Cloud Operations Engineer Virtual Data Center W2 role

xperience : 8 + yrs

Remote in US ( preferably PST / EST zone )

Cloud Operations Engineer Virtual Data Center

AWS Virtual Data Center Operations

• Operate and maintain AWS-based Virtual Data Center infrastructure supporting enterprise engineering workloads.
• Monitor platform health, availability, performance, and capacity utilization.
• Execute operational activities including provisioning, maintenance, patching, upgrades, and performance tuning.
• Support incident, problem, and change management processes.

LSF Compute Administration

• Manage and support IBM Spectrum LSF / batch compute environments.
• Monitor job execution, queue performance, scheduler health, and resource utilization.
• Troubleshoot failed, hung, or long-running jobs and coordinate with application teams for resolution.
• Optimize compute resource allocation and workload scheduling.

NFS Storage Management

• Administer and maintain high-performance NFS storage environments.
• Monitor storage performance, capacity, and availability.
• Troubleshoot file system, mount, and storage-related issues.
• Support backup, recovery, and storage lifecycle activities.

Data Synchronization & Platform Reliability

• Manage inter-site and cloud-based data synchronization processes.
• Monitor data transfer jobs and investigate synchronization failures.
• Support data integrity validation and operational troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and application teams to resolve complex data flow issues.

Linux Operations & Troubleshooting

• Perform Linux system administration and operational support.
• Analyze system logs, performance metrics, and resource utilization.
• Troubleshoot compute, storage, networking, and application-related incidents.
• Develop operational automation using scripting and infrastructure tools.

Monitoring & Incident Management

• Utilize monitoring and observability tools to proactively identify issues.
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), and post-incident reviews.
• Create and maintain runbooks, SOPs, and operational documentation.
• Support on-call and production support activities as required.

Required Technical Skills

• AWS Cloud Services (EC2, VPC, EBS, IAM, CloudWatch, S3)
• Linux Administration (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu)
• IBM Spectrum LSF / Batch Compute Administration
• NFS Storage Administration
• Shell Scripting (Bash/Python)
• Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, NFS, VPN)
• Monitoring and Observability Tools
• Incident Management and Root Cause Analysis
• Security and Access Management concepts

Preferred Skills

• Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Ansible Automation
• Kubernetes and Docker
• Grafana, ELK, Splunk, or similar monitoring platforms
• ServiceNow ITSM
• HPC (High Performance Computing) environments
• AWS Solutions Architect or SysOps certifications