Job description

We are looking for a highly skilled L2 Oracle KVM Virtualization Engineer with strong hands-on experience in Oracle Linux KVM and libvirt within enterprise production environments.

The role will be responsible for managing KVM hypervisors, virtual machines, HA configurations, live migration, storage and network integration, performance optimization, patching, backup/DR, and production incident management.

The ideal candidate should have strong troubleshooting skills and experience supporting mission-critical infrastructure in 24x7 production and DR environments.

• Install, configure, administer, and maintain Oracle Linux KVM hypervisors.
• Manage the complete VM lifecycle, including provisioning, configuration, migration, and decommissioning.
• Configure and support High Availability (HA) and live migration.
• Manage storage integration with KVM hosts, including iSCSI, NFS, SAN, and FC.
• Configure and troubleshoot virtual networking, including VLANs, bridges, and bonding.
• Monitor virtualization platform health, performance, capacity, and availability.
• Perform CPU, memory, and disk I/O performance tuning.
• Apply hypervisor patches, Linux kernel updates, and security hardening.
• Manage VM backup and restore activities in coordination with backup teams.
• Support DR environments and VM replication strategies.
• Troubleshoot host failures, VM crashes, resource contention, and virtualization performance issues.
• Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for production incidents.
• Support infrastructure upgrades, migrations, and technology refresh activities.
• Coordinate with Linux/OS, Storage, Network, Backup, and Cloud teams.
• Maintain technical documentation and operational procedures.
• Follow ITIL-based Incident, Problem, and Change Management processes.
• Provide L2 support within a 24x7 managed services environment