Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled Private Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain private cloud environments, ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with private cloud technologies, virtualization platforms, storage and networking solutions, and automation tools. This role requires a proactive individual who can collaborate across teams to deliver robust and secure private cloud solutions tailored to meet business needs.

Key responsibilities:

Infrastructure Design & Deployment:

• Architect and manage private cloud environments such as such as VMware vSphere, VMware Cloud Director, or OpenStack.
• Optimize compute, storage, and networking resources.
• Implement high-availability and disaster recovery solutions.

Virtualization & Resource Management:

• Manage virtualized infrastructure and resource allocation.
• Automate provisioning and lifecycle management with tools like Ansible, Terraform, or PowerCLI.

Service Operations & Management:

• Oversee private cloud operations, performance, and uptime.
• Maintain VCD stack with upgrades, patches, and backups.
• Establish monitoring systems and ensure data protection.

Infrastructure Monitoring & Optimization:

• Monitor system health and resolve performance/scalability issues.
• Conduct capacity planning and recommend upgrades.

Security & Compliance:

• Implement security best practices and compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, ISO 27001).
• Manage identity, access, and network security policies.

Automation & Continuous Improvement:

• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automate deployments.
• Create self-service portals for resource provisioning.
• Recommend improvements based on emerging technologies.

Collaboration & Documentation:

• Collaborate with DevOps, security, and development teams.
• Document cloud configurations, processes, and procedures.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical support.