Responsible for infrastructure tasks including provisioning hypervisors, connectivity issues, upgrades, and day-to-day issues and audits.
Designs, builds, administers, maintains, and troubleshoots complex OpenStack environments. Troubleshoot problems and take corrective action on a timely and effective basis.
Job Description:
· Responsible for infrastructure tasks including provisioning hypervisors, connectivity issues, upgrades, and day-to-day issues and audits.
· Designs, builds, administers, maintains, and troubleshoots complex OpenStack environments.
· Troubleshoots problems and take corrective action on a timely and effective basis.
· Provides technical support to internal and external users (customer-facing).
· Works appropriate level tickets in the queue.
· Monitors and provides maintenance for all related infrastructure.
· Works with vendors to resolve hardware and software issues.
· Gathers data for capacity planning and performance analysis of infrastructure.
· Develop projects to improve performance, efficiency, experience, capacity, etc. of environments.
· Acts as the primary interface for the client or project manager for basic to intermediate projects.
· Implements large, complex enterprise-class solutions using OpenStack technologies.
· Performs regular checks of system components for errors and application of necessary corrective action.
· Intermediate working knowledge of Linux platforms and technologies and related technologies including MySQL, Apache, ha-proxy, and DNS.
· Intermediate operating systems knowledge (Windows and Linux).
· General network administration skills.
· Working knowledge of network storage protocols such as NFS and ISCSI.
· An understanding of Content Distribution Network architecture and practices.
Education
Bachelor's degree preferred.
Certifications:
The following certifications are preferred:
· COA Certified OpenStack Administrator.
· RHCSA: Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator.
· Windows Server Administration.
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