Senior System Engineer- Virtualization

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We are currently recruiting for "Senior System Engineer- Virtualization" for our prestigious end client based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Job Title: "Senior System Engineer- Virtualization"

Experience: 8+years

Job Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE

Job Type : 12 months extendable contract

Job Description:

To qualify for the role you must have

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Software Engineering, or other relevant technology field.

• 7+ years of experience and deep expertise in designing, implementing, and managing private cloud stacks with the focus on compute and virtualization technologies.

• Extensive hands-on experience with at least one of the following platforms/stacks: OpenStack, Apache CloudStack, VMware VCF and Red Hat OpenShift and related computing technologies such as x86 hardware, OS, KVM/ESXi and orchestration services

• Expert level in Linux and 5+ years of hands-on experience in Linux-based environments.

• Profound understanding of hardware architecture and components [x86 and ARM, NUMA, types of memory and channels, types of NICs, etc.

• Good understanding of network and storage types and architecture.

• Good understanding of Cloud Native concepts and technologies.

• Experience in managing large-scale public or private cloud environments and/or work in a cloud service provider environment is highly desirable.

• Advanced level in programming and scripting using Python and/or Golang, bash.

• Good knowledge in Data center network designs and related technologies [OSI model, TCP/IP stack, routing, VLAN/VxLAN, etc]

• Understanding of storage types, architecture, and protocols such as object/block/file storages, NFS/SMB, iSCSI, FC, etc.

• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools like Zabbix or Nagios, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).

• Understanding of CI/CD principles, Infrastructure as Code (IaaC) approach and software defined infrastructure solutions.

• Experience with database management and optimization for both SQL and NoSQL databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra is highly desirable.

• Experience with ITSM tools such as Jira, Redmine, ServiceNow etc.

• Relevant certifications in Linux, virtualization and cloud computing are a plus.

• Knowledge and experience working with GPU-hardware and AI hardware accelerators is a plus.

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to multitask and prioritize.

• A proactive approach to problem-solving and decision-making