DevOps Engineer, Portworx

• Design, deploy, and maintain scalable and reliable VMware, Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure and IBM) and Kubernetes environments.
• Design, develop, and implement on prem Openstack/VMware/Kubernetes solutions tailored to the specific needs of our organization.
• Collaborate with business unit owners to gather requirements and translate them into scalable Openstack and VMware (Kubernetes architecture standard)
• Implement automation tools and frameworks (CI/CD pipelines) to streamline Infrastructure operations and enable self-service workloads(VMs/Pods) lifecycle management for developers.
• Design and implement observability best practices for Openstack/VMware/Kubernetes
• Provide expertise and best practices for DevOps methodologies to support continuous improvement.
• Contribute to the deployment, configuration, and troubleshooting of Openstack/VMware/Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Investigate and recommend enhancements to optimize the efficiency and reliability of the Openstack/VMware/Kubernetes environment
• Develop and maintain documentation related to the openstack/VMware/Kubernetes private cloud architecture.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and best practices in the Openstack/VMware/Kubernetes ecosystem.
• Identify and resolve complex technical issues and provide timely solutions
  Providing infrastructure support for AWS/Azure
• Participate in the follow the sun on call schedule

• bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in managing and automating large-scale VMware,OpenStack and or Kubernetes environments.
• Proficient in programming languages such as Python, Java, GO.
• Strong understanding of DevOps principles and practices, including experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or Puppet.
• Demonstrated experience in implementing robust solutions for observability and reliability of VMware/Openstack/Kubernetes environments. Familiarity with Observability tools such as Elastic Enterprise, Prometheus, Grafana, Logstash, Fluent-bit or Fluentd
• Familiarity with Linux, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP
• Proven work experience as an Openstack/VMware/Kubernetes Engineer or similar role for a minimum of 5 years.
• Have recent OpenStack/VMware/Kubernetes experience. For Openstack, have experience with at least OpenStack Yoga. For Kubernetes, have experience of running enterprise Kubernetes clusters on bare metal.
• Expertise in Openstack components such as Nova, Neutron (OpenvSwitch), Cinder (SAN), Glance, and Keystone.
• Proficiency in virtualization technologies (KVM, VMware, Kubevirt etc) and networking infrastructure concepts.
  Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, etc) is a plus.
• Experience with providing infrastructure support and automation solutions for one of the following public cloud: AWS/Azure/GCP
  Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with a strong attention to details.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
• Openness to continuous learning and adaptation in a rapidly evolving technology landscape

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with running Virtual infrastructure on top of PureStorage product, such as FlashArray, Flashblade, Portworx
• Certifications in Kubernetes(CKA, CKAD), VMware (VCP) or OpenStack (COA).
• Experience of running production VMs in Kubevirt
• Previous work in agile environments and familiarity with project management tools.