Senior DevOps Engineer - Ceph Infrastructure

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As a Senior DevOps Engineer overseeing NetApp Enterprise storage, and Ceph infrastructure, the responsibilities would include: 

• As a team member, you will have an operational engineering role responsible for managing storage environments used for several external and internal cloud solutions and delivering to meet expectations.
• Regularly maintain and update NetApp Enterprise storage systems to ensure high performance, capacity, and security.
• Configuring and optimizing Ceph storage infrastructure for peak performance.
• Handling storage provisioning and development within the Ceph and enterprise storage environments.
• Troubleshooting and resolving any issues related to performance or reliability across all the storage systems.
• Drive continuous improvement of the Ops services in terms of process design, tool advancement, better operational efficiency, reduced TCO, support quality, and enhanced customer satisfaction
• Collaborating with other IT teams to ensure efficient integration of the storage systems with other infrastructures.
• Using DevOps practices to automate recurring storage administration tasks.
• Develop, implement, and optimize Infrastructure as Code (IaC) processes, adhering to best practices for IaC development.
• Documenting system changes or updates and providing training to other team members.
• Staying abreast of industry trends to introduce relevant features or advancements in the organization's storage systems
• Provide on-call support to resolve operational issues.

What you bring: 

• A Bachelor’s or Master's degree, or equivalent education.
• Minimum 8 years experience with technical storage expertise in a Storage and IT customer-facing role.
• In-depth knowledge of storage concepts and architectures, specifically with NetApp Storage infrastructure.
• Experience with CEPH managing and operating an object storage footprint.
• Comprehensive understanding of IT processes and best practices related to backup and recovery, NAS/SAN, and object technologies.
• A willingness to work in a team environment, focusing on supporting enterprise SAN, NAS, and Object infrastructure through design development, tiering, installation, configuration, and maintenance planning.
• Fast learning capabilities and the ability to work independently, with strong interpersonal skills, organizational skills, motivation, exceptional customer service, project management, and analytical abilities.
• Proficiency in the DevOps framework, and familiarity with tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, Jira, and Prometheus, as well as Agile methodologies.
• Experience with operating and managing Kubernetes clusters, ensuring their high availability and overall health.
• Ability to use scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or Golang to automate repetitive tasks and improve workflows.