Software Engineer – Cloud Storage Solutions

GCP Cloud storage .

Reston, VA

Responsibilities

· Design, implement, optimize private cloud based Cloud Storage solutions using Ceph

· Build, tune, troubleshoot block and object storage systems in high availability Ceph storage clusters

· Design automation for storage optimization and other processes on private cloud platforms

· Enable Application teams to follow best practices to deploy on Cloud Platforms and optimize Storage spend and improve efficiency and performance based on utilization with Ceph

· Create and maintain technical documentation for operational readiness

· Design and maintain cloud storage best practices

· Become a solid contributor on our team, and build, extend and maintain some of the key infrastructure that powers our Private Cloud platform

· Provide troubleshooting expertise for storage performance and other issues

· Develop and integrate provisioning and lifecycle tools for storage services components

Qualifications

· 2 years of experience supporting large scale, highly available, production Cloud Storage deployments with Ceph

· Strong familiarity with any combination of the following: OpenStack/Kubernetes/Rook with Ceph as an underlying storage solution

· Experience in programming, scripting and development

o Python or Shell Scripting

· Experience with Linux Administration and System Troubleshooting

· Networking concepts and administration

o TCP/IP, routing, switching, VLANs, Load balancing

· Experience using source control systems (git)

· Experience in configuration management tools like Ansible/Puppet/Chef

· Experience with Containers (Kubernetes, Docker, etc.)

· Experience in Architecting infra solutions for applications

· Experience with monitoring, reporting tools and data analytics

· Good understanding of clustered/distributed systems

· Apply best practice and team standards while meeting service level objectives

· Experience working with cloud deployments (scaling, resiliency, load balancing etc) and solid understanding of Service Monitoring, KPI, SLA, Disaster Recovery

· Deep experience with the Linux ecosystem, automation of common tasks, and configuration of systems monitoring tools

· Experience with capacity/performance management, monitoring and tuning

· Experience with firewalls, VPN, routing, switching, load balancers, monitoring, security and DNS

· Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS or similar field of study OR work equivalent