Job Description

We are looking for a Cloud Administrator to be part of our cloud operations & systems team. The ideal candidate for this role has experience in system administration, deployment automation, data center inter-networking, monitoring and maintaining of mission critical private cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for planning, design, testing, implementation and operation for the hybrid cloud infrastructure.
• Plan and onboard VMs based on the user requirements.
• Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting.
• Implementation & operation for the Openstack based private cloud infrastructure.
• Administering cloud-based infrastructure deployment
• Administration tasks includes provisioning/de-provisioning of resources, maintaining security posture, user administration, monitoring computing resource utilization, network setup, backup/restore and incident management.
• Performs system administration activities in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Troubleshooting, performs root cause analysis, implements corrective/preventive actions during and after an incident.
• Create and maintain documentation and processes for Troubleshooting, maintaining, and configuring systems.
• Support audit and infrastructure / network security scans, disaster recovery and security related drills.
• Explore, learn and deploy new technologies that will help the company to reduce cost or improve operational efficiencies.
• Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to fix and improve products.

Requirements

• Strong Linux & Windows server system administration experience specifically in a virtualized environment.
• Experienced in virtualization, cloud & converged infrastructure technologies
• Experience in cloud environments (Openstack, AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.).
• Experience with containerisation (Docker, rkt, Kubernetes etc.).
• Experience using cloud system monitoring tools (e.g. Zabbix, Prometheus, Nagios etc.).
• Demonstrate strong knowledge in infrastructure areas such as virtual server technologies, networking, internet protocols, scripting & monitoring tools and IT Security.
• Experience with installation, configuration and management of log collection and aggregation tools like Splunk and ELK, creating dashboards and configuring alerts with tools like ServiceNow, Jira, Hipchat, Slack.
• Knowledge in configuration management system like Ansible, chef, terraform etc
• Knowledge of selected programming languages (e.g. Python, Go, R etc.)
• Knowledge of DevOps tools like Git, Jenkin, Ansible, Docker, puppet, chef etc.
• Knowledge in data centre inter-networking.
• Analytical mind with problem-solving aptitude
• Ability to work independently
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills
• 2 - 6 years of experience; BSc/BA in Computer Science or a related degree preferred
• Entry level candidates with keen interest to join the Telecommunications Industry are welcome to apply