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IT / Software / Data Analyst
Ceph Infrastructure Engineer
IT / Software / Data Analyst
#631077
Remote / WFH
Job Description
As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you will leverage your expertise in Ceph to manage and optimise storage solutions at scale, ensuring seamless integration with our Kubernetes infrastructure. You will play a key role in automating hundreds of deployments of Ceph clusters on heterogeneous hardware, and making core contributions to the broader Ceph and CNCF communities.
Core Responsibilities
Manage Ceph at Scale: Design, deploy, and maintain Ceph storage solutions across diverse hardware environments, ensuring high availability and performance under challenging constraints.
Automate Deployments: Develop and implement automation strategies for managing multiple Ceph deployments, reducing manual intervention and enhancing operational efficiency using world-class tooling.
Innovate and Contribute: Drive the adoption of novel features and tools within the Ceph and CNCF ecosystems, contributing upstream as necessary to improve the broader community.
Engage with Communities: Actively participate in the Ceph developer community and the CNCF, sharing insights and collaborating on open-source projects.
Infrastructure Excellence: Collaborate with the team to design and build the next generation of Palantir’s infrastructure, focusing on systems that are scalable, stable, and secure.
What We Value
Ceph & Rook Expertise: Practical, hands-on experience managing Ceph storage solutions, with a deep understanding of its architecture and operational nuances, ideally using Rook.
Automation Proficiency: Strong skills in infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform, Kubernetes Operators, and with coding proficiency in Go, Java, or equivalent.
Systems Programming: Experience in systems programming with proficiency in Go, Rust, C/C++, or equivalent languages.
Hardware and OS Knowledge: Deep familiarity with hardware configurations, operating systems, and diagnostic tools.
Networking Fundamentals: Solid understanding of networking principles, with experience in CNIs or cloud networking infrastructure preferred.
On-premises Data Centre Experience: Experience working with on-premises hardware, or as sysadmin/SRE in data centres.
Core Responsibilities
Manage Ceph at Scale: Design, deploy, and maintain Ceph storage solutions across diverse hardware environments, ensuring high availability and performance under challenging constraints.
Automate Deployments: Develop and implement automation strategies for managing multiple Ceph deployments, reducing manual intervention and enhancing operational efficiency using world-class tooling.
Innovate and Contribute: Drive the adoption of novel features and tools within the Ceph and CNCF ecosystems, contributing upstream as necessary to improve the broader community.
Engage with Communities: Actively participate in the Ceph developer community and the CNCF, sharing insights and collaborating on open-source projects.
Infrastructure Excellence: Collaborate with the team to design and build the next generation of Palantir’s infrastructure, focusing on systems that are scalable, stable, and secure.
What We Value
Ceph & Rook Expertise: Practical, hands-on experience managing Ceph storage solutions, with a deep understanding of its architecture and operational nuances, ideally using Rook.
Automation Proficiency: Strong skills in infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform, Kubernetes Operators, and with coding proficiency in Go, Java, or equivalent.
Systems Programming: Experience in systems programming with proficiency in Go, Rust, C/C++, or equivalent languages.
Hardware and OS Knowledge: Deep familiarity with hardware configurations, operating systems, and diagnostic tools.
Networking Fundamentals: Solid understanding of networking principles, with experience in CNIs or cloud networking infrastructure preferred.
On-premises Data Centre Experience: Experience working with on-premises hardware, or as sysadmin/SRE in data centres.
