Desired Skills and Experience

  • Extensive experience in Linux systems administration, in traditional datacenters as well as public and private clouds
  • Proficiency in Python and Bourne-compatible shell-scripting
  • Experience in CI/CD automation such as GitLab CI and Jenkins
  • Familiarity with virtualization platforms such as OpenStack, VMware, and Xen
  • Experience with tools for configuration management (e.g., Salt, Ansible) and orchestration (Terraform, Heat)
  • Familiarity with IP networking, especially in virtualized environments
  • Experience administering distributed datastores (e.g., Cassandra) and service-discovery facilities (e.g., Consul)
  • Proficiency in one or more of C, C++, and Java
  • Hands-on experience with OpenStack environments using Open vSwitch–, VLAN–, and VXLAN–based tenant networking
  • Deep knowledge of IP switching and routing, including custom protocols, dual-stacking, and IPv6 transitional techniques
  • Experience with routing protocols and techniques such as BGP, VRRP, and anycasting
  • Experience reviewing and producing technical documentation and diagrams
  • Past work in an ISP, NSP/datacenter, and/or telecommunications context

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