Applications System Engineer - Cloud - Metasys Technologies

Applications System Engineer - Cloud
12+Month Contract
Alpharetta, GA (onsite)

Job Summary/ Description
Network Cloud Operations is responsible for 24x7 operations, administration and maintenance of server infrastructure in Client s NC (Network Cloud) Linux based environment. This job performs deployment of software updates on this cloud platform comprised of Linux OS, BIOS/ firmware, Openstack, Kubernetes, Calico, Ceph, Maria DB and other software components.

Roles and Responsibilities:
Performs work focusing on software, maintenance, and operations of systems used by Client or its clients to conduct business.
Performs feasibility assessments, creates requirements, manages projects, and integrates and tests technical solutions for software.

Primary / Mandatory skills:
This position requires a broad-spectrum skill set across Linux, KVM, OpenStack, Kubernetes, Containers, Cloud Infrastructure platforms and monitoring of the server Infrastructure. The candidate should have minimum of 3-5 years of working experience on Production Environment.

Should have excellent trouble-shooting and analytical skills in Systems Administration of Linux, Cloud, OpenStack and Kubernetes environment.
Should be well versed and worked on operations and maintenance of Openstack modules like Keystone, Nova, Neutron, Swift, Cinder, Heat, Glance, Horizon, and Fuel.
Should be well versed with concepts like High Availability, DRS, Fault Tolerance, Scalability, Reliability, shared resources etc.
Creating, reviewing, approving, and implementing changes in NC server environment.
Restoration of applications/services in NC infrastructure from hardware/ OpenStack/ OS perspective in outage / service degradation scenarios.
Python & shell scripting.

Deployment of NC Server infrastructure (Linux, OpenStack & Kubernetes).
Knowledge and Understanding of CI/CD Pipeline in Jenkins, GitHub
Co-ordination with OS vendors, development teams, production support teams for root cause analysis, configuration changes etc.
Co-ordination with hardware vendors (Client, HP) for faulty Hardware replacement.
Should have very high level of customer focus, to provide effortless customer experience. Should display a positive attitude working with various peers/ customers / clients/ vendors etc.
The candidate should be ready to work in 24*7 rotational shift operations.
Should have strong analytical/logical/problem solving skills.
Should have to work across diverse teams across regions/cultures.
Certification in Systems Administration of Linux, Open Stack and Kubernetes is preferable.
The candidate should have high level of coordination and communication skills (verbal and written).

Technical Skills
Linux System Administration 3-5 years
Client and HP x86 based Hardware Break/fix 3-5 years
Kubernetes 1-3 years
CI/CD
Jenkins Pipeline Executing and Merging (Cert Rotations, OS and Code Upgrades, Firmware upgrades) 1-3 years GitHub Repository Management 5 years
Nagios 1-3 years
Prometheus 1-3 years
Grafana 1-3 years
Kibana 1-3 years
API 1-3 years
Ceph 1-3 years
Openstack 1-3 years
Ansible 1-3 years
TCP/IP Networking 1-3 years
Calico 1-3 years
SSL/TLS Certificates 1-3 years

Top 5 Skills
Linux System Administration 5 years
Kubernetes 1-3 years
Jenkins Pipeline Executing and Merging (Cert Rotations, OS and Code Upgrades, Firmware upgrades) 1-3 years
GitHub Repository Management 1-3 years
Client Server Hardware Break/fix 5 years

Education Qualification: Engineering/ Graduation/ Equivalent in Computer Science, Electronics and Communications.

Metasys Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, veteran or disability status.