Senior DevOps Engineer - 100% REMOTE (Cloudstack, openstack, kvm, kubernetes, terraform, ELK, zabbix, backbone networks, server farms, capacity planning, data center provisioning, UNIX, Linux)

Position: Senior DevOps Engineer - 100% REMOTE (Cloudstack, openstack, kvm, kubernetes, terraform, ELK, zabbix, backbone networks, server farms, capacity planning, data center provisioning, Unix, Linux)

Location: 100% Remote

Duration: Full-Time position (no contracts, no corp to corp)     

Salary: Excellent compensation with benefits

SKILLS: DevOps Engineer, Cloudstack, openstack, kvm, kubernetes, terraform, ELK, zabbix, data center facilities management, backbone networks, server farms, large-scale storage area networks (SAN) and data center provisioning, distributed UNIX, Linux environments

DESCRIPTION:

As a Devops Engineer, you will support infrastructure-as-code On-premises, private cloud as well as Managed and External Data Centers.

Responsibilities:

·         Codify the design and automation of critical infrastructure services.

·         Assist with the planning, installation, configuration, optimization, operation, security, and ongoing maintenance of our Internet Computer infrastructure

·         Work with external data center remote hand technicians to build the Internet Computer infrastructure.

·         Participate in the analysis, selection and modification of network lifecycle tooling

·         Provide direction and solutions to protect the companys data, tools and information systems.

·         Ensure network architecture standards maximize efficiency and support platform compatibility.

·         Coordinate delivery of services to user groups minimizing downtime.

·         Oversee continual reduction of developer workflow iteration time through automation and tooling of our Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery systems.

·         Continually monitor and assess utilization for capacity planning and process improvement.

·         Ensure that processes are well-documented, sustainable and scalable.

·         Implements and monitors practices to ensure consistency with policies, compliance, regulations, Service Level Agreements, and control requirements.

 Background and Skills:

·         Demonstrable knowledge of open source and commercial virtualized infrastructure and required instrumentation and orchestration

·      Considerable knowledge of network-based systems operations and maintenance, including a good understanding of protocols and tools necessary for effective resolution of maintenance requests and tracking operational processes

·         Expert experience with technologies such as: Cloudstack, openstack, kvm, kubernetes, terraform, ELK, zabbix

·         Extensive experience in building, operating and performing capacity planning for global data centers

·         In-depth knowledge of the following: data center facilities management, backbone networks, server farms, large-scale storage area networks (SAN) and data center provisioning

·         Strong technical and programming skills required to manage distributed UNIX and Linux environments

·         Strong analytical and problem solving skills

·         Excellent verbal and written communication skills

·         Ability to work well with people from different disciplines and degrees of technical experience

·         Minimum of 5+ to 7 years of experience

 Travel = 5% travel may be required

Minimum Education = Bachelor's Degree

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