- M.E./ M.Tech in CSE or MCA with first class and at least 03 years of post-qualification experience, OR
- B.E./ B.Tech/ MSc (CS) with first class and 05 years of relevant post-qualification experience and knowledge in a reputed IT organization.
- Professional certifications such as RHCSA/RHCE, MCSE, CCNA/CCNP, VMware, Firewall (Fortinet/Palo Alto/Sophos).
- Exposure to IT governance, cybersecurity, ITIL/COBIT/ISO 27001, and enterprise IT operations.
- Hands-on experience in IT infrastructure management (servers, storage, networking, virtualization, data centers).
- Experience in systems administration and network fundamentals (Linux/Windows, VMware/XCP-ng/KVM).
- Experience in Data Centre operations, backup, disaster recovery, business continuity, IT security practices, procurement coordination, HPC systems, and automation/scripting (Bash, PowerShell, Python).
- Experience in drafting IT policies, SOPs, and compliance documents.