Senior IT Specialist - Openstack

Fortinet is recruiting a skilled IT professional to join our FortiStack team based out of Burnaby, BC. This team is responsible for the management, operation and continued development of our Openstack-based private cloud platform. This position would represent a great fit for Openstack specialists or IT professionals with a combination of virtualization, Openstack, storage and networking experience.

Job Responsibilities:

• Playing a leading role in the operation, maintenance and development of multiple Openstack private cloud platforms worldwide
• Focused on continuous improvement - always be looking for improvement, automation and optimization opportunities from the cloud
• Troubleshooting and resolving technical problems, both individually and as part of the broader team
• Provide technical leadership, actively sharing knowledge across the Fortistack team and supporting your peers
• Provide on call support as required

Job Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in production platform operation
• Knowledge in Openstack administration
• Knowledge in server virtualization (KVM, VMware, etc.)
• Knowledge in Linux server administration (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu)
• Knowledge in network administration and industry standard protocols
• Knowledge in network, server and system monitoring (Zabbix, Nagios, etc.)
• Knowledge in at least one scripting language (Python, Bash, etc.)
• Excellent ability to organize, multitask, work individually and in a team
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Bonus:

• Certification in RHCE
• Certification in Openstack
• Certification in VMware VCAP, NSX
• Certification in CCIE
• Certification in PMP, ITIL
• Knowledge in container management (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Knowledge in software defined storage and network (Ceph, OVN/openvswitch, NSX-T, etc.)
• Experience in ISO27001

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