X Lab Dev Ops Engineer

Blackstone Talent Group, an award-winning technology consulting and talent agency is seeking a X Lab Dev Ops Engineer to join our Client's team.

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Blackstone Talent Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blackstone Technology Group, a global IT services and software firm that implements technological solutions across commercial industry verticals and the US Federal Government. Blackstone's global talent augmentation practice was founded in 1998. Blackstone Talent Group has offices in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Colorado Springs, and Washington, DC. We specialize in providing clients the best talent across a variety of industries.

Overview

The candidate will be responsible for deploying, managing and maintaining large scale on-premise cloud and hyperconverged infrastructure solutions. The core focus of this role is the lifecycle management of containerized environments and infrastructure automation.

Responsibilities

• Key responsibilities include Deploying, maintaining and managing the lifecycle of on-premise cloud cluster Nutanix and/or Red Hat OpenShift.
• Managing and scaling enterprise Kubernetes clusters utilizing Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) and OpenShift.
• Deploying applications, services and middleware using Helm charts and Kubernetes Operators.
• Utilizing Ansible for extensive infrastructure automation and configuration management.
• Designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure using GitLab and GitLab Runners.
• Tracking the impact of events/actions on the underlying infrastructure, including proactive.

Requirements

• Generally has 3+ years of related experience and may have a post secondary degree or training in a related discipline.
• The candidate must have experience with virtualization technologies such as VMWare, RedHat OpenStack, or Nutanix.
• Experience with Linux and/or Windows Server system administrationExperience with a scripting language such as Bash, Python, PowerShell or AnsibleCloud and Virtualization.
• Proven experience managing the lifecycle of Nutanix or Red Hat OpenShift clusters in an on-premise environment.
• Container Orchestration: Hands-on experience managing Kubernetes clusters, specifically with Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) and OpenShift.Kubernetes
• Deployments: Proficiency in deploying applications and services utilizing Helm charts and Kubernetes operators.
• Automation: Strong background in automation and configuration management using Ansible.
• CI/CD: Practical experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and supporting infrastructure using GitLab (including managing GitLab and Runners)OS
• Administration: Experience with Linux and/or Windows Server system administration.
• The ideal candidate will have experience with scripting languages such as Bash, Python or PowerShell.
• They will also have experience administering virtualization technologies such as VMWare as well as experience with Windows Server and Active Directory integration in a cloud environment.
• The candidate should have experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.

Desired Skills:

• Experience developing Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines with Gitlab, implementing configuration management methodologies using Ansible, prior experience with a Nutanix Hyperconverged on-prem cloud platform, experience with Windows server and Active Directory. virtualization solution, spread across multiple remote suites.
• This environment includes solution like virtualization hypervisor platforms, remote virtual desktop infrastructure, other direct user experience technologies and other monitoring solution for virtual infrastructure.
• Must be detail oriented individual that is able to track the impact of events/actions on the underlying infrastructure being managed, such as patching and maintenance.

EOE of Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabilities

Pay Range: $50/hr-$70/hr