Lead Administrator L1

Systems Engineer – Domain, DNS, Certificate Lifecycle & Infrastructure Automation

Location: Bangalore- 1 Position Experience: 3–6 years

Rate :- 110K/M

About the Role

We are seeking a skilled Systems Engineer with expertise in Domain & DNS Management, Certificate Lifecycle Operations, and Infrastructure Automation. The role involves managing mission-critical systems, ensuring reliability, security, and scalability across enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer domains, DNS zones, DNSSEC, failover strategies, and split-horizon setups.

• Manage end-to-end certificate lifecycle: issuance, renewal automation, deployment, and compliance.

• Build and maintain automation pipelines for DNS, certificates, and infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, Ansible, Python, and Bash.

• Administer Linux systems (Ubuntu/RHEL/CentOS) and optimize performance/security.

• Work with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) for DNS, compute, networking, and IAM.

• Integrate DNS and certificate workflows into CI/CD pipelines for zero-touch operations.

• Implement monitoring and observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK.
  

Required Skills

• 3–6 years in Systems Engineering or Cloud Infrastructure.

• Strong knowledge of DNS (public/private), domain management, and PKI/certificates.

• Hands-on experience with automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD, GitOps).

• Proficiency in Linux administration and scripting (Bash, Python).

• Familiarity with DNS providers (Cloudflare, Route53, Akamai, UltraDNS).
  

Nice to Have

• Automated certificate workflows (ACME/Certbot, Venafi).

• Experience with load balancers, reverse proxies, and high-availability DNS architectures.

• Exposure to SRE or DevOps practices.

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Do

• Provide adequate support in architecture planning, migration & installation for new projects in own tower (platform/dbase/ middleware/ backup)
  • Lead the structural/ architectural design of a platform/ middleware/ database/ back up etc. according to various system requirements to ensure a highly scalable and extensible solution
  • Conduct technology capacity planning by reviewing the current and future requirements
  • Utilize and leverage the new features of all underlying technologies to ensure smooth functioning of the installed databases and applications/ platforms, as applicable
  • Strategize & implement disaster recovery plans and create and implement backup and recovery plans
• Manage the day-to-day operations of the tower
  • Manage day-to-day operations by troubleshooting any issues, conducting root cause analysis (RCA) and developing fixes to avoid similar issues.
  • Plan for and manage upgradations, migration, maintenance, backup, installation and configuration functions for own tower
  • Review the technical performance of own tower and deploy ways to improve efficiency, fine tune performance and reduce performance challenges
  • Develop shift roster for the team to ensure no disruption in the tower
  • Create and update SOPs, Data Responsibility Matrices, operations manuals, daily test plans, data architecture guidance etc.
  • Provide weekly status reports to the client leadership team, internal stakeholders on database activities w.r.t. progress, updates, status, and next steps
  • Leverage technology to develop Service Improvement Plan (SIP) through automation and other initiatives for higher efficiency and effectiveness

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Team Management

• Resourcing
  • Forecast talent requirements as per the current and future business needs
  • Hire adequate and right resources for the team
  • Train direct reportees to make right recruitment and selection decisions
• Talent Management
  • Ensure 100% compliance to Wipro’s standards of adequate onboarding and training for team members to enhance capability & effectiveness
  • Build an internal talent pool of HiPos and ensure their career progression within the organization
  • Promote diversity in leadership positions
• Performance Management
  • Set goals for direct reportees, conduct timely performance reviews and appraisals, and give constructive feedback to direct reports.
  • Ensure that organizational programs like Performance Nxt are well understood and that the team is taking the opportunities presented by such programs to their and their levels below
• Employee Satisfaction and Engagement
  • Lead and drive engagement initiatives for the team
  • Track team satisfaction scores and identify initiatives to build engagement within the team
  • Proactively challenge the team with larger and enriching projects/ initiatives for the organization or team
  • Exercise employee recognition and appreciation

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Deliver

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