Ansible Automation Engineer & Kubernetes System Admin

About Avaya Businesses are built by the experiences they provide, and every day millions of those experiences are delivered by Avaya Holdings Corp. (NYSE: AVYA). Avaya is shaping what's next for the future of work, with innovation and partnerships that deliver game-changing business benefits. Our cloud communications solutions and multi-cloud application ecosystem power personalized, intelligent, and effortless customer and employee experiences to help achieve strategic ambitions and desired outcomes. Together, we are committed to help grow your business by delivering Experiences that Matter. Learn more at www.avaya.com.About the Opportunity The growth of our Cloud deployment has also driven our needs for automation and automation platforms to be used by the Avaya Enterprise. We use Jenkins/Ansible to automate in vCenter and in Palo Alto network system to support Avaya product builds. We also manage Kubernetes platforms for Avaya containerized product deployments. #LI-HK1 About the Responsibilities Develop automation solutions and standards leveraging Ansible playbooks and Jenkins pipelines. Automate workflows, collaborate and assist with installation and configuration of virtual environments and networking in VMware and Public Cloud environments based on project requirements and design analysis. Architect, deploy, configure and manage the Kubernetes/Tanzu platforms Provide operational support and guidance for the Kubernetes/Tanzu platform including administration, troubleshooting, user support , monitoring, disaster recovery, security compliance/auditing, networking, storage, service brokers and build packs About the Requirements EXPERIENCE Proven experience with Ansible, shell or powershell scripting Proven experience with VMware vSphere and ESXi Proven experience with networking and related technologies (e.g. load balancing DNS, SSL, firewalls, NAT, SDN) Proven experience with DNS, NTP, SAML, OAuth 2, Active Directory SKILLS & COMPETENCIES Ansible, or other related automation and orchestration tool scripting required Ability to use DevOps tool chains such as Jenkins, Bitbucket, Docker, etc. Experience with Kubernetes platform management and container application development Experience with Linux Unix system administration EDUCATION/QUALIFICATION Bachelor's degree in Computer science or equivalent Footer Avaya is an Equal Opportunity employer and a U.S. Federal Contractor. Our commitment to equality is a core value of Avaya. All qualified applicants and employees receive equal treatment without consideration for race, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other protected characteristic. In general, positions at Avaya require the ability to communicate and use office technology effectively. Physical requirements may vary by assigned work location. This job brief/description is subject to change. Nothing in this job description restricts Avaya right to alter the duties and responsibilities of this position at any time for any reason. You may also review the Avaya Global Privacy Policy (accessible at https://www.avaya.com/en/privacy/policy/) and applicable Privacy Statement relevant to this job posting (accessible at https://www.avaya.com/en/documents/info-applicants.pdf).