Deputy Manager – Server Administrator

Exide Energy Solutions Limited is a wholly owned Subsidiary of Exide Industries Limited, leading battery manufacturing and distribution company in India with annual revenues of $1.8+ Bn. Exide Energy Solutions Limited is investing $500+ Mn dollars to setup India's first Giga plant to manufacture Lithium-Ion Cells at Devanahalli Industrial Area in Bengaluru. Exide Energy designs, develops, and manufactures Lithium Ion Cells and Battery Pack solutions for various energy storage. Exide Energy is a leading player in the market with OEM customers across key market applications – 2W, 3W, 4W, CV and industrial applications. Exide is also deeply invested in further developing li-ion technology with significant R&D investments including setup of in-house team as well as necessary lab infrastructure to support development activities.

The position of Deputy Manager/Manager – Server administrators are responsible for the maintenance, configuration, and reliable operation of computer systems and servers. Server Administrator installs hardware and software and participates in continuously improve and keep up with the backend servers/ systems of applications hosted on Data Center/ Cloud Infrastructure. Server administrators also actively resolve problems and issues with computer and server systems to limit work disruptions within the department.

Job Overview:

• Configuration and installation of various servers (Physical and Virtual), SAN Storage and Backup application
• Creation of Users, Groups, Mailboxes on O365 console
• Management of Windows and RHEL Servers (File, FTP, Print, so on) SAN Switch and Storage
• Monitor performance and ensure system availability and reliability.
• Provide Level 2/3 support and troubleshooting to resolve issues.
• Vendor Management

Role & Responsibilities:

• Configuration of servers, operating systems administration, hardening, load balancers, firewall including but not limited to management of users, processes, resource contention, preventive maintenance, and management of updates & patches to ensure that the system is properly updated.
• Responsible for leading the Data Center On-Prem and Cloud Servers
• Periodic health check of the systems, troubleshooting problems, analyzing and implementing rectification measures.
• Install and upgrade computer components and software, manage virtual servers, and integrate automation processes.
• Managing of AD
• Performing Backups of servers, DBs and Recovery
• Proactively monitor client updates using Intune
• Hands-on experience on the Virtualization preferably VMWare
• Creation of LUNs and Assigning to respective servers on need basis
• Hands-on experience on Windows, Linux Operation systems

Internal / External Integration Points:

• Plants: For all IT Plant Machinery requirements and vendor development
• Internal Stakeholders from Process, R&D,
• SC, Quality, Equipment, Sales & Mktg & other functions
• Suppliers: India / Global

Education:

BE IT/CS, BSc Comp Sci, IT & equivalent degree

Location: Bangalore Rural, Karnataka, India

Experience:

7 to 9 years of experience in the Server Administration both Windows and Linux

Desired Skills:

Functional

• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Able to conduct research into networking issues and products as required.
• Ability to present ideas in user-friendly language.
• Able to effectively prioritize tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Strong customer service orientation
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

Behavioral

• Excellent interpersonal communication, logical analysis, negotiation, and decision-making
• Strong planning and organizing skills, problem solving skills, stress management and time management.