Job Description

Job Responsibilities

• Architect, Design and support Enterprise Storage & Cloud Infrastructure technologies

• Assist with the build effort on new public / private / hybrid cloud compute and storage infrastructure from proof of concept through production launch and ongoing maintenance

• Design, implement and maintain SAN and NAS storage appliances / solutions for use by cloud and other compute infrastructure

• Independently identify, evaluate and provide engineering for technologies within the Storage services (Block, File, Object, Data Protection, etc.) both on-premises and in Cloud (AWS/Azure)

• Lead projects and teams focused on engineering work. Plan work, deliver to timelines, and proactive manage independently

• Collaborate with Security, IT Compliance, Engineering, Products, and QA department and continually drive KPI improvements in support of our Hybrid Cloud vision

• Design a highly available architecture ensuring services can be consumed as self-service via API/portal by various Product / upstream Infrastructure teams

• Responsible for delivering high availability via multi-zonal and multi-regional strategy for AWS cloud ensuring the Monitoring and Tools services are always available

• Provide strategic direction and oversight for the design, development and support of AWS Cloud infrastructure services that includes the full life cycle of technical architecture, infrastructure engineering and infrastructure operations

• Proven experience with Microsoft server OS, Microsoft active directory, CentOS / RHEL and Ubuntu OS in enterprise-class / carrier-class computing environments

• Drive process improvements through the use of automation

• Act as a Storage subject matter expert and offer help and advice to colleagues from various other teams

Requirements
5-7 years relevant IT Technical Experience in Enterprise Storage, Cloud & DR related Infrastructure technologies:

• Network Attached Storage (NAS)

• Storage Array Network (SAN)

• AWS Cloud (PaaS, IaaS, SaaS)

• Enterprise Disaster Recovery solution (is a plus)

At least 3-4 years relevant IT System Administration experience in Cloud, Storage & Automation related infrastructure:

• Experience with Enterprise Storage Architecture and Engineering (ex: 3Par, PowerMax, NetApp, Isilon, etc storage environment in on-prem stack)

• Hands on experience on working and managing AWS Storage Services (FSx Family / EFS) and associated services (Coudwatch, lambda, CF, etc)

• Experience/Familiarity with cloud computing services: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS)

• Expertise on Infrastructure as a Code (IaC) automation technologies and tools including Ansible, Python and/or Terraform

• Experience with designing and deploying AWS Services like Elastic Compute (EC2), Storages (S3, EBS, EFS, Glacier and AWS Storage Gateway) and RDS

• Experience with AWS Backups, snapshots and implementing Disaster Recovery Solutions both on-prem / Cloud

Our Offer

• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment

• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally

• Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern

• Pension and health insurance contributions

• Internal reward system plus referral program

• 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution

• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, Lítačka, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card

• Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and Mall.cz discount programs

• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone

• Parking in the garage for drivers or showers for bikers

• Competitive salary, incentive pay, and many more

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Employee Status:

Regular

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Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

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Required Skills:

Availability Management, Capacity Management, Change Controls, Configuration Management (CM), Design Applications, Incident Management, Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure, IT Infrastructure Design, IT Service Management (ITSM), Management Process, Social Collaboration, Software Configurations, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solution Architecture, System Administration, System Designs

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Job Posting End Date:

08/5/2025

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