Pythian is hiring a
GCP Infrastructure Support

Summary

The job involves working as a Senior Support Administrator (Site Reliability Engineer) at Pythian, supporting database infrastructures, staying current with new technologies, mentoring team members, and collaborating on long-term roadmaps. The requirements include expertise in GCP and either AWS or Azure, experience in managing large scale infra on Cloud, Hybrid and On Premise environments, identity and access management solutions in GCP, Infrastructure as code (Terraform or similar), Kubernetes clusters, BigQuery, Cloud Functions, App Engine, GCP Virtual Private Cloud expertise, understanding of Cloud Networking, Firewall, routes, VPC Network peering, GCP cloud native services, system administration fundamentals with a Linux focus, TCP/IP networking, NIC teaming, network services configuration, administration of web servers and supporting technologies, multiple monitoring solutions, good organizational skills, understanding of CI/CD pipelines, configuration management tools (Ansible, puppet or similar), scripting and automation of administrative tasks using Shell scripting or Python or similar. Prior experience in a managed services environment is desired.

Requirements

• Strong understanding and expertise in GCP and either AWS or Azure
• Experience on managing large scale infra on Cloud, Hybrid and On Premise environments
• Able to understand GCP Billing and provide suggestions to customers on costing
• Strong experience in identity and access management solutions in GCP
• Understanding of Infrastructure as code (Terraform or similar) with experience in version control tools like Git
• Experience on working on Kubernetes clusters. Understanding of GKE architecture and components. Able to fix the issues arising in the GKE environment
• Able to find the root cause of the issues using Cloud Logging and provide a fix to prevent it from arising again in future
• Working experience on BigQuery, Cloud Functions, App Engine, GCP Virtual Private Cloud expertise
• Able to understand Cloud Networking, Firewall, routes, VPC Network peering
• Experience GCP cloud native services which includes but not limited to Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Load balancer, Cloud Monitoring, Disks
• Solid understanding of system administration fundamentals with a Linux focus; Linux Server deployment, configuration, and OS patching
• TCP/IP networking, NIC teaming, and network services configuration (DNS, NTP, DHCP, etc.)
• Administration of web servers and supporting technologies, Apache, and Nginx
• Strong understanding of multiple monitoring solutions and how to implement and manage them
• Good organizational skills with the ability to work solo or as part of a team as required
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines
• Understanding of configuration management tools ( Ansible, puppet or similar)
• Scripting and automation of administrative tasks using Shell scripting or Python or similar

Responsibilities

• Stay current with new technologies and best practices as they emerge, and promote them within the team and to other team technical leads
• Mentor team members and help them on their journey to greatness
• Collaborate on long-term roadmaps for your team that suit the requirements of Pythian
• Promote consistency and unity across Pythian by working closely with other Technical Leads and sharing knowledge and ideas
• Stay informed of news pertaining to our clients technologies, highlighting and summarizing items of relevance promptly and concisely
• Research and advice on complex problems faced by Pythian and our clients

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience recently working in a managed services environment or mid-to-large corporate enterprise IT environment, in either systems administration or engineering role is desired
• Experience working with one or more hardware virtualization platforms such as VMware / Hyper-V

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package with excellent take home salaries, shifted work time bonus (if applicable) and an annual bonus plan!
• Hone your skills or learn new ones with an annual training allowance; 2 paid professional development days, attend conferences, become certified, whatever you like!
• 3 weeks of paid time off and flexible working hours. All you need is a stable internet connection!
• We give you all the equipment you need to work from home including a laptop with your choice of OS, and budget to personalize your work environment!
• Blog during work hours ; take a day off and volunteer for your favorite charity