physical level (bare-metal nodes)
Monitoring hardware health via IPMI / iDRAC / iLO
Hardware procurement, inventory management, and vendor communication
Participation in Disaster Recovery (DR) planning and execution at the physical infrastructure level:
power redundancy
network redundancy
storage redundancy
regular recovery testing
maintaining up-to-date hardware topology documentation
Maintaining documentation of physical infrastructure:
rack layouts
VLANs
IP addressing plan
3+ years of experience working with server hardware in data centers or server rooms
Hands-on experience with:
Dell PowerEdge
HP ProLiant
Supermicro
Strong knowledge of networking stack:
TCP/IP
VLAN
LACP
basic BGP / OSPF
Experience with network vendors:
Cisco
Juniper
HPE Aruba
Linux administration skills (Rocky Linux / Ubuntu Server)
Understanding of virtualization systems:
VMware ESXi
Proxmox
Experience with storage systems:
NetApp
Dell EMC
Ceph
Practical understanding of:
PostgreSQL (infrastructure level)
Redis (disks, networking, tuning)
Skills in structured cabling and patch management
Experience deploying and maintaining bare-metal Kubernetes
Experience with Kafka brokers at the bare-metal level
Familiarity with monitoring tools:
Zabbix
Prometheus / Grafana (hardware-level metrics)
Experience with backup systems:
Veeam
Bacula
Certifications:
Cisco CCNA / CCNP
CompTIA Server+
VMware VCP
Experience in fintech or banking domain