Architect Cloud

Job Description

Run highly complex enterprise - wide projects requiring in - depth knowledge across multiple specialized architectural domains. Understand cloud technology trends , how they impact future solutions , and provide strategic direction to the broader technology community. Train , develop , and manage a team. Qualifications: Education: Any Bachelor s degree Experience: 12+ years of experience on Linux & Virtualization technologies. 7+ years of design / implementation / consulting experience with distributed applications ( preferably NFV ) 5+ years of software development tools and methodologies 4+ years of experience of presenting to executives , IT Management , or developers Technology and Software: Linux Operating Systems (CentOS / RedHat or similar) Understanding of virtualization technologies: KVM , Citrix XenServer , VMware ESXi Security: Linux hardening , iptables , security patching Cloud Infrastructure Mgmt: Cloudstack , Openstack Software defined storage: Design and Implement software - defined storage systems , such as CEPH Cloud Migrations : Plan and implement migrations to Openstack Platform Scripting language: Bash , Python Monitoring: Nagios , Zenoss , Zabbix or similar Configuration Management Systems: Ansible , Puppet , Chef , Salt or similar Database: MySQL or similar Networks: Thorough understanding of Networking Fundamentals CCNA Level. Preferably CCNP Level. Software Defined Networking ( SDN ) : Openvswitch , Open Contrail Documentation: Ability to document standard technical procedures , production designs , technical solutions & test cases Hardware: Understanding of Hardware procurement and deployment. Troubleshooting: L3 / L4 level troubleshooting & RCA for complex & priority issues. ITIL: Knowledge of standard operational processes like change management , incident management & problem management. Applications: Network Function Virtualization ( NFV ) applications like Palo Alto , Silver Peak WAN Optimizers , Silver Peak SDWAN etc Duties & Responsibilities: Design solutions and execute on approved plans for a secure , highly available , and efficient cloud environment. Develop cloud solutions , design specifications , policies , procedures and organizational cloud deployment and support standards. Plan and conduct technical tasks associated with the support , implementation and maintenance of cloud application infrastructure. Participate with engineering teams to perform PoCs and test new products and services. Identify ways in which new services and modifications or enhancements to current product catalogue can be successfully implemented. Deploy and manage internal as well as customer - based virtual machines via a Cloud - based portal. Co - ordinate with internal teams and handle escalations to ensure issues are resolved quickly with least customer downtime. Optimize the environment to maximize auto recovery and geographically distributed redundancy. Improve system monitoring and alerting to improve incident time to resolution while decreasing false positives. Improve system logging and benchmarking in order to fine tune application infrastructure and gain better insight into system issues and performance. Work with application development teams to improve system performance through environment upgrades and improvements. Update systems to support new development and technology initiatives. Required Skills: Advanced Technical Knowledge: This is a senior technical position that requires extensive experience with enterprise architecture , design and implementations Communication: Ability to communicate technical ideas to technical and non - technical stakeholders is critical. Ability to negotiate and solve conflict. Additionally , the ability to document support procedures to ensure that deployed systems are properly maintained and supported. Leadership: Collaborative leadership is important to gather technical and business requirements and build plans that incorporate feedback. Strong organization , project planning and time management skills. Analytical: You will be required to project the impact of design decisions and weigh compromises in operational criteria to meet business objectives. Training / Certifications : Vendor certifications: RedHat Linux , KVM , Citrix , VMware , ITILv2 / 3 a plus. Experience in multiple private cloud implementations on CloudStack , Openstack , a plus Experience in designing and implementing NFV Clouds a plus. You have been redirected to a NTT Global Networks job page,

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