Private Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

State of Delaware•Dover, DE

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Looking for a rewarding career in the fast-paced technology industry? Look no further! The Department of Technology & Information (DTI) is Delaware’s central IT organization committed to providing technology services and collaborative solutions for Delaware while working to improve the lives of Delawareans through advanced technologies that innovate government services. Employment with DTI is an opportunity to work in a collaborative environment that offers opportunities for professional development. DTI employees have the chance to work with 'best in class IT companies' offering our employees experience operating with some of the most talented in their field. In addition to recruiting and retaining the best and brightest, DTI acknowledges and values the diversity of our employees. DTI recognizes that fostering a diverse workforce provides remarkable benefits in terms of innovative thinking, increased collection of skills and experiences, greater teamwork, and higher morale. To learn more visit DTI’s Website at https://dti.delaware.gov/ DTI offers a robust hybrid work policy for employees whose job duties are conducive to working remotely. The incumbent’s focus is on building a reliable and secure infrastructure for multiple workloads in a Private/Hybrid Cloud environment utilizing open and innovative technologies. The incumbent will work under the intermittent supervision of the Private Cloud Infrastructure Lead. Employees are assigned duties to provide skilled technical support to maintain our cloud infrastructure and process requests for infrastructure provisioning. The Private Cloud Infrastructure Engineer serves as a primary point of contact that partners with internal business and development stakeholders when design or architectural changes may be required . The Private Cloud Infrastructure Engineer will be instrumental in implementing the architecture and the engineering processes and best practices to enable the foundational infrastructure (compute, network, storage, and service availability) required for application hosting in a Private Cloud. Core Technologies: Private cloud infrastructure concepts and technologies VMware, Storage Area Networking (Fiber Channel, iSCSI, etc), Storage Arrays, Physical Compute, et al. Automating processes with a scripting language Configuration management tooling Software version control system In this role, employees are responsible for architecting, deploying, maintaining, and life-cycling equipment needed to provide the private cloud infrastructure including the creation of relevant and up-to-date infrastructure documentation for all deployed systems. The Private Cloud Infrastructure Engineer serves as the Level/Tier 3 support and escalates more complex issues. The position provides training and mentoring for less experienced team members as needed. The Systems Engineering Senior Analyst will report to the Systems Engineering Manager.

Requirements

Applicants must have education, training and/or experience demonstrating competence in each of the following areas:
Possess a minimum of two years of experience automating tasks with a scripting language
Possess a minimum of two years of experience developing CI/CD pipelines
Possess a minimum of four years of experience with running a virtualization or containerization infrastructure
Possess a minimum of one year of experience working with Microsoft Office applications and virtual meeting tools
Possess good communication skills (verbal and written) as well as effective presentation skills.
Selective Requirements must be met in addition to the job requirements.
Applicants who do not possess the selective requirement will not be qualified.
Applicant must possess a high school diploma or GED
Possess a minimum of three years' experience administering a VMWare infrastructure of at least one cluster of three or more host.

Nice To Haves

Applicants who do not possess the preferred qualification will still be eligible to compete for this position if job requirements are met.
Bachelor’s Degree preferred, with emphasis in Computer Science, Information Systems, Telecommunications, Network Security, or a related field
Possess certification in storage technologies, hypervisors (VMware), compute platforms, etc

Responsibilities

Work in tandem with DTI engineering teams to identify and implement the most optimal private cloud-based solutions for DTI and the State of Delaware
Maintain and updates critical tools and infrastructure.
Develop basic tools, scripts and frameworks that drive efficiency in automation, monitoring and management of large-scale environments.
Maintain awareness of industry trends and contributes to the execution of the private cloud roadmap and strategy.
Manage private cloud environments in accordance with DTI security guidelines, including problem identification and resolution, performance management, and design configuration.
Deliver the infrastructure, tooling and capabilities needed to enable our private cloud strategy.
Deploy and debug private cloud initiatives as needed in accordance with best practices throughout the development lifecycle.
Develop, cascade and enforce engineering best practices using modern Software Design Life Cycle (SDLC) that enables CI/CD (continuous integration/continuous delivery) and favors automation, auditability, automated testing, infrastructure and policy as code.
Drive client satisfaction by identifying and developing process improvement and automation initiatives while ensuring compliance of solutions to operations roadmap.

Benefits

DTI’s Benefits to include: Group Health Plan, Dental Plan, Vision Plan, Prescription, Flexible Spending (Health and Dependent Care), Long & Short Term Disability Insurance, Group Universal Life Insurance, Accident & Critical Illness Insurance, Health Management Programs.
21 paid vacation days, 15 paid sick days, 13 paid holidays, Up to 12 weeks paid Parental Leave.
Tuition reimbursement up to $4,000 annually.
State funded learning opportunities, mentor programs and professional development opportunities.
Employee Assistance Program: Access to support services such as Professional Counseling Services, Legal Services, Financial Services.
Employer & Employee Funded Pension Plan as well as an Employee Funded Retirement Savings Plan available.
To learn more about the comprehensive benefit package please visit our website at https://dhr.delaware.gov/benefits/agencies/index.shtml .

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