Prudent Technologies and Consulting

Sr. DevOps Engineer (Storage Platform)

San Ramon, California, USA · Senior · Contract

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 86 days ago

PythonGoBashGitKubernetesTerraformAnsibleHelmCI/CDLinuxPrometheusDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringIncident ResponseTest AutomationCiscoCommunication

About the role

This role focuses on Storage Engineering with Infrastructure-as-Code and GitOps practices while ensuring scalability, resilience, and performance.
This is a deeply technical role requiring expert-level understanding of Software Defined Storage, Kubernetes and extensive working knowledge on Linux Operating systems.

Deploy and support enterprise storage platforms (Pure Storage, HPE, NetApp) and SDS solutions (Ceph, Longhorn).
Implement and manage backup solutions (preferably Rubik).
Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code for storage platforms using Ansible, Terraform, Helm and Git, with Python/Bash automation.
Implement CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure updates, patching, upgrades, testing, and rollback.
Perform deep troubleshooting across storage, Kubernetes, hypervisors, networking, and Linux systems.
Develop and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, operational procedures, and runbooks Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, and root cause analysis.
Collaborate globally on change management, documentation, and operational best practices.
You will also collaborate with platform and SRE teams to maintain secure, performant, and multitenant-isolated services that serve high-throughput, mission-critical applications.
Job Summary We are seeking a highly experienced Sr DevOps Engineer Storage Platforms to build, automate and operate large-scale Software Defined Storage (SDS) and Kubernetes platforms in a private cloud environment.

6+ years of experience managing enterprise storage and Kubernetes platforms on Linux.
Strong hands-on experience with SDS solutions (Ceph, Longhorn) and storage migrations from legacy systems.
Expertise with block, file, and object storage, including Fibre Channel (Cisco MDS) and IP-based protocols (NVMe-oF or iSCSI farbics).
Expert knowledge of Kubernetes and Linux systems (Ubuntu, RHEL/CentOS).
Experience operating 24x7 mission-critical production environments.
Hands-on experience with KVM hypervisors (Suse Harvester, OpenStack).
Proficiency with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks Ability to write technical documentation and contribute to community wikis or knowledge bases.
Bachelor s degree in computer science or equivalent professional experience.
Must Have 6+ years of experience managing enterprise storage and Kubernetes platforms on Linux.

OpenStack Cinder multi-backend administration.
Backup platforms (Rubrik).
Understanding of CIS/NIST security and infrastructure lifecycle management.
Background in telco, edge cloud, or large enterprise environments.
CNCF Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) or Red Hat specialist in Ceph Storage Administrator (EX125) certifications.
Master s degree in computer science, IT, Engineering, or a related field preferred
equivalent experience and relevant industry certifications will also be considered

Implement and improve monitoring, alerting, and observability for storage systems (capacity, latency, IOPS, recovery health) using GitOps and tools such as Prometheus, Loki, and Grafana.

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