Senior Systems Engineer

Skills And Experience

• Virtualization & Cloud Platform
  • Lead the design and execution of KVM/libvirt hypervisor deployments across US data centers.
  • Drive VMware-to-KVM/CloudStack workload migrations end-to-end, including planning, VM conversion, storage migration, and cutover coordination.
  • Administer CloudStack zones, clusters, templates, and storage pools; own VM lifecycle operations at scale.
  • Independently troubleshoot complex hypervisor, networking, and storage performance issues.
• DevOps Tooling & Automation
  • Own and maintain Ansible playbooks for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and patching at scale.
  • Build and manage Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure-as-code workflows and automated deployments.
  • Led adoption of Git-based IaC practices across the team and guide junior engineers' automation contributions.
  • Develop Python and Bash automation to reduce operational toil and improve consistency across environments.
• Windows & Linux Server Operations
  • Administer RHEL/Rocky/Ubuntu Linux and Windows Server environments — provisioning, patching, hardening, and lifecycle management.
  • Support Active Directory domain decommission and consolidation, including legacy Windows Server migration activities.
  • Enforce OS security baselines aligned to PCI DSS v4.0 and provide evidence for audit cycles.
  • Serve as Tier 3 escalation for OS-level incidents across Linux and Windows platforms.
• Storage
  • Manage SAN/NAS environments including LUN provisioning, zoning, multipath I/O, and iSCSI/FC configuration.
  • Support Pure Storage FlashArray and VMAX operations, migrations, and performance troubleshooting.
  • Integrate block and file storage with KVM/CloudStack primary and secondary storage pools.
• Team & Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Provide guidance and day-to-day support to junior engineers; assist with onboarding and informal training.
  • Liaise with networking, security, and storage teams to coordinate complex cross-domain changes.
  • Participate in on-call rotation as a senior escalation resource.
  • Document runbooks, architecture decisions, and procedures in Confluence; manage work via ServiceNow and Jira.