Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer / Senior Virtualization Engineer

Megan Soft, Inc.

Dearborn, MI, United States

6 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

8 years minimum

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

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Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Cloud Engineering Cyber Security DevOps Disaster Recovery VMware ESX Servers Expert Systems Firmware Github Monitoring of Systems Issue Tracking Systems

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Python (Programming Language) Knowledge Management Kernel-Based Virtual Machine Linux System Administration Networking Basics OpenShift Windows PowerShell Role-Based Access Control Reliability Engineering Ansible Prometheus Virtual Machines Virtualization Technology Data Logging Scripting Google Cloud Delivery Pipeline Grafana Event Driven Architecture Kubernetes Information Technology Dynatrace Vmware

Job description

Ansible, GCP, Dynatrace, Powershell, Access Controls, Python, Information Security, Automation, Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems, * Responsible for engineering, deployment, operational administration, and protection of Global enterprise solutions to meet the Virtualization Server Hosting requirements for a variety of infrastructure systems, line of business and third-party application needs
Architect/design and support the installation, and administration of virtualization (VMware and OpenShift Virtualization (OSV)) suite of products
Responsible for the entire lifecycle of technologies globally including infrastructure security vulnerability patching, planning, designing, implementation, maintenance, upgrades and decommissioning of hardware and software
Engineer, test and document procedures, monitoring, logging, disaster recovery process and security policies and guidelines
Demonstrates knowledge of hardware and software products
Research industry best practices and trends
Global large-scale deployments of virtualization technologies
Support HPE Synergy/ProLiant ILO and firmware field testing Capacity Management
Conduct capacity planning and forecasting for the platforms, including Compute/Virtual Machine (VM), memory, storage, and network resources, to ensure scalability and prevent resource exhaustion
Analyze resource utilization trends and make recommendations for infrastructure scaling, consolidation, or optimization
Collaborate with application teams and stakeholders to understand future demand and project capacity needs
Develop and maintain capacity models and reports to support strategic planning Automation & Efficiency
Develop automation solutions (scripts, playbooks) for repetitive VMware/OSV tasks, including configuration changes, VM management (like snapshot removal), auditing, remediation and integration with ticketing systems
Leverage automation to enable delivering operator updates and changes efficiently at scale
Implement Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and practices to improve overall platform stability, performance, and operational efficiency
Role Based Access Control deployment and auditing
Namespace and Resource Quota management (CPU, Disk and Storage) Observability, Monitoring, logging and Troubleshooting
Implement and maintain comprehensive end to end observability solutions (monitoring, logging, tracing) for the VMware/OSV environment, including integration with tools like Dynatrace, RHACM and Prometheus/Grafana
Explore and implement Event Driven Architecture (EDA) for enhanced real time monitoring and response
Develop capabilities to flag and report abnormalities and identify ““blind spots”” in observability
Perform deep dive Root Cause Analysis (RCA), potentially utilizing available tooling, to quickly identify and resolve issues across the global compute environment
Find the needle in a haystack/unhealthy bits in the compute universe (Globally) for faster time to resolution
Monitor VM health, resource usage, and performance metrics proactively
Monitor for unusual activity that might indicate a compromise or misconfiguration Solution Design & Consulting
Provide technical consulting and expertise to application teams requiring VMware/OSV solutions
Design, implement, and validate custom or dedicated OSV clusters and VM solutions for critical applications with unique or complex requirements (e.g., specialized appliances) Knowledge Management
Create, maintain, and update comprehensive internal documentation and customer facing content to facilitate self service and clearly articulate platform capabilities Support
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Requirements

Scripting, Automation, Kubernetes, Root Cause Analysis, Troubleshooting (Problem Solving), Cloud Architecture, IT Solutions, GitHub, Cloud Infrastructure, Change Management, Technical Analysis, Developer, Tekton, Utilization Management, VMware, VMware ESX Servers, Platform Support, Infrastructure Architectures, * Senior Engineer Exp: Prac. In 2 coding lang. or adv. Prac. in 1 lang.; guides. 10+ years in IT; 8+ years in development Understanding of VMware and Kubernetes concepts Experience with Linux administration and networking fundamentals Proficiency in scripting languages for automation Experience with monitoring tools and logging solutions Understanding of virtualization concepts and technologies (e.g., KVM, VMware) Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues across multiple layers of the stack Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps methodologies Strong communication and collaboration skills Self-starter. Be on a mission to go where the work is. Look for opportunities to evolve services