Role : Test Engineer-Cloud

Location : Durham,NC

Duration : 6+ Months

Rate : $50/hr on C2C (Max)

Job Description :

Responsibilities:

Play an active role in the design, development, and testing of applications in a cloud environment
Plan and execute migration of application(s) to virtual cloud environment based of Openstack and/or ACI
Delivery on Proof-of-concepts for ACI directly with customers.
Validate large-scale application workflows in a cloud architecture
Develop and execute tests, log and track issues and drive them to resolution with verification of bug fixes, document test results and research findings.
Develop software/scripts as needed to assist in the systems validation process.

Minimum Requirements:

BS or MS in computer science/engineering or a related field
Hands on experience migrating and/or deploying application / application pools to include SAP HANA, 3-tiered web apps
Hands on with one of the following cloud computing platforms: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, Rackspace Cloud, Microsoft Azure, etc
Experience with provisioning and configuration management tools such as Puppet, Chef, cobbler, or Juju.
Candidates should have some experience with scripting languages such as Perl, Python, or Bash. Python experience is strongly preferred.
Expert familiarity with cloud computing concepts including virtualization, web services API's, elastic infrastructure, distributed data storage (database, block, object), multitenancy, and metered usage patterns.
Hands on SQL/NoSQL DB administration / experience is a must Oracle, MongoDB, Casandra, Oracle, Mysql, etc.
Familiarity with L2 overlay technologies such as ACI, VXLAN or NVGRE is a plus.
Familiarity with basic networking protocols and concepts (TCP/IP, VLANs, subnetting) is required.
Candidates must have an excellent working knowledge of Linux. Experience with multiple distributions (Red Hat, Ubuntu, etc), networking (bonding, bridging, iptables, vlans, OVS, etc), virtualization (KVM, libvirt, etc), and server software (Apache, , NFS, MySQL and/or Galera, MongoDB, etc) are all strongly desirable.
Experience with Cisco IOS, NX-OS, and Nexus is a plus
Experience with block, file, and object storage systems such as Swift, Ceph, SAN, NAS is a plus. Experience with Ceph and Swift is a plus.
Ideal candidate will be able to quickly ramp up on new technologies outside of comfort zone and think at scale.
Candidates must possess excellent team and people skills and should be comfortable working in geographically dispersed teams.
Candidates should be able to use problem solving techniques to identify, scope, and resolve difficult, intermittent, and other technical issues at scale.
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