Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Consultant

Spring Field, MA (Hybrid work with up to 3 days remote)

Duration: Long Term

W2 Role

Description:

Seeking an experienced up to Lead Cloud Enterprise Infrastructure Engineering Consultant that will be responsible for all aspects of system administration, architectural design and ongoing maintenance of a large Red Hat Linux deployment residing on public and private cloud, as well as physical and virtual systems. The Consultant shall be comfortable working in a team environment and excel in collaborative problem solving. The Consultant shall be experienced in the art of system administration, organized with an attention to detail, and above all, enthusiastic about the endless possibilities technology has to offer.

Consultant will work with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers dedicated to the reliable operation of Enterprise services, and his/her contributions will ensure that the organization accelerates its adoption of cloud technologies by identifying potential migration opportunities. On a daily basis, you will be responsible for the defense of our IT systems by maintaining secure configurations, evaluating vulnerabilities, and ensuring the environment is up-to-date. You will use your experience to help others in the organization get the most out of our server deployments.

Primary Responsibilities

• Deployment, configuration and troubleshooting of Red Hat Enterprise Linux server systems utilizing Ansible, Python, BASH, etc.

• Monitor server performance and take appropriate actions (e.g. tune)

• Perform operating system upgrades and assuring the quality of fixes and enhancements

• Assist IT departments in analyzing and resolving operating system and application problems

• Troubleshoot operational issues and assist with root-cause analyses

• Engage with policy and procedure, change management, and service desk processes during daily activities

• Provide technical knowledge needed to ensure effective and efficient changes to the IT infrastructure

• Assist with product evaluations, architectural reviews and solution development for new capabilities

Minimum Requirements / Education

Required Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years related experience OR the equivalent combination of experience and education

• Deep understanding of Unix operating system including system boot process, kernel configuration, account management, file system permissions, and network configurations

• Configuration and management experience with Kubernetes deployments and container operations

• Must have experience with automation solutions such as Ansible Core, Ansible Tower, and Terraform

• Must have experience with utilizing Git source code control

• Must have experience with DevOps methodologies, including utilizing GitOps to manage infrastructure

• Must have excellent time management and communication skills; strong interpersonal and mentoring skills, as well as strong team orientation and communication

Desired Experience

• Solid understanding coding and scripting (BASH, Python, etc.)

• Experience with backup solutions (Rubrik, NetBackup)

• Experience with monitoring tools (PRTG, DynaTrace, etc.) a plus

• Experience documenting technical solutions utilizing Atlassian Confluence and Gliffy a plus

• Experience implementing security standards such as CIS Benchmarks.

Education/Certifications

• Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science, Information Systems, a similar engineering field or equivalent experience is required

• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) preferred

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