Job Description
Reporting to the Cloud Specialist, the role holder engineer will be responsible for delivering a fully integrated solution for virtualization, containerization, and storage while leveraging open-source technologies. They will be a key contributor to our cloud transformation strategy, enabling the organization to host IaaS, Kubernetes workloads, and scalable object storage. The ideal candidate should have a passion for open-source innovation, a strong background in Linux engineering, and a proven track record of implementing cloud solutions. Their contributions will directly influence the success of our private cloud-first strategy and support our business's evolution into a modern, agile, and cloud-driven organization. This role is integral to our mission of developing a robust and scalable private cloud infrastructure that rivals public cloud platforms in performance, scalability, and feature set.
Responsibilities
Infrastructure Automation
- Automate infrastructure provisioning through cloud provider SDKs like pyVmomi, Iac tools like Terraform and Cloud formation etc.
Configuration management
- Automate infrastructure tasks e.g., OS patching by using tools like Ansible, Chef. Ensure these processes are automated for the other teams to re-use.
Cloud Management Platform
- Build a Hybrid self-service cloud management platform. This should be a single plane platform for all infrastructure services.
Integration of Virtualization Platforms:
- Develop a unified cloud platform for VMware ESXi, KVM, and other virtualization platforms.
Kubernetes and Containerization:
- Deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters for containerized workloads and integrate with the private cloud.
Documentation and process:
- Keeping accurate current infrastructure database for static and dynamic capacities .
- Adhere to the existing processes in workflow management.
- Process review and recommendation on process improvement.
- Preparation of infrastructure projects, POC bid /RFQ documents and Evaluations.
- Learn/research on new technologies/practices in the public cloud and infrastructure domain.
- Running of POCs and subsequent recommendations for approval.
- Development of design principles to guide future deployment.
Open-Source Advocacy:
- Recommend and deploy open-source technologies that enhance cloud capabilities.
Architecture and Design
- Translate business and customer requirements into technology requirements.
- Define architecture and design of systems and solutions to meet current and future business needs.
Must have technical / professional qualifications:
- BSc/B-Tech in computer Science/Electrical and communication/ Telecoms, Engineering, a similar field.
- At Least 3 years’ experience as cloud engineer, Systems administrator in a multifaceted business environment with integrated/mixed windows and major UNIX/Linux server environment.
- AWS and GCP Cloud knowledge and deployement models.
- Experience in working with IaC tools like Terraform & CloudFormation and cloud provider SDKs.
- Configuration management tools like Ansible platform to automate various aspects of infrastructure configuration, provisioning, and management
- Experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or similar.
- Experience working with agile methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, XP, BDD and TDD.
- Strong data analytical skills, analytical thinking, attention to details and ability to identify solutions to complex problems.
- Great Stakeholder management skills
- Knowledge of hybrid cloud integration and multi-cloud strategies.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
- Certification in any of the following Systems and Network or related trainings is an added advantage
- AWS Certified Solution Architect certification
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
- Terraform Associate certification
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in Advanced Automation
- Scrum Fundamentals Certified
- Network certification e.g., CCNA, CCNP
- UNIX/Linux certification
- VMware certification e.g., VCP
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
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