Cloud Solution Architect

What you will do: 10+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud-native platforms, networking, and enterprise architecture; Strong expertise in Kubernetes, CNIS, CCD, container ecosystems, and platform engineering; Deep understanding of Software Defined Infrastructure technologies; Strong experience in enterprise networking, SDN, Juniper, and Extreme Networks. The skills you bring: End-to-end administration and operations of CNIS platforms including Kubernetes, container runtimes, and cloud-native infrastructure components; Manage and optimize Cloud Container Distribution (CCD), covering provisioning, upgrades, backup/restore, lifecycle management, and disaster recovery readiness; Perform CCD health checks, configuration drift analysis, capacity tracking, and environment validation across clusters; Work closely with app and platform teams to onboard workloads and provide CCD-level support; Monitor system performance and availability using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and other tools; Maintain detailed runbooks, MOPs, and CNIS documentation for operational readiness; Define and govern CNIS architecture, platform standards, and design principles for Kubernetes-based environments; Lead design reviews and capacity planning for CNIS and CCD platforms; Define platform lifecycle strategies covering deployment, upgrades, backup/restore, disaster recovery, and decommissioning; Establish multi-cluster architecture, workload placement strategies, and platform segmentation models; Drive adoption of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), GitOps, and automation frameworks; Define observability architecture using Prometheus, Grafana, logging, tracing, and monitoring platforms; Lead platform modernization and transformation initiatives; Lead DR planning, execution, and RCA of major incidents. SDI (Software Defined Infrastructure) Administration: Design and govern Software Defined Infrastructure architectures spanning compute, storage, and networking domains; Good hands-on experience of SDN, Calico, Multus, service networking, and container networking solutions; Design scalable storage architectures leveraging Ceph, SDS, CSI drivers, and persistent storage solutions; Lead infrastructure integration across CNIS, SDI, storage, and networking layers. Enterprise Networking: Strong hands-on experience with Juniper and Extreme Networks switches; Understanding of SDN and integration with container networking layers (e.g., Calico); Familiarity with traffic filtering, isolation, and multi-tenant CNIS network architecture; Switch boot process, firmware upgrades, backup/restore, Border leaf switch management and troubleshooting; Configuration of VLANs, trunking, port profiles (access/trunk), and ACLs; Performance analysis, component replacement, switch stacking, and chassis management. Linux System Administration: Expertise in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) system administration and troubleshooting; Experience with cluster-level configurations, LVM management, multipathing (MPIO) setup and troubleshooting, patch management, firmware upgrades, OS-level tuning, scheduling and validating backups/recoveries, performance troubleshooting, kernel-level analysis, log auditing, hands-on with SAN topology, host-side storage integration, network storage troubleshooting, and hardware troubleshooting on HP ProLiant, Dell PowerEdge servers.

Responsibilities

End-to-end administration and operations of CNIS platforms including Kubernetes, container runtimes, and cloud-native infrastructure components; Manage and optimize Cloud Container Distribution (CCD), covering provisioning, upgrades, backup/restore, lifecycle management, and disaster recovery readiness; Perform CCD health checks, configuration drift analysis, capacity tracking, and environment validation across clusters; Work closely with app and platform teams to onboard workloads and provide CCD-level support; Monitor system performance and availability using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and other tools; Maintain detailed runbooks, MOPs, and CNIS documentation for operational readiness; Define and govern CNIS architecture, platform standards, and design principles for Kubernetes-based environments; Lead design reviews and capacity planning for CNIS and CCD platforms; Define platform lifecycle strategies covering deployment, upgrades, backup/restore, disaster recovery, and decommissioning; Establish multi-cluster architecture, workload placement strategies, and platform segmentation models; Drive adoption of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), GitOps, and automation frameworks; Define observability architecture using Prometheus, Grafana, logging, tracing, and monitoring platforms; Lead platform modernization and transformation initiatives; Lead DR planning, execution, and RCA of major incidents; Design and govern Software Defined Infrastructure architectures spanning compute, storage, and networking domains; Design scalable storage architectures leveraging Ceph, SDS, CSI drivers, and persistent storage solutions; Lead infrastructure integration across CNIS, SDI, storage, and networking layers; Switch boot process, firmware upgrades, backup/restore, Border leaf switch management and troubleshooting; Configuration of VLANs, trunking, port profiles (access/trunk), and ACLs; Performance analysis, component replacement, switch stacking, and chassis management

Requirements

10+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud-native platforms, networking, and enterprise architecture; Strong expertise in Kubernetes, CNIS, CCD, container ecosystems, and platform engineering; Deep understanding of Software Defined Infrastructure technologies; Strong experience in enterprise networking, SDN, Juniper, and Extreme Networks; Good hands-on experience of SDN, Calico, Multus, service networking, and container networking solutions; Strong hands-on experience with Juniper and Extreme Networks switches; Understanding of SDN and integration with container networking layers (e.g., Calico); Familiarity with traffic filtering, isolation, and multi-tenant CNIS network architecture; Expertise in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) system administration and troubleshooting; Experience with cluster-level configurations; LVM management; Multipathing (MPIO) setup and troubleshooting; Patch management, firmware upgrades, and OS-level tuning; Scheduling and validating backups/recoveries; Performance troubleshooting, kernel-level analysis, and log auditing; Hands-on with SAN topology, host-side storage integration, and network storage troubleshooting; Hardware troubleshooting experience on HP ProLiant, Dell PowerEdge servers