Senior Engineer (Private Cloud Virtualisation)

Senior Engineer (Private Cloud Virtualisation)

• Working Location: Braine LAlleud, Belgium
  
• Security Clearance: NATO Secret
  
• Language: High proficiency level in English language
  

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:

Essential Qualifications/Experience:

• VMware Certified Advanced Professional and vSAN certified professional
  
• ITIL Foundation certification
  
• Sound practical experience in the architecture, design, implementation, support, testing and maintenance of Private Cloud Infrastructure Hosting including virtual infrastructure, virtual machine provisioning, hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI), composable infrastructure
  
• Extensive hands-on systems engineer professional experience and subject matter expertise in a production environment with VMware infrastructure products such as VMware vSphere, vSAN, vRealize Operations managers, VMware SRM, vSphere Replication and a good level of exposure and or very good understanding of other products like VMware VCF, vRealize Automation and NSX
  
• Professional experience in large Private Cloud IaaS cloudprovider, managing large quantities of VMware Virtual Machines (5000 or more) and physical servers (blade & rack mount)
  
• Professional experience designing, implementing and executing Private Cloud DR/BC exercise plans with hardware or software replication (eg: vSphere replication) and failover/failback orchestrations tools like VMware SRM
  
• Experience:
  Working with Active Directory, Windows Server and Linux RedHat, IPAM Solutions
  Auditing service costs, providing detailed cost analysis with breakdowns and reports for management teams
  As technical lead in IaaS related projects from design to implementation and stakeholder management
  Pricing project CAPEX and OPEX costs
  Carrying out IaaS service audit costs
  
• Experience with configuration management and automation tools (Ansible is preferred)
  
• Proficiency in PowerShell scripting
  
• Track record in delivering continual service improvements
  
• Proven experience and track record developing and maintaining data driven unitized Private Cloud IaaS cost model framework
  
• Professional experience and/or good understanding of showback/chargeback cost models and configuration management databases
  
• Proven experience in driving opportunities to increase efficiency, documenting and transferring cost model knowledge throughout the organization
  
• Track record documenting current design & configuration and to develop/maintain Standard Operation Procedures/Instructions and training guidance
  
• ITIL Service Operation knowledge
  
  Desirable Qualifications/Experience:
  
• A Master of Science (MSc) degree at a nationally recognized/certified University in a related subject and 5 years post-related experience
  
• Or a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree at a nationally recognized/certified University in a related subject and 7 years post related experience
  
• Or exceptionally, the lack of a university/college degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidates particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCI Agency; that is, at least 12 years extensive and progressive expertise in the duties related to the function of the post
  
• Professional experience managing enterprise block, file and object-based storage and backup solutions
  
• IT Architecture and design and knowledge of design/architecture tools and methodologies
  
• Knowledge of Cyber Security techniques to protect information
  
• Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements
  
• Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization
  
  DUTIES/ROLE:
  
• Level-3 full life cycle of Private Cloud Infrastructure support including virtual infrastructure, hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI), composable infrastructure, Windows and Unix/Linux platforms: architecture, administration, security audit support, hosting utilizations/capacity planning and adjusting hosting requirements as well as monitor and audit system utilization, and performance
  
• Lead activities in the areas of design, engineering, implementation, operation and integration of Private Cloud Virtualization. Key areas of expertise are:
  Data Centre Concepts, Technologies, Operations and Services (IaaS Private Cloud)
  Central enterprise administration of Private Cloud infrastructure hosting
  Private Cloud Infrastructure disaster recovery procedures
  Migration, adaptation, operation, maintenance and tuning for all IaaS inside the classified/unclassified NATO and new upcoming networks
  Analysis and implementation of user requirements
  Maintenance of the infrastructure hardware and implementation of changes
  Identification operational problems and contribution to their resolution
  Securing Core Services
  
• Support configuration management efforts and use of Private Cloud IaaS configuration management and automation tools (Ansible preferably) for continual IaaS hosting service improvements
  
• Develop and maintain a data driven unitized Private Cloud IaaS cost model framework in coordination with other Agency stakeholders for determining associated hosting costs to deliver projects and services using supporting cost modelling tools such as VMware vRealize Operations Manager or similar where possible. Document and transfer Private Cloud IaaS cost model knowledge throughout the organization
  
• Provides detailed cost analysis, includes breakdowns of project costs, service cost audits, and identifies opportunities to increase operational efficiency and decrease hosting costs without sacrificing customer satisfaction
  
• Leads Private Cloud IaaS projects and continual service improvement initiatives from design engineering to implementation and stakeholder management to support NATO operations.
  
• Give technical briefings and presentations; write and/or review technical reports, designs and point-papers for publication
  
• Provide personal, technical and professional support and guidance for section staff and in the development and tutoring of any subordinate staff as an integral part of their career development
  
• Performs other duties and support other projects and daily operations as may be required
  
• Might need to work on scheduled maintenances, service-affecting activities and contingency work outside of regular business hours or being on-call after working hours on weekends
  
• Might need to travel and work in SHAPE/Mons, HQ Brussells or any other datacenters if/when required