Senior SRE; Storage Platforms

Location:

100% Remote

Position Type: 3M C2H

Hourly / Salary: to $120W2+ (based on experience)

Vaco is currently seeking a Senior SRE (Storage Platform) for a 3M C2H opportunity that is 100% remote. The Senior SRE (Storage Platform) will design, implement, and support Software Defined Storage (SDS) and Kubernetes platforms in a private cloud environment. The Senior SRE (Storage Platform) will focus on scalability, resilience, automation, and performance using IaC and GITOps practices. The Senior SRE (Storage Platform) will be a deeply technical role requiring expert-level understanding of SDS, Kubernetes, and extensive working knowledge on Linux OS.

The Senior SRE (Storage Platform) will collaborate with platform and SRE teams to maintain secure, performant, and multitenant-isolated services that serve high-throughput, mission-critical applications.

• Storage Architecture – Design / Implement / Operate Large-Scale SDS Architectures Across Private / Public Cloud Regions within ITIL Methodology
• Enterprise Storage Platforms – Deploy / Support Enterprise Storage (Pure Storage / HPE / Net App) / SDS Solutions (Ceph / Longhorn)
• Self-Service Enablement – Build Self-Service Storage Workflows for Kubernetes CSI / Open Stack Consumers (VM / Bare Metal)
• IaC Development – Ansible / Terraform / Helm / GIT with Python / Bash Automation
• CI/CD for Infrastructure – Implement CI/CD Pipelines Supporting Infrastructure Updates / Patching / Upgrades / Testing / Rollback
• Observability / Auto-Remediation – Build Monitoring / Alerting / Auto-Remediation using GITOps / Tools (Prometheus / Loki / Grafana)
• HA / DR – Architect / Maintain High Availability / Disaster Recovery / Scale-Out Storage Infrastructure
• Design Documentation – Develop / Review High-/Low-Level Design Documents for Storage Infrastructure
• Advanced Troubleshooting (deep expertise) –Troubleshooting across Storage / Kubernetes / Hypervisors / Networking / Linux Systems
• Operations / Incident Response – Participate in On-Call Rotations / Incident Response / Root Cause Analysis
• Global Collaboration – Collaborate Globally on Change Management / Documentation / Operational Best Practices

• Senior SRE (Storage Platforms) (hands-on) – Managing Enterprise Storage / Kubernetes Platforms on Linux
• SDS / Migration Expertise (strong hands-on) – Ceph / Longhorn | Storage Migrations from Legacy Systems
• Storage Technologies – Block / File / Object Storage | Fibre Channel / IP-Based Protocols
• Storage Fabrics – NVMe-oF / iSCSI Fabrics
• Kubernetes / Linux (expert) – Kubernetes / Linux Systems (Ubuntu / RHEL / CentOS)
• IaC (proficiency) – Ansible / Terraform for IaC-Driven Infrastructure Management
• Scripting (expert) – Python / BASH | Golang (preferred)
• Enterprise DNS (strong working knowledge) – Enterprise DNS / Kubernetes Integrations
• Virtualization (hands-on) – KVM Hypervisors (SUSE Harvester / Open Stack)
• Dev Ops Tooling (proficiency) – GIT / CI/CD Pipelines / Automated Testing Frameworks
• Documentation – Develop / Maintain Technical Documentation | Contribute to Wikis / Knowledge Bases
• Production Operations – Operating 24x7 Mission-Critical Production Environments

• Certifications – CNCF Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) / Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) / Red Hat Ceph Storage Administrator (EX125) / ITIL Foundation / Advanced Certifications Supporting ITSM Best Practices, etc.
• Open Stack Storage Administration / Open Stack Cinder Multi-Backend Administration
• Backup Platforms / Enterprise Backup Solutions (Rubrik, etc.)
• Security / Compliance (understanding) – CIS / NIST Security Frameworks / Infrastructure Lifecycle Management
• Telco / Edge Cloud / Large Enterprise Environment Experience

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