Duration of engagement: 9 months
Start Date/Availability: ASAP
Location of engagement: San Jose, CA or Phoenix, AZ
Resident location: Phoenix, AZ or San Jose, CA (travel may be needed once every couple of months between locations; rate is inclusive)
Remote or Onsite: on-site
Travel: The candidate would need to relocate or be local
Requirements/Skills:
· Drive automation of support and storage management activities.
- Identify opportunities to integrate Hitachi solutions into eBay’s new open source based management framework
Primary Job Focus Areas:
· Document automation requirements for system and storage processes across the business units. (eBay, PayPal, GSI Commerce, etc.)
· Identify opportunities to automate repeatable tasks
· Develop, implement, and operationalize routine storage automation tasks:
o Storage Provisioning
o Storage Capacity and Reporting
o Storage Installation and Deployment Operations
· Coordinate with ebay storage management teams and the ebay NOC to maximize efficiencies
· Work with lead eBay engineers to assist in integrating existing operations into an open source management framework. (OpenStack)
· Collaborate with Hitachi engineering teams to help drive integration and support of the new framework standards
· Contribute to the on-going design and development of storage resources automation
The Resident will have skills in the following areas:
· Storage and Storage Area Networking knowledge. Preferably Hitachi Storage Subsystems and Brocade Networks
· Familiarity with Hitachi Storage Management Tools and CLIs
· Strong Linux / Solaris background
· Experience with one or more scripting languages. (PERL, bash, ksh)
· Programming experience (Python / Ruby On Rails)
· Familiarity with Puppet Labs Orchestration and Provisioning Software
· Knowledge of OpenStack Cinder and Swift open source standards