Sr. Engineer – Cloud Virtualization Contract

Job Title: Senior Engineer – Cloud Virtualization

Job Location: Dubai – UAE

Job Duration: Contract – 12 Months Extendable

Job Description:

Job Summary:

 The Senior Technology Engineer will play a key role in driving the engineering function within

Emirates NBD Group for the technologies he/she is responsible for.

 While managing the day-to-day operational activities is not expected here, this role will be

accountable for the overall delivery activities such as Design, Development, Implementation,

Standardization, Automation and Capacity Planning.

 You will be expected to have a T-shaped technical profile to be able to switch between multiple

disciplines based on the project requirement where your core strength is coming from VMware

Virtualization Platform.

 The ideal candidate is also expected to automate the requirements of the platform in

infrastructure as code way and take accountability of the end-to-end solution.

 The role is expected to have discussions with Technical and Solution Architects to find optimal

solution to a problem and implement it based on the infrastructure and project requirements.

 You are encouraged not only to use but also contribute into open-source technologies wherever it

is applicable while maintaining interoperability and functionality of the infrastructure.

 You will be expected to do a deep dive into various technologies and explore the capabilities to

leverage.

Job Role:

 Drive projects to move the non-compliant products into the standard stack.

 Automate the installation and configuration of standard stack items.

 Perform code review of peers.

 Establish the product backlog that requires to be addressed on 2-week sprints.

 Drive backlog projects to completion with infrastructure as code approach.

 Continuous R&D and vendor engagement.

 Automate the installation to achieve Zero touch unattended deployment.

 Review all housekeeping activities and identify key processes that should be automated.

 Introduce Open-Source technologies into standard technology stack

 Design solutions that cater for enhancing operational stability.

 Address Problem tickets, Risk and Audit items in the products backlog.

Technical skills (required):

 At least 10 years of experience at a relevant technical position in large organizations with hands on

automation knowledge

 Banking background

 In-Depth knowledge and Strong Understanding in VMware Virtualization Technologies & Suite of

products. (VCAP level – Design & Architecting Experience)

 Excellent hands-on experience in configuration management, orchestration, automation and IaC

tools (Ansible, Jenkins, Terraform)

 X86 Architecture, NUMA, Memory Performance, PCIe

 Good understanding of Linux internals (Preferable RHEL / Ubuntu)

 Strong understanding and knowledge on Virtualization Networking, L2/L3 Fundamentals and

Overlay Networking – NSX, OVN

 Comprehensive understanding in Linux, DevOps / SRE, IaC and 12 Factor Principles

 Strong understanding of Open-Source Hypervisor and Container Orchestration Technologies (KVM,

Kubernetes, Kubevirt)

 Hands on experience on Physical x86 servers (Must HPE and Lenovo), Infrastructure Management

Tools (HPE OneView and Lenovo Xclarity), Chassis and hardware components

 Strong understanding of OS Compliance Policies (CIS Benchmark)

 Agile methodologies and its ceremonies

 Strategic Thinking with Research and Development mindset.

 Adequate understanding of project management methodologies.

 Excellent communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation).

Education and certification:

 Bachelor of Computer Science or Equivalent

 The VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Data Center Virtualization Design or

Equivalent

Job Title: Senior Engineer – Cloud Virtualization
Job Location: Dubai – UAE
Job Duration: Contract – 12 Months Extendable
Job Description: