Senior SRE; Storage Platforms

Senior SRE (Storage Platforms)

Location
: 100% Remote

Position Type
: 3M C2H

Hourly / Salary
: to $120W2+ (based on experience)

Vaco is currently seeking a Senior SRE (Storage Platform) for a 3M C2H opportunity that is 100% remote. The Senior SRE (Storage Platform) will design, implement, and support Software Defined Storage (SDS) and Kubernetes platforms in a private cloud environment. The Senior SRE (Storage Platform) will focus on scalability, resilience, automation, and performance using IaC and GITOps practices. The Senior SRE (Storage Platform) will be a deeply technical role requiring expert-level understanding of SDS, Kubernetes, and extensive working knowledge on Linux OS.

The Senior SRE (Storage Platform) will collaborate with platform and SRE teams to maintain secure, performant, and multitenant-isolated services that serve high-throughput, mission-critical applications.

• Storage Architecture – Design / Implement / Operate Large-Scale SDS Architectures Across Private / Public Cloud Regions within ITIL Methodology
• Enterprise Storage Platforms – Deploy / Support Enterprise Storage (Pure Storage / HPE / Net App) / SDS Solutions (Ceph / Longhorn)
• Self-Service Enablement – Build Self-Service Storage Workflows for Kubernetes CSI / Open Stack Consumers (VM / Bare Metal)
• IaC Development – Ansible / Terraform / Helm / GIT with Python / Bash Automation
• CI/CD for Infrastructure – Implement CI/CD Pipelines Supporting Infrastructure Updates / Patching / Upgrades / Testing / Rollback
• Observability / Auto-Remediation – Build Monitoring / Alerting / Auto-Remediation using GITOps / Tools (Prometheus / Loki / Grafana)
• HA / DR – Architect / Maintain High Availability / Disaster Recovery / Scale-Out Storage Infrastructure
• Design Documentation – Develop / Review High-/Low-Level Design Documents for Storage Infrastructure
• Advanced Troubleshooting (deep expertise) –Troubleshooting across Storage / Kubernetes / Hypervisors / Networking / Linux Systems
• Operations / Incident Response – Participate in On-Call Rotations / Incident Response / Root Cause Analysis
• Global Collaboration – Collaborate Globally on Change Management / Documentation / Operational Best Practices

• Senior SRE (Storage Platforms) (hands-on) – Managing Enterprise Storage / Kubernetes Platforms on Linux
• SDS / Migration Expertise (strong hands-on) – Ceph / Longhorn |Storage Migrations from Legacy Systems
• Storage Technologies – Block / File / Object Storage | Fibre Channel / IP-Based Protocols
• Storage Fabrics – NVMe-oF / iSCSI Fabrics
• Kubernetes / Linux (expert) – Kubernetes / Linux Systems (Ubuntu / RHEL / CentOS)
• IaC (proficiency) – Ansible / Terraform for IaC-Driven Infrastructure Management
• Scripting (expert) – Python / BASH | Golang (preferred)
• Enterprise DNS (strong working knowledge) – Enterprise DNS / Kubernetes Integrations
• Virtualization (hands-on) – KVM Hypervisors (SUSE Harvester / Open Stack)
• Dev Ops Tooling (proficiency) – GIT / CI/CD Pipelines / Automated Testing Frameworks
• Documentation – Develop / Maintain Technical Documentation | Contribute to Wikis / Knowledge Bases
• Production Operations – Operating 24x7 Mission-Critical Production Environments

• Certifications – CNCF Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) / Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) / Red Hat Ceph Storage Administrator (EX125) / ITIL Foundation / Advanced Certifications Supporting ITSM Best Practices, etc.
• Open Stack Storage Administration / Open Stack Cinder Multi-Backend Administration
• Backup Platforms / Enterprise Backup Solutions (Rubrik, etc.)
• Security / Compliance (understanding) – CIS / NIST Security Frameworks / Infrastructure Lifecycle Management
• Telco / Edge Cloud / Large Enterprise Environment Experience

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure,…