Ceph Cloud Storage Engineer

Software Engineer - Cloud Storage Solutions Walmart Global Tech Reston, VA or Sunnyvale, CA / Remote Responsibilities Design, implement, optimize private cloud-based 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 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 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 Develop and integrate provisioning and lifecycle tools for storage services components Qualifications 2 years of experience supporting large scale, highly available, production Cloud Storage deployments with Ceph Strong familiarity with any combination of the following: OpenStack/Kubernetes/Rook with Ceph as an underlying storage solution Experience in programming, scripting and development o Python or Shell Scripting Experience with Linux Administration and System Troubleshooting 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 Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS or similar field of study OR work equivalent