Cloud Systems Engineer (remote work)
Summary
Remotely operates and maintains large-scale cloud and Linux server infrastructure across Southeast Asia for a hosting/cloud provider, including migrating clients' on-premise servers to the cloud, monitoring instances, and resolving server and network issues. Core stack: Linux, KVM/Xen virtualization, Prometheus/Grafana, and Salt/Ansible/Puppet/Chef automation.
We are looking for a Cloud System Engineer who is well-versed in private and public cloud infrastructure, Linux server management, along with experience in on-premise to cloud migration.
Responsibilities include implementation, configuration and support of our cloud server infrastructure across South East Asia, as well as planning and execution of migration of on-premise servers and applications to the cloud.
Most tasks will be carried out remotely.
What you will be doing
Operating and maintaining large scale cloud infrastructure and servers in global data centres
Working on various Linux server projects alongside multiple departments
Migrating clients on-premise servers to the cloud via replication or data backups
Assessing and resolving server and network-related issues escalated by internal and external users
Proactive monitoring of supported cloud instances
Requirements
Solid experience with Linux and virtualization
Familiarity with virtualization technologies and troubleshooting virtual machine instances
Experience with monitoring systems and incident management
Experience with on-premise to cloud migration
Experience with configuration management and automation systems
Technical requirements
Server Systems - Linux
Virtualization - KVM, Xen, or similar
Cloud Computing - Non-Azure based cloud experience
Cloud Migration - Veeam, Acronis, or similar
Monitoring - Prometheus, Grafana
Automation - Salt, Ansible, Puppet, Chef
Nice-to-haves
Cloud Orchestration - Cloudstack, Openstack, Proxmox VE etc.
Cloud Computing - Both AWS/Azure/GCP and non-AWS/Azure/GCP cloud experience (ie. Rackspace, IBM Cloud, etc.)
Block Storage (iSCSI, SAN, NFS)
Experience with Windows Server 2012, 2016, 2019, and Microsoft SQL
Experience in Cisco IOS/NX-OS or Juniper Junos
Who are we looking for
Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English)
Able to work autonomously as well as collaborate effectively with various stakeholders
Comfortable working in a fast paced environment
Able to work remotely. You will need to have your own laptop and a strong wifi connection
Willing to travel (e.g. to server locations for cloud migration)