Senior Systems Architect - Computing & Virtualization
Core42
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Abu Dhabi
Contract type: Full time
Overview
The Senior Systems Architect for Computing and Virtualization leads design and supports the implementation of large-scale private cloud computing infrastructure ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and security.
Working closely with diverse teams, Senior Systems Architect ensures that solution design aligns with both functional and non-functional requirements.
Responsibilities
The Senior Systems Architect for Computing and Virtualization leads design and supports the implementation of large-scale private cloud computing infrastructure ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and security.
Working closely with diverse teams, Senior Systems Architect ensures that solution design aligns with both functional and non-functional requirements.
Responsibilities
- Lead design of hybrid virtualization platforms based on OpenStack ensuring platform stability, performance and adherence to industry standards and best practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams for requirements gathering, providing technical guidance, and ensuring alignment of strategy with business objectives.
- Validate, approve, and contribute to development and maintenance of high-level and low-level design documents, scope of work, RFIs, RFPs and RFQs holding responsibility for compliance with performance, scalability, and reliability requirements.
- Support the procurement process by evaluating technologies, sources, preparing specifications, and evaluating proposals.
- Investigate enhancements to optimize the efficiency and reliability of the cloud environments as well as validate and approve platform architecture changes.
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to team members.
- Oversee the deployment process and acceptance testing according to project documentation and design specifications.
- Preparing and delivering presentations on the proposed solutions.
- Contribute to relevant processes and procedures improving efficiency and enhancing internal and external stakeholder experience.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Software Engineering, or other relevant technology field.
- 7+ years of experience and deep expertise in designing, implementing, and managing private cloud stacks and 5+ of extensive experience in designing large-scale OpenStack-based environments.
- Expert-level knowledge of virtualization technologies, software-defined solutions (SDS, SDN).
- Expert-level knowledge of Data center network designs and related technologies [OSI model, TCP/IP stack, routing, VLAN/VxLAN, etc].
- Expertise in Openstack components such as Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Glance, Keystone, and Heat.
- Deep understanding of cloud computing principles, including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.
- Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.) is a must, Red Hat OpenShift experience is highly desirable.
- Experience with monitoring tools: Zabbix, Nagios, Prometheus, Grafana etc.
- Experience with database management and optimization for both SQL and NoSQL databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra is highly desirable.
- Experience with ELK/EFK, OpenSearch, Graylog is a plus.
- Experience in designing HPC environments[CPE, GPU, AI accelerators, high-performance storage] in collaboration with compute and storage vendors is a plus.
- Knowledge of and experience in using architectural frameworks and methodologies such as TOGAF, Zachman.
- Proven track record of successfully completing large-scale infrastructure projects.
- Solid knowledge of Linux systems administration and scripting (Bash, Python, etc.).
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with a strong attention to detail
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
- Openness to continuous learning and adaptation in a rapidly evolving technology landscape.
- Relevant certification in cloud computing, virtualization, and systems architecture are advantageous.
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