Director of IT Infrastructure

Director of IT Infrastructure (GLO04520)Global DeliveryBengaluruAbout UsZycus is a pioneer in Cognitive Procurement software and has been a trusted partner of choice for large global enterprises for two decades. Zycus has been consistently recognized by Gartner, Forrester, and other analysts for its Source to Pay integrated suite. Zycus powers its S2P software with the revolutionary Merlin AI Suite. Merlin AI takes over the tactical tasks and empowers procurement and AP officers to focus on strategic projects; offers data-driven actionable insights for quicker and smarter decisions, and its conversational AI offers a B2C type user-experience to the end-users.Zycus helps enterprises drive real savings, reduce risks, and boost compliance, and its seamless, intuitive, and easy-to-use user interface ensures high adoption and value across the organization.Start your #CognitiveProcurement journey with us, as you are #MeantforMore

We Are An Equal Opportunity Employer:

Zycus is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and creating an inclusive work environment. We do not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. All hiring decisions will be based solely on qualifications, skills, and experience relevant to the job requirements.Job DescriptionZycus is looking for

Director of IT Infrastructure

with hands-on experience in

SaaS Infrastructure,

Hybrid environment of

Data Center Operations

,

Cloud

and

virtualization

based technologies of

Openshift

,

Amazon Web Services (AWS), VMWare, Azure, etc.

Roles & Responsibilities

Strong experience with Hybrid environment of Data Center Operations (physical as well as Cloud).Provides infrastructure services vision, enables innovation and seeks to leverage IT trends that can create business value - eg. CI/CD, DevOps implementation of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC),Drive Zycus’ IT Infra strategy. Excessively focused on Standardization on X86 and extreme virtualization using Suitable Hypervisor, VMWare, Nomad / Kubernetes as native on bare metal.Deliver best-in-class infrastructure engineering & operations solutions and processes. Drive the adoption of automation and end-to-end solutions within the team, with focus on continuous incremental improvements.Be the proponent and ensure the adoption of automated preventive maintenance to pro-actively manage the SaaS infrastructure and ensure overall system stabilityBe the Architect of Cloud Infrastructure and continuously identify opportunities for consolidation of technology platforms, automation, cost savings, and service quality improvement.Infrastructure Scaling, from an IT resource perspective to handle increased or decreased usage demands.Manage 24x7 support team, and lead SMEs of Infrastructure and Middleware teams to manage required Service SLAs through Change Management, Incident Management and Problem Management.Overall accountability for day to day management of IT Infrastructure (server and storage) - System uptime and SLA (Service Levels Agreement) management, Problem and Change management across multiple Hybrid Data Centers.Manage the IT budget, regularly reporting budget execution status versus planCapacity management, Supply/Demand management for IT infrastructure requirements based on the existing projects and keeping future requirements in mind. Responsible for Change Management and Fleet UpgradesConduct product and vendor evaluations ensuring best in class technologies and partners. Work closely with and manage strategic vendor partner relationships, including assistance in negotiations for IT related procurements.Interact with customers for demonstrating strength of SaaS IT & Security during Sales calls. Help Sales in responding to RFPs.Regularly review and audit the performance of the System Integrator and the Original Equipment Manufacture partners.Work closely with the security team to deploy Secure IT Infrastructure for the enterprise and customer projectsCo-ordinate with the Disaster Recovery Manager to implement the exact set of policies and procedures for Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and DRJob Requirement

12-18 years of overall experienceCertification preferred:

CCNA, MCSE, RHCE, CISP, ITIL, 6SIGMAExperience of leading

overall infrastructure

for a complex organization and network, including VLAN setup for regulatory requirement, managing data protection, etc.Experience in managing multiple Hybrid Data Centers (Colocation + Cloud) is a must.Infrastructure Automation experience and strong understanding of

DevOps technologies of Packer, Terraform, Nomad, Consul, Ansible and PythonWorking knowledge of

Storage Area Network (SAN)

and related technologies,

High availability and disaster recovery architecture.Background in

ITIL

service management, with successful track record of implementing configuration, change and incident management solutions and the supporting processes and best practices for capacity management, performance management and modeling, disaster recovery.Solid technical background in Linux/Unix, networking, storage management including SAN and NAS, x86 server technologies, cisco nexus, IBM, Palo Alto, Fortinet, ips policy design, lease lines, mpls, internet links etcProven track record of successfully leading

Cloud based service delivery

organization toward compliance for compliance standards like

SSAE 16 SOC2 (SAS 70 Type 2), PCI, ISO 27001, and HIPAAFive Reasons Why You Should Join Zycus

Cloud Product Company:

We are a Cloud SaaS Company and our products are created by using the latest technologies like ML and AI. Be a part of the next generation global business process transformation using SAAS - A Disruptive trend in the industry.A Market Leader:

Zycus is recognized by Gartner (world’s leading market research analyst) as a Leader in Procurement Software Suites. We are a pioneer in delivering world class products with industry best practice on SAAS based implementation methodologies.Growing Company :

The US region accounts for nearly 60% of the company's revenues.Get a Global Exposure:

You get to work and deal with our fortune 500 global customers.Create an Impact:

Zycus gives you the environment to work with a Tier 1 company in large scale Global procurement transformation projects with our customers. You will also get an opportunity to work with our product team and help shape our product.About Us

Zycus is a pioneer in Cognitive Procurement software and has been a trusted partner of choice for large global enterprises for two decades. Zycus has been consistently recognized by Gartner, Forrester, and other analysts for its Source to Pay integrated suite. Zycus powers its S2P software with the revolutionary Merlin AI Suite. Merlin AI takes over the tactical tasks and empowers procurement and AP officers to focus on strategic projects; offers data-driven actionable insights for quicker and smarter decisions, and its conversational AI offers a B2C type user experience to the end-users.Zycus helps enterprises drive real savings, reduce risks, and boost compliance, and its seamless, intuitive, and easy-to-use user interface ensures high adoption and value across the organization.Start your #CognitiveProcurement journey with us, as you are #MeantforMore

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