Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, BlackRock

Responsibilities:

• Lead system operations between cloud and on-premises IT UNIX infrastructure
• Engineer, administer, and support services and products deploy to Azure or AWS platform.
• Assist with the development of automated tools/scripts for use across the enterprise.
• Analytics and reporting using Cloud Native tools
• Responsible for the OS support for 12,000+ hosts located globally, running RedHat Enterprise Linux
• Review dashboards & reports for new & the rollout status of existing vulnerabilities.
• Role may also include…
• Server builds, monitoring, configuration, and ongoing maintenance of servers.
• Perform system administration duties across the environment to provide support services for customers.
• Maintain server availability for all sites and periodically participate in DR exercises.
• Must have good problem-solving, teamwork, communication, and customer service skills.
• Resolve help desk issues and process items in a ticket queue.
• There are no after-hours on-call requirements, but the individual should remain flexible for critical situations.
• Troubleshoot and resolve system issues and provide operations support for bridge calls.
• Participate in the development and implementation of UNIX-related projects.
• Supervise servers and remediate alerts that get raised.
• Following detailed processes and procedures is critical.
• Good, clear communication is an absolute must.

Requirements & Skills:

• Extensive knowledge of RHEL.
• Demonstrable experience in Cloud Environments, with a preference for Azure, though AWS or Google Cloud knowledge is also valuable.
• Experience with Kubernetes/containers is vital.
• Strong proficiency in coding/scripting is crucial, particularly with Python, Go, Perl, or Java.
• Familiarity with modern DevOps / CI/CD and SRE principles/techniques is required.
• Proven track record in Build/Kickstart/Deploy processes & configuration management like Puppet.
• Expertise in Volume Management and Clustering: LVM, VxFS, VCS & VVR.
• Understanding of server hardware from vendors such as HPE and Dell.
• Knowledge of network services such as TCP/IP, NFS, DNS, LDAP, FTP, NTP, Samba, Autofs.
• Skills in security and performance monitoring and analysis.
• Conceptual understanding of storage and networking components.
• A minimum of 8+ years of comparative industry experience
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Computer Science or Information Technology
• This role primarily involves weekday work, but flexibility to work weekends is required as needed