Senior Cloud Engineer

Job Title: Senior Engineer, Cloud Architecture

Your impact: 

As Senior Cloud Engineer, you will support the design, development and testing of the cloud infrastructure for Intelsat’s next-generation network. You will support collaboration within the organization for public and private cloud initiatives to define Intelsat’s global hybrid cloud architecture.

What you will do:

• Maintain integrity of design for cloud infrastructure components, including NICs, RAMs, and cabling
• Maintain and ensure host environment is up to date including host OS and software releases and associated dependencies. 
• Configure and deploy guest VNFs and CNFs within the cloud virtualization and container orchestration platforms, including vSphere and Rancher.
• Troubleshoot issues related to hosted VNFs and CNFs deployments.
• Create, update, and maintain relevant documentation and design diagrams for handoff to engineering teams. 
• Understanding of security management best principles for cloud computing 
• Mitigate and remediate know security vulnerabilities for hosted VMs
• Support product enablement of new network services that rely upon cloud infrastructure.
• Identify technologies, systems, and processes to reduce CAPEX and OPEX
• Support Intelsat’s technology roadmap, including datacenter architecture and orchestration of virtual network functions within Intelsat’s global network.
• Collaborate with other SMEs to help design cloud infrastructure that integrates seamlessly with Intelsat’s IP/MPLS network and 3GPP mobile network of the future.
• Support technical leads for business process automation, network, and service orchestration, to ensure the allocation of cloud resources is performed in concert with other systems. 
• Support datacenter cloud monitoring tools development 
• Support cloud leads in development activities for private and public cloud.

 

 Your required experience/skills: 

• This role is subject to EAR/ITAR and candidates must be US Persons (US Citizens, Permanent Residents, Asylees, Refugees)
• A bachelor’s degree in engineering or technology
• At least 5-years of relevant experience with cloud architectures and the network functions to be virtualized therein.
• Technical expertise for datacenter virtualization, containers, and orchestration of VNFs/CNFs within a hybrid cloud environment that is global in scale.
• Experience with RHEL, Kubernetes, Docker, Virtualization, Public Cloud, Git, Ansible, Terraform
• The ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, drive resolution of complex problems, and build consensus to move projects forward on schedule.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, 
• Experience with the virtualization of key network functions used for Intelsat’s next-gen SDN: SatComm platform, 3GPP mobile network, content delivery networks, etc.
• Knowledge of ETSI NFV, ONF/CORD and other relevant standards
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Access, etc.)

 

Your success in this role will look like: 

• Core company behavioral competencies 
• Soft skills necessary for Intelsat: Examples: Adaptability, creative thinking, team player, openness, culture champion with experience fostering inclusive work environments, embracing diverse thinking and styles, positive attitude
• Effective verbal and written communication skills

It would be nice if you had: 

• Familiarity with Standards Definition Organizations and Standards relevant to cloud technologies
• Knowledge of architectures and solutions for Mobile Edge Computing (MEC)
• Technical expertise with Network Function Virtualization and Software-Defined Network technologies: Linux, CentOS, SRIOV, DPDK, OpenStack, VMWare, KVM, OpenShift, Rancher, OVS, JSON, REST, YANG, NetConf, RestConf, OSI model, Ethernet, IP, UDP/TCP
• Understanding cloud architectures for space-based communications networks

How we support you: 

• Hybrid work environment offering up to two days per week work from home (for eligible positions)