Platform Engineering Senior Engineer

Skills Required: Scripting, Automation, Kubernetes, Root Cause Analysis, Troubleshooting (Problem Solving), Cloud Architecture, IT Solutions, GitHub, Cloud Infrastructure, Change Management, Technical Analysis, Developer, Tekton, Utilization Management, VMware, VMware ESX Servers, Platform Support, Infrastructure Architectures. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI, Kyyba has a global presence delivering high-quality resources and top-notch recruiting services, enabling businesses to effectively respond to organizational changes and technological advances.

Job Title: (Platform Engineering Senior Engineer)
 
About Kyyba:
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI, Kyyba has a global presence delivering high-quality resources and top-notch recruiting services, enabling businesses to effectively respond to organizational changes and technological advances.
At Kyyba, the overall well-being of our employees and their families is important to us. We are proud of our work culture which embodies our core values; incorporating value, passion, excellence, empowerment, and happiness, creates a vibrant and productive atmosphere. We empower our employees with the resources, incentives, and flexibility that they need to support a healthy, balanced, and fulfilling career by providing many valuable benefits and a balanced compensation structure combined with career development. 
 
Job Description

Virtualization Hosting service enablement • Responsible for engineering, deployment, operational administration, and protection of Global enterprise solutions to meet the Virtualization Server Hosting requirements for a variety of infrastructure systems, line of business and third-party application needs • Architect/design and support the installation, and administration of virtualization (VMware and OpenShift Virtualization (OSV)) suite of products • Responsible for the entire lifecycle of technologies globally including infrastructure security vulnerability patching, planning, designing, implementation, maintenance, upgrades and decommissioning of hardware and software • Engineer, test and document procedures, monitoring, logging, disaster recovery process and security policies and guidelines • Demonstrates knowledge of hardware and software products • Research industry best practices and trends • Global large-scale deployments of virtualization technologies • Support HPE Synergy/ProLiant ILO and firmware field testing Capacity Management • Conduct capacity planning and forecasting for the platforms, including Compute/Virtual Machine (VM), memory, storage, and network resources, to ensure scalability and prevent resource exhaustion • Analyze resource utilization trends and make recommendations for infrastructure scaling, consolidation, or optimization • Collaborate with application teams and stakeholders to understand future demand and project capacity needs • Develop and maintain capacity models and reports to support strategic planning Automation & Efficiency • Develop automation solutions (scripts, playbooks) for repetitive VMware/OSV tasks, including configuration changes, VM management (like snapshot removal), auditing, remediation and integration with ticketing systems • Leverage automation to enable delivering operator updates and changes efficiently at scale • Implement Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and practices to improve overall platform stability, performance, and operational efficiency • Role Based Access Control deployment and auditing • Namespace and Resource Quota management (CPU, Disk and Storage) Observability, Monitoring, logging and Troubleshooting • Implement and maintain comprehensive end to end observability solutions (monitoring, logging, tracing) for the VMware/OSV environment, including integration with tools like Dynatrace, RHACM and Prometheus/Grafana • Explore and implement Event Driven Architecture (EDA) for enhanced real time monitoring and response • Develop capabilities to flag and report abnormalities and identify "blind spots" in observability • Perform deep dive Root Cause Analysis (RCA), potentially utilizing available tooling, to quickly identify and resolve issues across the global compute environment • Find the needle in a haystack/unhealthy bits in the compute universe (Globally) for faster time to resolution • Monitor VM health, resource usage, and performance metrics proactively • Monitor for unusual activity that might indicate a compromise or misconfiguration Solution Design & Consulting • Provide technical consulting and expertise to application teams requiring VMware/OSV solutions • Design, implement, and validate custom or dedicated OSV clusters and VM solutions for critical applications with unique or complex requirements (e.g., specialized appliances) Knowledge Management • Create, maintain, and update comprehensive internal documentation and customer facing content to facilitate self service and clearly articulate platform capabilities Support • Participate in L1 – L3 level support to Operations teams environmental related issues. Monthly after hours and weekend work will be required

Skills Required:
Scripting, Automation, Kubernetes, Root Cause Analysis, Troubleshooting (Problem Solving), Cloud Architecture, IT Solutions, GitHub, Cloud Infrastructure, Change Management, Technical Analysis, Developer, Tekton, Utilization Management, VMware, VMware ESX Servers, Platform Support, Infrastructure Architectures

Skills Preferred:
Ansible, GCP, Dynatrace, Powershell, Access Controls, Python, Information Security, Automation, Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems

Experience Required:
Senior Engineer Exp: Prac. In 2 coding lang. or adv. Prac. in 1 lang.; guides. 10+ years in IT; 8+ years in development Understanding of VMware and Kubernetes concepts Experience with Linux administration and networking fundamentals Proficiency in scripting languages for automation Experience with monitoring tools and logging solutions Understanding of virtualization concepts and technologies (e.g., KVM, VMware) Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues across multiple layers of the stack Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps methodologies Strong communication and collaboration skills Self-starter. Be on a mission to go where the work is. Look for opportunities to evolve services

Experience Preferred:
0

Education Required:
Associate Degree, College Senior

Education Preferred:
Certification Program, Bachelor's Degree

Additional Information:
4 days on site
Location: (Allen Park,MI)
 
Disclaimer: 
Kyyba is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Kyyba does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. Minorities / Females / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.”
It is the policy of Kyyba to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment, including the application process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact Kyyba at 248-813-9665
 
Rewards:
Medical, dental, vision
401k 
Term life
Voluntary life and disability insurance
Optional Pre-paid legal plan
Optional Identity theft plan
Optional Medical and dependent FSA
Work-visa sponsorship
Opportunity for advancement
Long-term assignment with opportunity for hire by client 
 
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