Proxmox Cloud Engineer

About Us:

At Tech Mahindra
(
Tech Mahindra | Connected World, Connected Experiences
), we live the philosophy of connected world and connected experiences. We thrive on change that is powered by the intelligent symphony of technology and humans designing meaningful and sustainable experiences. Consumer 'experiences' are driving and disrupting industries like never before. Businesses must build seamless yet simple enterprises that collaborate, synergize, and drive the change. Change that connects us all and empowers us to deliver experiences that span across the digital, the physical, the convergent, and everything in between. That's when truly connected experiences manifest.

Extraordinary is when experiences come together – a continuous convergence of digital technologies, touchpoints, and most importantly people. It's time to reimagine, reinvent, and revolutionize business models & operations as well as to transform enterprises into living, breathing, and connected businesses. We are the Digital Change makers who strive to change the way the world, communities, businesses, and humans interact digitally. We are harnessing the power of change, brought in by technologies, that makes it the most exciting time to be alive in the human history. Our universe, as we build it, disrupt it, and redesign it, is powering the digital change.

Tech Mahindra represents the connected world, offering innovative and customer-centric information technology experiences, enabling Enterprises, Associates, and the Society to Rise. It has 150,000+ professionals working for 1000+ Global Customers (including Fortune 500 companies) in 90 Countries. We're part of the esteemed Mahindra group, headquartered in Ind
ia. U
nder a new CEO, Tech Mahindra is committed to a transformative journey with 'Scale @ Speed' as our guiding principle.

About the role:

Proxmox Cloud Engineer
:

Experience Required:
Minimum 5 years in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, with at least 3 years hands-on experience in Proxmox VE.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a seasoned
Proxmox Cloud Engineer
to design, implement, and manage scalable virtualization environments using
Proxmox VE
and related technologies. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in KVM, LXC, Ceph, ZFS, and cloud orchestration, and will play a key role in maintaining high availability, performance, and security across our virtual infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and deploy
Proxmox VE clusters
for production and development environments.

• Manage virtual machines (KVM) and containers (LXC) across multi-node clusters.

• Implement and maintain
Ceph-based hyperconverged storage
and
ZFS
file systems.

• Configure and optimize
networking
(VLANs, bridges, Open vSwitch) within Proxmox.

• Perform
live migrations
, backups, and disaster recovery planning.

• Monitor system performance and ensure
high availability (HA)
and fault tolerance.

• Automate provisioning and orchestration using
Ansible
,
Terraform
, or similar tools.

• Integrate Proxmox with
Proxmox Backup Server
,
Datacenter Manager
, and other tools.

• Ensure compliance with
security policies
, including firewall rules and access controls.

• Collaborate with DevOps and IT teams to support CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native workloads.

• Provide technical documentation and training to internal teams.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in virtualization/cloud infrastructure.

• Strong hands-on experience with
Proxmox VE
,
KVM
,
LXC
,
Ceph
, and
ZFS
.

• Proficiency in
Linux system administration
(Debian/Ubuntu preferred).

• Experience with
networking concepts
: routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs.

• Familiarity with
monitoring tools
(Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix).

• Scripting skills in
Bash
,
Python
, or
Go
.

• Knowledge of
automation tools
like Ansible, Terraform, or Puppet.

• Understanding of
cloud-native technologies
(Docker, Kubernetes is a plus).

• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Preferred Certifications:

• Proxmox VE Certified Engineer (if available)

• Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC)

• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)

• Ceph Foundation Certification

"Tech Mahindra is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We promote and support a diverse workforce at all levels of the company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or disability. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence, and performance of the essential functions of their positions with or without reasonable accommodations. Reasonable accommodations also are available in the hiring process for applicants with disabilities.