Zindagi Technologies - Infrastructure Solution Architect

Zindagi Technologies - Infrastructure Solutions Architect About Zindagi Technologies : Zindagi Technologies is an Indian sovereign cybersecurity and IT infrastructure company. For close to a decade we have designed, built and secured mission-critical environments for central government, defence and critical-national-infrastructure organisations - environments where resilience, security and trust are non-negotiable. We are growing, and we are expanding our infrastructure practice. The Role : We are looking for an Infrastructure Solutions Architect to be the senior technical authority for our infrastructure practice. You will own infrastructure solutioning end-to-end, from customer conversation to Bill of Quantities to design, and you will be the technical escalation point our delivery teams turn to when an engagement gets difficult. This is a hands-on architecting role, not a purely managerial one. Key Responsibilities : - Own infrastructure pre-sales solutioning end-to-end for Professional Services, Managed Services and SITC engagements. - Accompany and support the infrastructure sales team on customer opportunities; lead technical discussions, solution workshops and requirement-gathering sessions. - Handle technical objections and hold credible solution conversations with senior customer stakeholders. - Prepare Bills of Quantities (BoQ) and cost sheets - quickly and accurately. - Prepare technical proposals and responses - quickly and accurately. - Prepare High-Level Designs (HLD) and Low-Level Designs (LLD), architecture diagrams and technical documentation. - Prepare manpower effort estimates and ensure pre-sale estimates hold true through delivery. - Act as the technical escalation point for the delivery team : guide and unblock delivery when engagements run into technical difficulty. - Deliver client presentations and provide technical leadership through the solution lifecycle. - Evaluate existing customer infrastructure and recommend modernisation, optimisation and migration strategies. - Ensure solutions meet security, scalability, performance, high-availability and disaster-recovery best practices. Technical Skills : - Essential : Enterprise Storage & Backup / Recovery, Virtualization (VMware / Hyper-V), Private Cloud (incl. OpenStack). - Strong Plus : Data Centre Networking, Linux (RHEL) administration, Cyber Security. - Good to Have : Voice / Video (VoIP, collaboration), Public Cloud. Eligibility : - Indian citizen (mandatory for government/defence work). - Eligible for background and security verification. - Based in, or willing to relocate to, Delhi-NCR (on-site role). - Notice period of 0 - 30 days preferred. Education & Certifications : - B.E. / B.Tech in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics or a related discipline. - Relevant certifications are a strong advantage : VMware (VCP / VCDX), Red Hat (RHCE / RHCSA), storage & backup OEM certifications, CCIE / CCNP, CEH, or cloud certifications.