CEPH Storage Administrator - L2 Onsite at Bangalore
Location: Onsite
Experience: 5-6 years
Experience/skills:
Around 5-6 years experience in Linux/Unix Storage and network administration, deployments and management of reasonably large Ceph clusters, exposure to cluster architectures with the application of best practices
Hands-on work in implementing Ceph configurations for data availability (replication, erasure-coding), scalability, security, data distribution, and recovery
Good understanding of Ceph internals - RADOS, Crush maps and algorithms, Ceph APIs and scripts
Deployment, and configuration of Ceph services and access mechanisms for RBD, CFS, and S3 compatible object store.
Self-driven, learning aptitude, ability to work in small teams and operate independently, reviews available data, and makes quick decisions.
Responsibilities:
Planning deployment of Ceph clusters with appropriate system configuration, networking infrastructure and large storage capacities in a data center
Monitoring of Ceph clusters for optimal operations. Review and optimize dashboards, setup alerting for critical Ceph events
Setup and test RBD consumption for availability and performance, RGW for Object store, Ceph Filesystems, NAS/NFS services
Management of clusters: Upgrades of Ceph components, rebalancing of PGs, Objects, change storage capacities, resize cluster configurations without impact to operations.
Assess security of data implement practices for cloud compliance requirements of cluster
Working with clusters in mult-site configurations; review, understand and implement replication strategies for data availability in different zones
