IBM Ceph Storage Consultant

Job Description

IBM Expert Labs is in need of 2 Sr. Storage/Cloud Engineers with strong Ceph experience(IBM SAN product) This is fully remote with some limited travel to Arkansas. This is supporting a large initiative that IBM has support large retailer based in Bentonville Arkansas. Multiple years of experience supporting large scale highly available production Cloud Storage deployments with Ceph

Experience with Linux Administration and System Troubleshooting.
Strong familiarity with OpenStack or Kubernetes or Rook with Ceph as an underlying storage solution.
Experience in programming scripting and development:
o Python or Shell Scripting
Networking concepts and administration:
o TCP/IP routing switching VLANs Load balancing.
Experience using source control systems (git)
Experience in configuration management tools like Ansible/Puppet/Chef
Experience with Containers (Kubernetes Docker etc.)
Experience in Architecting infra solutions for applications.
Experience with monitoring reporting tools and data analytics.
Good understanding of clustered/distributed systems
Apply best practice and team standards while meeting service level objectives.
Experience working with cloud deployments (scaling resiliency load balancing etc.) and solid understanding of Service Monitoring KPI SLA Disaster Recovery
Deep experience with the Linux ecosystem automation of common tasks and configuration of systems monitoring tools.
Experience with capacity/performance management monitoring and tuning.
Experience with firewalls VPN routing switching load balancers monitoring security and DNS.
Knowledge of systems management concepts processes and standards
Strong interpersonal skills to coordinate with other organizations across the business while managing customer expectations.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Design implement communicate evangelize advocate for optimize and document private cloudbased Cloud Storage solutions using Ceph.
Build tune troubleshoot block and object storage systems in high availability Ceph storage clusters.
Design automation for storage optimization and other processes on private cloud platforms.
Drive significant architectural decisions about the next iterations of our Private Cloud infrastructure that will improve efficiency and reduce Cloud Storage spend.
Enable Application teams to follow best practices to deploy on Cloud Platforms and optimize Storage spend and improve efficiency and performance based on utilization with Ceph
Participate in a 12x7 oncall rotation.
Create and maintain technical documentation for operational readiness.
Design and maintain cloud storage best practices.
Become a solid contributor on our team and build extend and maintain some of the key infrastructure that powers our Private Cloud platform.
Provide troubleshooting expertise for storage performance and other issues.
Train and educate others within Technology about Cloud technologies.
Develop and integrate provisioning and lifecycle tools for storage services components.
Contribute to an environment that promotes and reinforces the highest standards of integrity andethics.
Demonstrates creativity and strength in the face of change obstacles or adversity.
Adapt to competing demands and shifting priorities.