Windows Site Reliability Consultant Job in Pythian

Windows Site Reliability Consultant

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Job Summary Windows Site Reliability ConsultantBangalore | Bengaluru | Hybrid Office/Work from home
Please reach out to Viswash Beesetti at beesetti@pythian.com or Viswash Beesetti
This is a shifted work time position working North American hours; either EST or PST
Why you?Pythian is growing and we moved into a new office space at Vaishnavi Techpark, Bengaluru.
Do you thrive on solving tough problems even under pressure? Are you motivated by fast-paced environments with continuous learning opportunities? Do you enjoy collaborating with a team of peers who push you to constantly up your game? At Pythian, we are building a next-generation Site Reliability Engineering team. We need motivated and talented individuals on our teams, and we want you! You ll act as a technology leader and advisor for our clients, as well as a mentor for other team members. Projects would include things such as infrastructure architecture, automation, and intelligent monitoring systems from the design phase through the implementation phase. You will work with amazing clients from small start-ups to huge enterprises.

What will you be doing?

    • Operate, maintain and administer solutions that contribute to the operational efficiency, availability and visibility of customer infrastructure.
    • Planning maintenance activity, design documentation and standard procedures
    • Provide Root Cause Analysis reports for outages/incidents (ITIL - Problem Management)
    • Observe and provide feedback on the current state of the client s infrastructure, and identify opportunities to improve resiliency, reduce the occurrence of incidents and automate repetitive administrative and operational tasks.
    • Responsible for improving and maintaining team documentation about client systems and infrastructure, procedures, policies and schedules.
    • Gather and document information about client environments through audit activities, and analyze the information to identify opportunities for improvement and application of best practices.
    • Work collaboratively with teammates to contribute to the continuous improvement of our working culture.

What do we need from you?

    • Solid understanding of system administration fundamentals with a Microsoft focus:
    • Windows Server deployment, configuration and performance tuning
    • Active Directory architecture, deployment, migration and group policy management
    • TCP/IP networking, NIC teaming, and network services configuration (DNS, NTP, DHCP, etc.)
    • Strong understanding of backup solutions and how to map requirements into solutions
    • Strong understanding of multiple monitoring solutions and how to implement and manage themMicrosoft clustering technologies
    • Administration of web servers and supporting technologies, IIS and .NET applications:
    • Understanding of containerisation
    • Experience with System Center or related technology in the areas of:
    • Systems and application monitoring
    • Configuration management and provisioning
    • Scripting and automation of administrative tasks using PowerShell/Python and Desired State Configuration
    • Strong understanding of Cloud Systems (Azure, AWS and/or GCP)
    • Understanding of identity management and synchronization solutions (Azure AD)Cloud deployments (Terraform, Azure ARM Templates, Cloudformation, Deployment Manager )
    • Cloud automation and Scripting (Azure Automation, PowerShell, Python, YAML)
    • Cloud Networking
    • Knowledge of VPC, Virtual networks, Resource groups
    • Able to understand, plan, and implement hybrid connectivity between on-premises network equipment and multiple cloud providers (e.g IPSEC VPN)Cloud routing, firewalling, load balancing
    • Familiarity with ITIL principles (change/incident management, etc)
    • Ability to pick up new technologies quickly, understand problems and apply knowledge appropriately.
    • Good organizational skills with the ability to work solo or as part of a delivery team as required

Desirable & Nice-to-Have Skills

    • Networking
    • Load Balancing - F5 BIG-IP LTM
    • Knowledge of Cisco ASA 9.x-era firewalls with IPSec VPN
    • Strong understanding of Cloud Systems (Azure, AWS or GCP)
    • Understanding of configuration management tools (SCCM/Intune, Azure DSC, Ansible)
    • Understanding of CI/CD pipelinesUnderstanding of application containers (Docker) and deployment automation/orchestration (Kubernetes)
    • Strong understanding of routing and dynamic routing protocols (BGP) in a cloud capacity and/or using Cisco/Juniper equipment
    • Understanding of Linux operating systems administration (basic package management, BIND, apache, nginx, mysql experience, bash and/or shell scripting)
    • Prior experience with planning and executing server migrations, P2V conversions, on-prem to cloud migration strategy; aligning these techniques with best practices.
    • Prior time and 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.
    • Demonstrated experience with writing technical documentation, such as how-to KB article, runbook, whitepaper or similar items.

What do you get in return?

    • Love your career: Competitive total rewards package with excellent take home salaries, shifted work time bonus and an annual bonus plan!
    • Love your development: Hone your skills or learn new ones with a minimum 0.6 Lakh INR* annual training allowance; 2 paid professional development days, attend conferences, become certified, whatever you like!
    • Love your work/life balance: 3 weeks of paid time off and flexible working hours. While our Hyderabad and Bangalore offices remain closed due to the pandemic, work from your home, all you need is a stable internet connection!
    • Love your workspace: We give you all the equipment you need to work from home including a laptop with your choice of OS, with 0.3 lakh INR* budget to personalise your work environment!
    • Love your community: Blog during work hours; take a day off and volunteer for your favorite charity. To support in keeping our people, their families and their communities safe, Pythian is covering the cost of the Covid 19 Vaccine for all eligible employees in India!
Why Pythian?Pythian excels at helping businesses use their data and cloud to transform how they compete and win in this ever-changing environment by delivering advanced on-prem, hybrid, cloud and multi-cloud solutions to solve the toughest data challenges faster and better than anyone else. Founded and headquartered in Ottawa, Canada in 1997, Pythian now has more than 500+ employees located around the globe with over 350 clients spanning industries from SaaS; media; gaming; financial services; e-commerce and more. Pythian is known for its technology-enabled data expertise covering everything from ETL to ML. We pride ourselves on our ability to deliver innovative solutions that meet the specific data goals of each client and have built meaningful partnerships with major cloud vendors AWS, Google and Microsoft. The powerful combination of our extensive expertise in data and cloud and our ability to keep on top of the latest bleeding edge technologies make us the perfect partner to help mid and large-sized businesses transform to stay ahead in today s rapidly changing digital economy. If you are a Site Reliability Engineer or DevOps; live in India; love your data and want to love your career then join us!
DisclaimerFor this job an equivalent combination of education and experience, which results in demonstrated ability to apply skills will also be considered.Pythian is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.The successful applicant will need to fulfill the requirements necessary to obtain a background check.Applicants must be legally authorized to work in their country of residence permanently Pythian will not relocate, sponsor, or file petitions of any kind on behalf of a foreign worker to gain a work visa, become a permanent resident based on a permanent job offer, or to otherwise obtain authorization to work.Love Your Data is a registered trademark of Pythian Services Inc.*INR Amounts approximate at INR to CAD exchange rate Jan 2022No recruitment agenciesApply for this job
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