Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Software Engineering, or other relevant technology field.
7+ years of experience and deep expertise in designing, implementing, and managing private cloud stacks with the focus on compute and virtualization technologies.
Extensive hands-on experience with at least one of the following platforms/stacks: OpenStack, Apache CloudStack, VMware VCF and Red Hat OpenShift and related computing technologies such as x86 hardware, OS, KVM/ESXi and orchestration services
Expert level in Linux and 5+ years of hands-on experience in Linux-based environments.
Profound understanding of hardware architecture and components [x86 and ARM, NUMA, types of memory and channels, types of NICs, etc.
Good understanding of network and storage types and architecture.
Good understanding of Cloud Native concepts and technologies.
Experience in managing large-scale public or private cloud environments and/or work in a cloud service provider environment is highly desirable.
Advanced level in programming and scripting using Python and/or Golang, bash.
Good knowledge in Data center network designs and related technologies [OSI model, TCP/IP stack, routing, VLAN/VxLAN, etc]
Understanding of storage types, architecture, and protocols such as object/block/file storages, NFS/SMB, iSCSI, FC, etc.
Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools like Zabbix or Nagios, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).
Understanding of CI/CD principles, Infrastructure as Code (IaaC) approach and software defined infrastructure solutions.
Experience with database management and optimization for both SQL and NoSQL databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra is highly desirable.
Experience with ITSM tools such as Jira, Redmine, ServiceNow etc.
Relevant certifications in Linux, virtualization and cloud computing are a plus.
Knowledge and experience working with GPU-hardware and AI hardware accelerators is a plus.
Strong organizational skills with the ability to multitask and prioritize.
A proactive approach to problem-solving and decision-making.
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