KVM Virtualization Engineer

Location: Hyderabad
Role Type: Full-Time
Level: L3 – Senior Engineer
Experience: 6-10 years

About the Role

We are seeking a KVM Virtualization Engineer (L3) to manage and support enterprise KVM-based virtualization infrastructure. This role requires strong hands-on expertise in Linux and virtualization technologies with focus on high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), shared storage, and enterprise workloads. The engineer will play a key role in maintaining platform stability, performance optimization, and infrastructure transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and manage KVM, QEMU, libvirt, and virsh environments.
• Implement and maintain HA/DR clustering solutions using Pacemaker, Corosync, and SBD.
• Administer shared storage platforms (OCFS2, GFS2, SAN multipath, iSCSI, Fibre Channel).
• Perform VM lifecycle management including provisioning, cloning, migration, and decommissioning.
• Execute VMware to KVM migration activities.
• Configure and manage virtualization networking (Linux bridging, bonding, VLANs).
• Monitor virtualization infrastructure performance and ensure high availability.
• Perform troubleshooting related to CPU, memory, storage, networking, and NUMA alignment.
• Apply patches, security hardening, and compliance configurations.
• Collaborate with application, database, storage, and network teams for issue resolution.
• Provide 24×7 support during critical incidents and maintenance windows.

Required Skills

• 6–8 years of experience in Linux & enterprise virtualization environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with KVM virtualization stack (KVM, QEMU, libvirt, virsh).
• Solid Linux administration skills (SUSE / RHEL).
• Experience with HA/DR clustering technologies (Pacemaker, Corosync, SBD fencing).
• Knowledge of enterprise storage systems (OCFS2, GFS2, SAN multipath).
• Experience in VMware to KVM migrations.
• Understanding of virtualization performance tuning (CPU pinning, HugePages, NUMA).
• Good knowledge of networking concepts (bridging, VLANs, bonding).
• Scripting knowledge in Bash / Python for automation.
• Understanding of virtualization security and hardening best practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SUSE KVM / OLVM / RHEV environments.
• Exposure to CloudStack / OpenStack Open shift integrations.
• Experience supporting SAP or enterprise application workloads.
• SUSE / Red Hat certifications (SCA, RHCE, etc.).
• Exposure to monitoring tools such as Prometheus or Grafana.

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and analytical skills.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues independently.
• Capability to work in cross-functional teams.
• Ability to technically convince customers and stakeholders.
• Willingness to mentor junior engineers.