Senior Systems Engineer- Virtualization

3 weeks ago

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates G42 Full time
Overview

The opportunity

The Senior Systems Engineer engages in the design, leads implementation, and provides Level 3 expert support for large-scale private cloud computing infrastructure, with a specific emphasis on computing technologies including hardware layer, operating system, hypervisor, and orchestration services.

G42 is an Abu Dhabi based artificial intelligence and cloud computing company with a global footprint delivering holistic and scalable AI solutions to a variety of commercial and government clients. The Group’s business operations cover a wide range of industry verticals including Healthcare, Government, Smart City & Smart Mobility, Oil & Gas, Fintech, Geospatial, Aviation, Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics and Sports.

Responsibilities

  • Co-design, implement, and manage hybrid virtualization and containerized platforms based on OpenStack, VMware VCF and/or Red Hat OpenShift ensuring platform stability, performance and compliance with industry standards and best practices.
  • Collaborate with architecture and engineering teams on technology stack component evaluation and selection ensuring solutions are designed following best practices and optimized from both functional and non-functional perspectives.
  • Conduct regular capacity planning exercises to anticipate and accommodate the growing demands on the virtualized environment, ensuring it meets current and future requirements.
  • Develop and implement plans to enhance the reliability of the computing infrastructure, addressing potential points of failure and ensuring high availability of services.
  • Explore, analyze, and implement performance optimization strategies for the cloud computing environment, ensuring optimal resource utilization and responsiveness.
  • Collaborate with relevant teams to conduct regular performance assessments and implement improvements based on findings.
  • Prepare and participate in complex changes to production environments supporting operational teams.
  • Develop auto-test and automation solutions for cloud platform using tools like Jenkins and Selenium along with other configuration management tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, and GitLab CI/CD.
  • Provide L3 expert support including on-call shifts with focus on immediate incident management and resolutions, such as outages, breaches, and system failures.
  • Write and maintain relevant documentation ensuring completeness and quality. Prepare and provide trainings for operational teams in the related technical domains.
  • Collaborate with security management teams to ensure that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats.
  • Work closely with process management and operational teams and contribute to process development standardizing collaboration framework and improving collaboration efficiency

Qualifications

To qualify for the role you must have

  • 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 with the focus on compute and virtualization technologies.
  • Extensive hands-on experience with at least one of the following platforms/stacks: OpenStack, Apache CloudStack, VMware VCF and Red Hat OpenShift and related computing technologies such as x86 hardware, OS, KVM/ESXi and orchestration services
  • Expert level in Linux and 5+ years of hands-on experience in Linux-based environments.
  • Profound understanding of hardware architecture and components [x86 and ARM, NUMA, types of memory and channels, types of NICs, etc.
  • Good understanding of network and storage types and architecture.
  • Good understanding of Cloud Native concepts and technologies.
  • Experience in managing large-scale public or private cloud environments and/or work in a cloud service provider environment is highly desirable.
  • Advanced level in programming and scripting using Python and/or Golang, bash.
  • Good knowledge in Data center network designs and related technologies [OSI model, TCP/IP stack, routing, VLAN/VxLAN, etc]
  • Understanding of storage types, architecture, and protocols such as object/block/file storages, NFS/SMB, iSCSI, FC, etc.
  • Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools like Zabbix or Nagios, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).
  • Understanding of CI/CD principles, Infrastructure as Code (IaaC) approach and software defined infrastructure solutions.
  • Experience with database management and optimization for both SQL and NoSQL databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra is highly desirable.
  • Experience with ITSM tools such as Jira, Redmine, ServiceNow etc.
  • Relevant certifications in Linux, virtualization and cloud computing are a plus.
  • Knowledge and experience working with GPU-hardware and AI hardware accelerators is a plus.
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to multitask and prioritize.
  • A proactive approach to problem-solving and decision-making.

What We Look For

If you are a performance-driven, inquisitive mind with the agility to adapt to ambiguity, you will fit right in. You should be eager to explore opportunities to build meaningful collaborations with stakeholders and aspire to create unique customer-centric solutions. Bias for action and a passion to conquer new frontiers in the AI space is at the heart of the G42 community.

What Working At G42 Offers

Culture: An open, diverse and inclusive environment with a global vision that encourages personal growth and focuses on ground-breaking, industry-first innovations.

Career: Outstanding learning, development & growth opportunities via structured training programs and innovative, high-tech projects.

Work-Life: A hybrid work policy to strike the perfect balance between office and home.

Rewards: A competitive remuneration package with a host of perks including healthcare, education support, leave benefits and more.

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