Nairobi, Kenya
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Job Description
Reporting to the Cloud Specialist, the role holder engineer will be responsible for delivering a fully integrated solution for virtualization, containerization, and storage while leveraging open-source technologies. They will be a key contributor to our cloud transformation strategy, enabling the organization to host IaaS, Kubernetes workloads, and scalable object storage.
The ideal candidate should have a passion for open-source innovation, a strong background in Linux engineering, and a proven track record of implementing cloud solutions.
Their contributions will directly influence the success of our private cloud-first strategy and support our business’s evolution into a modern, agile, and cloud-driven organization. This role is integral to our mission of developing a robust and scalable private cloud infrastructure that rivals public cloud platforms in performance, scalability, and feature set.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
Infrastructure Automation
- Automate infrastructure provisioning through cloud provider SDKs like pyVmomi, Iac tools like Terraform and Cloud formation etc.
Configuration management
- Automate infrastructure tasks e.g., OS patching by using tools like Ansible, Chef. Ensure these processes are automated for the other teams to re-use.
Cloud Management Platform
- Build a Hybrid self-service cloud management platform. This should be a single plane platform for all infrastructure services.
Integration of Virtualization Platforms:
- Develop a unified cloud platform for VMware ESXi, KVM, and other virtualization platforms.
Kubernetes and Containerization:
- Deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters for containerized workloads and integrate with the private cloud.
Documentation and process:
- Keeping accurate current infrastructure database for static and dynamic capacities .
- Adhere to the existing processes in workflow management.
- Process review and recommendation on process improvement.
- Preparation of infrastructure projects, POC bid /RFQ documents and Evaluations.
- Learn/research on new technologies/practices in the public cloud and infrastructure domain.
- Running of POCs and subsequent recommendations for approval.
- Development of design principles to guide future deployment.
Open-Source Advocacy:
- Recommend and deploy open-source technologies that enhance cloud capabilities.
Architecture and Design
- Translate business and customer requirements into technology requirements.
- Define architecture and design of systems and solutions to meet current and future business needs.
Must have technical / professional qualifications:
- BSc/B-Tech in computer Science/Electrical and communication/ Telecoms, Engineering, a similar field.
- At Least 3 years’ experience as cloud engineer, Systems administrator in a multifaceted business environment with integrated/mixed windows and major UNIX/Linux server environment.
- AWS and GCP Cloud knowledge and deployement models.
- Experience in working with IaC tools like Terraform & CloudFormation and cloud provider SDKs.
- Configuration management tools like Ansible platform to automate various aspects of infrastructure configuration, provisioning, and management
- Experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or similar.
- Experience working with agile methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, XP, BDD and TDD.
- Strong data analytical skills, analytical thinking, attention to details and ability to identify solutions to complex problems.
- Great Stakeholder management skills
- Knowledge of hybrid cloud integration and multi-cloud strategies.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
- Certification in any of the following Systems and Network or related trainings is an added advantage
AWS Certified Solution Architect certification
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
Terraform Associate certification
Red Hat Certified Specialist in Advanced Automation
Scrum Fundamentals Certified
Network certification e.g., CCNA, CCNP
UNIX/Linux certification
VMware certification e.g., VCP
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
How to apply
If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, kindly proceed to update your candidate profile on the recruitment portal and then Click on the apply button. Remember to attach your resume.
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