Senior Site Reliability Engineer

SPECTRAFOR is seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to ensure the availability, reliability, and performance of clients' Demo Platform AI services. The role involves managing complex cloud systems, implementing Model as a Service infrastructure, and collaborating with various teams to align requirements with functional capabilities.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and implement robust, scalable, and secure IT infrastructure solutions, aligned with business objectives and industry best practices
• Implement automation and DevOps processes to improve the cloud life cycle, including infrastructure and application uptime, availability, right-sizing and time-to-market
• Collaborate with teammates and project stakeholders to meet timelines, goals and SLA
• Design and implement Model as a Service platform utilizing Red Hat AI products and GPU enabled Intel hardware systems
• Perform architectural planning, deployment, and management of OpenShift Container Platform environments
• Architect and optimize virtualization solutions using KVM/QEMU, including advanced capabilities offered by OpenShift Virtualization (Kubevirt)
• Design and implement advanced network architectures, particularly Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Open Virtual Network (OVN), ensuring high performance and reliability
• Develop comprehensive storage strategies, including the design and administration of physical storage solutions and distributed storage systems like Ceph / OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF)
• Oversee the administration and automation of bare-metal infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance and resource utilization
• Drive automation initiatives using Ansible and Red Hat Advanced Cluster Manager for Kubernetes (ACM) for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and operational tasks
• Establish and optimize CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and platform deployments, promoting agile and efficient delivery
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to engineering teams on architectural patterns and best practices
• Evaluate new technologies and trends, recommending solutions that enhance our IT landscape and provide competitive advantages
• Collaborate cross-functionally with development, operations, and business teams to gather requirements and translate them into architectural designs
• Create and maintain detailed architectural documentation, including design specifications, diagrams, and operational guides
• Contribute to performance testing and tuning, quality assurance (QA), ticket and incident management

Requirements:

• 8+ years of progressive experience in IT architecture, with a significant focus on infrastructure design and implementation
• 5+ years of experience with Public Cloud, Virtualization and Linux technologies, specifically KVM/QEMU, and a strong understanding of OpenShift Virtualization (Kubevirt)
• 5+ years of experience with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform or Kubernetes including cluster operations, networking, storage integration, and security
• 3+ years of experience with automation frameworks and tools like Ansible or Terraform
• Hands-on experience with Bare-metal administration, including hardware provisioning, firmware management, and operating system deployment
• Solid understanding and practical experience with CI/CD methodologies and tools for automated deployments
• Strong problem-solving abilities, analytical skills, and a strategic mindset
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, capable of articulating complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
• Experience with AI/ML technologies and recent developments including OpenShift AI, inference systems and technologies like vLLM
• Proven experience with enterprise-grade storage solutions, Software-Defined Storage technologies especially Ceph and ODF
• Advanced knowledge of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) principles and practical experience with Open Virtual Network (OVN)
• Extensive experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) administration and design
• Experience with AppDev automation and pipelines including technologies like Jenkins, Tekton, ArgoCD, etc
• Experience with networking technologies including VLANs, routing protocols, IPAM solutions, and Load Balancers
• Experience in designing and delivering implementations using various public and private cloud infrastructure technologies and providers
• Experience in Python development for automation, scripting, and tool development
• Experience in Go development for building high-performance applications or infrastructure components
• Relevant certifications (e.g., Red Hat Certified Architect, Kubernetes certifications, industry cloud certifications)