Infrastructure Engineer

Infrastructure Engineer, Private Cloud

Overview:

We are seeking a motivated Infrastructure Engineer to support the ongoing operation and enhancement of our critical Private Cloud departmental and enterprise systems. Reporting to the Manager, Hosting, this role demands a hands-on contributor who excels in a dynamic environment and is enthusiastic about tackling new technical challenges.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure timely and accurate response to user support requests while maintaining security, high availability, and reliability of systems.
• Deploy and maintain physical and virtual Linux systems from hardware to operating system.
• Execute traditional Unix administration tasks proficiently.
• Provide support for SAN and VMware environments.
• Develop and maintain scripts/utilities for process automation.

Qualifications:

Essential:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
• 2-4 years of hands-on experience administering Unix systems, including installations and upgrades. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is preferred.
• Proficiency with automation tools (Ansible, Git, Python, Bash, Perl).
• Strong knowledge of standard Unix subsystems such as printing, Postfix, DNS, and NFS.
• Ability to work occasional weekends/evenings for critical upgrades or problem resolution.

Desirable:

• Experience with public cloud computing platforms (IaC, Azure, AWS).
• Knowledge of DevOps principles and frameworks.
• ITIL certification.
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Understanding of network peering/VPC, Cloud-to-Cloud, On-Prem-to-Cloud connectivity.
• Operation and management of Cisco UCS environments.
• Professional certifications in relevant technologies.
• Knowledge of SSL/TLS certificates.
• Experience in designing and implementing cloud connectivity.
• Network management experience (F5 load balancer, Cisco Firepower, Cisco switches).

Additional Skills:

• Enthusiastic and rapid technical learner.
• Familiarity with CICD pipeline processes and tools.
• General knowledge of Cloud Provider Services such as AWS, GCP, Azure, or PCF.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills for effective collaboration with team members.
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and dynamic work environment.
• Participation in an on-call pager pool rotation.