Senior IT Specialist – Openstack

Job title:

Company

Fortinet

Job description

Job Description:Fortinet is recruiting a skilled IT professional to join our FortiStack team based out of Burnaby, BC. This team is responsible for the management, operation and continued development of our Openstack-based private cloud platform. This position would represent a great fit for Openstack specialists or IT professionals with a combination of virtualization, Openstack, storage and networking experience.Job Responsibilities:

Playing a leading role in the operation, maintenance and development of multiple Openstack private cloud platforms worldwide
Focused on continuous improvement – always be looking for improvement, automation and optimization opportunities from the cloud
Troubleshooting and resolving technical problems, both individually and as part of the broader team
Provide technical leadership, actively sharing knowledge across the Fortistack team and supporting your peers
Provide on call support as required

Job Requirements:

5+ years of experience in production platform operation
Knowledge in Openstack administration
Knowledge in server virtualization (KVM, VMware, etc.)
Knowledge in Linux server administration (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu)
Knowledge in network administration and industry standard protocols
Knowledge in network, server and system monitoring (Zabbix, Nagios, etc.)
Knowledge in at least one scripting language (Python, Bash, etc.)
Excellent ability to organize, multitask, work individually and in a team
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Bonus:

Certification in RHCE
Certification in Openstack
Certification in VMware VCAP, NSX
Certification in CCIE
Certification in PMP, ITIL
Knowledge in container management (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, etc.)
Knowledge in software defined storage and network (Ceph, OVN/openvswitch, NSX-T, etc.)
Experience in ISO27001

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