Job Title: Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - xPaaS
Location: Phoenix, AZ (3 days onsite)
Duration: Long term contract
Key Skills: Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, xPaaS, Unix/Linux system administration, Redis (Enterprise)/Kafka/Elasticsearch/Astronomer, Terraform/IAC, Google Cloud Platform, OpenShift/GKE, automation tools (Ansible, Shell Scripts, Python/Java), monitoring tools
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of experience
5+ years of Unix/Linux system administration experience extensively
At least 3 years' experience in supporting and maintaining the on-prem production-grade environment in two or more like Redis (Enterprise), Kafka, Elasticsearch and Astronomer etc.
At least 2 years' experience in supporting and maintaining the production-grade environment in Terraform or similar IAC tool
At least 2 years' experience in supporting and maintaining the production-grade environment in Google cloud (Foundations and Managed services like PSC, Interconnect, Pub Sub, Cloud Run, Memory store etc)
At least 2 years' experience in supporting and maintaining the production-grade environment in deploying COTS apps in K8 environments like OpenShift or GKE.
Experience with automation tools (Ansible, Shell Scripts, Python/Java)
Cluster management, configurations, upgrades, and migrations on Red Hat Linux 8 in virtual machines
Leading big infra migrations programs from on-prem to on-prem, on-prem to Public and Hybrid clouds.
Extensive experience in Linux performance monitoring by using system tools, security setup, troubleshooting and performance tuning as necessary to ensure optimum performance, patching of Linux servers on regular schedule
Eager to learn new technologies in a short time span
Experience in change management, Incident management, RFC, Problem management & RCA
Experience in automation to increase efficiency
Optimize and streamline troubleshooting and debugging efforts by applying expertise across the infra and app domain.
Working knowledge of monitoring tools
Other skills
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- Proven diagnostic, troubleshooting, and service restoration skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, customer service skills, and English communication skills with difficult customers in outage situations.
- Metrics management
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent work experience