Description

Key Responsibilities

·       Lead the design and execution of KVM/libvirt hypervisor deployments across US1, US2, and US3 data centers

·       Drive VMware-to-KVM/CloudStack workload migrations end-to-end, including planning, VM conversion, storage migration, and cutover coordination

·       Administer CloudStack zones, clusters, templates, and storage pools; own VM lifecycle operations at scale

·       Independently troubleshoot complex hypervisor, networking, and storage performance issues

·       Proactively identify migration blockers and propose remediation strategies to the team lead

·       Own and maintain Ansible playbooks for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and patching at scale

·       Build and manage Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure-as-code workflows and automated deployments

·       Lead adoption of Git-based IaC practices across the team; review and guide junior engineers' automation contributions

·       Develop Python and Bash automation to reduce operational toil and improve consistency across environments

·       Administer RHEL/Rocky/Ubuntu Linux and Windows Server environments — provisioning, patching, hardening, and lifecycle management

·       Support legacy Active Directory domain decommission and consolidation, including Windows Server 2008 migration activities

·       Enforce OS security baselines aligned to PCI DSS v4.0; provide evidence for audit cycles

·       Serve as Tier 3 escalation for OS-level incidents across Linux and Windows platforms

·       Manage SAN/NAS environments including LUN provisioning, zoning, multipath I/O, and iSCSI/FC configuration

·       Support Pure Storage FlashArray and VMAX operations, migrations, and performance troubleshooting

·       Integrate block and file storage with KVM/CloudStack primary and secondary storage pools

·       Provide guidance and day-to-day support to P3/junior engineers; assist with onboarding and informal training

·       Proactively liaise with networking, security, and storage teams to coordinate complex cross-domain changes

·       Participate in on-call rotation as a senior escalation resource; mentor junior on-call engineers

·       Document runbooks, architecture decisions, and procedures in Confluence to a senior engineering standard

·       Manage work via ServiceNow and Jira; contribute to change management processes with full change documentation

Required Skills

·       7+ years in enterprise systems engineering or IT infrastructure, with demonstrated scope expansion over time

·       4+ years of production KVM/libvirt hypervisor management

·       Strong Linux administration — RHEL/Rocky/CentOS or Debian-based at scale

·       Windows Server administration — Active Directory, DNS/DHCP, GPO, and domain lifecycle

·       Ansible — authoring and maintaining playbooks for multi-environment configuration management

·       Jenkins or equivalent CI/CD pipeline experience for infrastructure automation

·       Scripting proficiency in Bash and Python

·       SAN storage administration — LUN management, zoning, multipath I/O, iSCSI or Fibre Channel

·       Demonstrated ability to mentor junior engineers and guide technical work

·       Experience working within PCI DSS or another regulated compliance framework

·       CloudStack or OpenStack orchestration platform experience

·       Prior VMware-to-KVM migration programme experience

·       Pure Storage FlashArray or Dell EMC VMAX/PowerMax administration

·       HPE Synergy or BladeSystem chassis operations

·       RHCE, RHCSA, or equivalent Linux certification

·       Git-based IaC workflow experience (Terraform, GitOps patterns)

·       Exposure to SIEM/FIM tooling (Wazuh, Splunk, or similar)

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree