Regional IT Infrastructure Engineer

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Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND
In-Office
Expert/Leader
Automotive
The Role
Manage and roll out regional IT infrastructure standards across data centers, plants, workstations, networks, servers, storage, security, and user environments. Responsibilities include supplier and service-level management, incident resolution, infrastructure projects, audits, monitoring, backup and disaster recovery, budget support, and confidentiality protection. The role requires frequent onsite travel across the region, occasional after-hours or weekend work, and strong expertise in enterprise infrastructure technologies.
Summary Generated by Built In

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):

 

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 (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 days per month on business trips, mostly in but sometimes in 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 Engineer

Organization:

Regional IT Infrastructure

Schedule:

Full time

Employee Status:

Regular

Job Type:

Permanent contract

Job Posting Date:

2026-03-16

Join 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

Skills Required

  • At least 15 to 18 years of IT experience
  • Very strong technical background, such as a Master's degree in Computer Science
  • Fluent English equivalent to TOEIC 785 or similar
  • Supplier management experience
  • Project management experience
  • Reporting and communication with internal customers and vendors
  • Server asset management experience
  • Customer management and analytical troubleshooting skills
  • Strong knowledge of servers, storage, middleware, databases, data centers, virtualization, backup and disaster recovery, and security
  • Frequent onsite travel and willingness to work late nights or weekends for maintenance and urgent incidents

Valeo US Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Valeo US and has not been reviewed or approved by Valeo US.

  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Fair & Transparent Compensation: Pay is positioned roughly in line with large automotive manufacturers’ ranges, with competitive bases described for engineers, technicians, and select salaried roles.
  • Healthcare Strength Healthcare Strength: Medical coverage uses major carriers such as Blue Cross/Anthem, and premiums are described as reasonable for many roles, alongside core offerings like life insurance and an employee assistance program.
  • Retirement Support Retirement Support: A 401(k) with employer match around 5% is referenced, with structures that have included automatic contributions plus match depending on location and time, and current postings list 401(k) matching as a core benefit.

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The Company
HQ: Paris
32,700 Employees
Year Founded: 1923

What We Do

Valeo is an automotive supplier and partner to all automakers worldwide. As a technology company, Valeo proposes innovative products and systems that contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions and to the development of intuitive driving. In 2020, the Group generated sales of 16.4 billion euros and invested 12% of its original equipment sales in Research and Development. At December 31, 2020, Valeo had 187 plants, 20 research centers, 43 development centers and 15 distribution platforms, and employed 110,300 people in 33 countries worldwide. Valeo is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange.

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