Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.
Mission
IT Center IN is responsible for IT Network infrastructure design, operation and management for the India region (total ~ 8 sites, ~6K users, ~7K endpoints, ~250 Servers (VM and Physical).
As a member of this team, your mission will be to roll-out and manage Corporate and/or industry IT infrastructure standards and best practices across the entire region, improve infrastructure efficiency, keep its costs under control, reduce service disruption and improve user experience.
Responsibilities
Perimeter: Data centers, Workstations, Telecommunication, Security.
Deploy standard group infrastructure within plants.
Support R&D technical standards.
Select and manage national outsourcers.
Define & ensure different levels of service.
Promote innovation at regional level.
Guarantee confidentiality of information.
Manage incidents not treated by outsourcers.
Assists in preparation of the IT budget.
Past experience
At least 15-18 years of past IT experience and very strong technical background (such as a Master’s degree in Computer Science).
Skillset
You must have high autonomy, a good understanding of underlying IT concepts, strong motivation to learn, and resourcefulness in proposing adequate solutions to complex problems.
Required transversal and communication skills:
Supplier management.
Project management.
Reporting and communication with internal customers / Vendors.
Fluent English (Toeic 785 or similar level).
Server Asset Management.
Autonomous working capabilities.
Customer management.
Analytical Troubleshooting.
Required technical skills (similar competing technologies also accepted):
<DELETE THE SKILLS NOT REQUIRED>
Basic Knowledge on services
WAN / LAN / WiFi (TCP/IP, VPN, QoS, Cisco, wiring best practices)
Telephony & audio/video conferencing (CUCM, Analog, VoIP, ToIP)
Active Directory (DC, GPO), DHCP, DNS, SMTP
Strong Knowledge on Servers, Storage, Middleware, Datacenter
Datacenter (Cooling, Fire prevention, Racking)
Server hardware (UPS, servers, SANs, SAN Switches)
Virtualization Hypervisor (Hyper-V)
Server OS (Mainly Windows, but also RHEL and other Unixes)
Backup & DRP (Commvault)
Databases (Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres)
File and print servers (Microsoft), proxies (Squid, HTTP, SOCKS)
Remote Desktop Services (Servers, Thin Clients)
R&D server software (license servers, PLM, ...)
Monitoring (Centreon / Prometheus)
VIQCT
Scripting (Powershell / Python)
ITSM
Ticket Management / Process Improvement
Security
Internal audit / Security audit
Anti virus (McAfee, XDR, TRILIX)
Syslog, Splunk
Skills on other IT infrastructure topics (<DELETE THE TOPICS LISTED AS REQUIRED>Network, Network Services, Servers, Storage, Middleware, Databases, Datacenter, User environment and support, Security) are also highly valued.
Mobility / other
The job requires frequent on-site visits to supervise suppliers, perform maintenance tasks, introduce and/or roll-out new technologies, execute security audits, and so on. Expect up to <N> days per month on business trips, mostly in <LOCAL COUNTRY> but sometimes in <OTHER REGION COUNTRY> and occasionally other Asian countries.
For system maintenance or urgent system issues, it is also sometimes required to work late at night or during weekends. Average overtime is 2~3 hours per day.
Job:
IT Infrastructure EngineerOrganization:
Regional IT InfrastructureSchedule:
Full timeEmployee Status:
RegularJob Type:
Permanent contractJob Posting Date:
2026-03-16Join Us !
Being part of our team, you will join:
- one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
- a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
- more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
- a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development
More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com
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