Infrastructure Engineer

Role: INFRASTRUCTURE SME - Senior DR Infrastructure Engineer

The Infrastructure SME will serve as the technical authority for all infrastructure components underpinning the DR Automation platform.

Acting as the primary bridge between the customer's infrastructure teams and the Dell DR Automation team, this individual will ensure that compute, storage, virtualization, and datacenter components are correctly configured, validated, and optimized to support seamless automated failover and failback operations.

Review the infrastructure architecture supporting automated DR failover/failback, including compute, storage, virtualization, and datacenter components.

Act as the primary liaison between the customer's infrastructure teams and the Dell DR Automation team.

Review infrastructure-layer RTO targets and ensure alignment with application and business requirements.

Validate that DR infrastructure capacity - including the Runbook environment and Automation tooling - is sufficient for full and partial failover scenarios.

Lead technical discussions specific to the infrastructure stream during Discovery, Validation, and Tabletop sessions.

Review automated failover/failback workflows related to Servers, Storage, DNS, Virtualization, and Containers in collaboration with the Automation team.

Review and validate performance verification of infrastructure components during and post failover/failback exercises.

Review audit and regulatory requirements for infrastructure-level logging and ensure compliance readiness.

Engage in cross-functional collaboration with Application SME, Runbook SME, Network SME, and Business Continuity stakeholders.

Drive continuous improvement and optimization of infrastructure components within the DR Automation platform.

Collaborate with the Automation team to build pre-failover validation scripts to assess infrastructure readiness before DR execution.

Proven experience in infrastructure architecture covering compute, storage, and virtualization in enterprise environments.

Hands-on experience with DR frameworks, automated failover/failback mechanisms, and RTO/RPO management.

Strong background in server and storage technologies (SAN/NAS, Dell PowerStore, PowerMax, or equivalent).

Experience with virtualization platforms (VMware vSphere, vCenter, NSX) and/or containerization (Kubernetes, Docker).

Knowledge of DNS management, network switching/routing concepts as they relate to DR failover.

Familiarity with DR automation tooling and orchestration platforms.

Experience with scripting for infrastructure validation (PowerShell, Python, Bash, or equivalent).

Understanding of audit and regulatory requirements for DR infrastructure (logging, evidence collection, compliance frameworks).

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to translate technical findings to non-technical audiences.

Dell Technologies product experience (PowerEdge, PowerStore, PowerMax, RecoverPoint, Site Recovery Manager).

Relevant certifications: VMware VCP, Dell Technologies Certified, ITIL, or equivalent.

Prior experience operating within a Managed Services or Professional Services engagement.

Experience with DR regulatory compliance frameworks (ISO 22301, NIST, or industry-specific standards).