I am a very aggressive recruiter and will get back to qualified candidates ASAP. We have a present client requirement for a Cloud Computing Sr. Applications/ Systems Engineer. Location: Atlanta, GA Duration: 2 years Description: Project Description: - Operational Support for Client Cloud operations Customer Facing assignment. - Successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining the stability and supportability of Client cloud solutions. - Candidate will be a member of an integrated operations team to launch and support Cloud platforms and enablers. - Candidate will directly interface with development teams, vendors, product, sales and customers. - Candidate will engineer operational requirements, test cases, technical documentation provide operational support after launch. - This is a client-facing technical position, so in addition to demonstrated technical acumen - written and verbal communication skills, diplomacy, and the ability to work well under pressure are required. - Monitor, maintain, & support Client cloud solutions - Ensure standard processes exist for systems installation, configuration, patching, and upgrading. - Ability to provide documentation and create MOPs /SMOPS for the supporting technologies - Ability to work in a dynamic environment and flexibility to change course as required - Develop guidelines for systems monitoring to ensure maximum availability, uptime, and performance. - Research, troubleshoot, and resolve system performance issues and outages. - Ensure documentation standards are created and adhered to. - Ensure that security procedures are implemented and enforced. - Troubleshoot and resolve complex problems to ensure minimal disruption of mission-critical applications. - Maintains current knowledge of relevant hardware and software applications as assigned. - Support of web portals, orchestration, platform, application, API, network and monitoring needs. Platform support (monitoring capabilities, performance tuning, capacity planning, and maintaining overall service and platform health). - Validating and supporting new cloud solutions. This involves UAT, ORT testing and driving operational requirements. Outputs include Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Execution, Production Verification, Developer and Administrative Portals, - Maintaining overall platform stability, security, and supportability - Develop operational requirements for solutions to complex issues, including those which require extensive research, analysis, critical thinking, collaboration, and precision in the execution in order to resolve - Review Life Cycle changes, release management and feature adds - Engineer detailed change documentation, risk assess and execute (MOPs/SMOPs) - Present recommendations to developers, vendors and product owners - Tier-3-level support to Service Assurance team (on call 24x7) - Facilitate post-outage reviews (POR), manage Service Incident Reporting (SIR), develop and deliver Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to Client management and to the customer - Act as quality-gate for new solutions providing operational testing and requirements - Providing technical mentoring to peers and partner organizations - Developing and maintaining all technical documentation related to the cloud solutions and applications (SMOPs/MOPs, System documentation, troubleshooting guides, customer-specific knowledge base, etc) - Overall customer relationship management Required Skills: - Unix/RHCE - Perl, PHP, Ruby, Python, JavaScript - Tomcat, Apache/Websphere, Webservices - Experience with large-scale distributed systems - Communication (written and Oral) - vCloud Director - Linux - 5+ years systems administration experience managing enterprise Unix/Linux/Oracle environment - 3+ years in a 24by7 production operations role supporting IaaS, PaaS or SaaS offerings in a highly available multi-data center environment. - Scripting (Shell, Perl, CGI, etc.), SSH, HTTP/S, Networking, web hosting technologies, some flavor of Java technologies (Java, JDBC, Jserv, JBOSS). - VMWare ESX 4.1 - mySQL DBA - Load Blancers - BEA Weblogic cluster with Veritas HA Foundation Manager - Apache - Java - Symantec NetBackup Clien - Knowledge of web development (SOAP, REST) - Strong experience in interaction technologies with Midtier : Web Service APIs, REST, etc - Looking for candidates who have worn multiple hats - launched new products (from start to finish), are open to new experiences/learnings - self starter and has excellent communication skills. Preferred Skills: - Linux networking and storage - VMware ESX/ESX 4.1 - CCNA/ CCNP Certification - Experience support network components load balancers, switches, firewalls etc - Knowledge of databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) - Experience with vCloud Director, vSphere - Cloud platform experience (SFDC, Workday, Google) a strong positive. - Balance of strong tactical problem-solving skills and analytical skills. - Strong understanding of the integration between mobile applications, servers, and networks Qualified candidates, apply immediately!! Prefer candidates who are local and are available immediately. Thanks Anup anup@iconma.com Ph: (732) 486-9521 Toll Free: (888)-583-1930