Are you ready to lead the development of cutting-edge Data Protection platforms to ensure a highly available and secure Cloud infrastructure? Are you skilled at mentoring junior staff and collaborating with cross-functional teams across a large enterprise? Then working as a Lead Site Reliability Engineer at Spectrum may be for you.

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This position is responsible for leading design, development and implementation efforts of Data Protection platform, policy, and services. In this role, you will use your development and operations knowledge to identify and prioritize issues, find solutions to common problems and mentor and support junior staff to help support our Cloud infrastructure enterprise wide. This includes working with our entire engineering organization and Enterprise Architecture. You will work closely with our engineering, development, operations, and security teams to design, implement, and maintain a highly available and secure Data Protect solution. The Data Protect Lead will align Data Protect strategy to the needs of the business focusing no criticality and SLAs of backup and restoration of applications.

WHAT OUR LEAD SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEERS ENJOY THE MOST

Own and ensure product/site reliability.Develop and implement monitoring and alerting systems for Data Protect services.Automate processes and develop tools to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual intervention.Create and test disaster recovery and business continuity plans.Participate in capacity planning and performance optimization.Install, upgrade, and implement Rubrik Data Protect systems.Analyze code, components, and infrastructure for reliability issues and identify failure points with stakeholdersDevelop & implement comprehensive data protection strategy aligned with industry best practices & standardsDesign & deploy data protection technologies, such as backup, recovery, encryption, & data loss prevention (DLP) toolsServe as a central subject matter expert, ensuring consistency, automation (via DevOps), and best practices adherenceEnsure regulatory compliance by proactively tracking changes implementing required controlsLead risk assessments, breach response planning, and recovery testing to proactively reduce exposure and validate readinessPromote awareness and training while evaluating and recommending emerging tools and practices
WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO SPECTRUMRequired QualificationsExperience:Five years (5+) Network, System Administration, Troubleshooting, Data Protect / Backup, Visualization (VMWare, OpenStack, Kubernetes) experience
Three years (3) Scripting
Two years (2+) Container ServicessEducation: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience Technical Skills: Extensive experience with Data Protect Platforms
Rubrik, Cohesity, VeritasDefining SLA and Data Protect ComplianceDefining RPO and RTO Metrics (Restore Point Objective and Restore Time Objective)Air Gap VaultDefining Archive and Data Retention PolicyAdvanced experience with:
Virtualization Platforms (VMWare, OpenStack, Nutanix)Managing both physical and Virtual infrastructureOperating systems (e.g. Windows and Linux)Data Protect platforms (e.g. Rubrik,Cohesity, Veritas)Compute Servers (e.g. Dell, Cisco, HPE)Storage Arrays and SAN (e.g. Dell, Pure, VAST, Cisco)Implementing a variety of cloud service models (e.g. Private, Public, Multi-CloudHands-on experience in one or more of cloud computing services (e.g. AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platforms, IBM, etc.)Proficient scripting in one or more languages (e.g. Python, Shell, PowerShell, Ansible or Perl)Advanced experience with CI/CD tools (Puppet, Ansible, Jenkins)Advanced experience managing monitoring and alerting toolsPrior experience working in an Agile environmentFamiliar with containerized workloads (e.g. Kubernetes, Openshift, TKGI)Advanced experienced with firewalls, routing and load balancingSkills and Abilities:Skilled in troubleshooting methodologiesMust have excellent written and oral communications, including technical documents, and process documents.Requires attention to detail and excellent organizational skillsAbility to contribute independently as well as be a team playerAdvanced experience managing small projectsSelf-starter, ability to manage tasks with little supervisionWork Environment: Office EnvironmentOn Call support, on a rotation basis

Preferred Qualifications

Eight years (8+) VMware, OpenStack, or Nutanix System Administration experienceEight years (8+) Experience with Data Protection in a Cloud Environment using Bare Metal and VMware platforms with specific experience in Rubrik or CohesityFive years (5+) Experience with Infrastructure as a Service technologiesFive years (5+) Experience with Unix/Linux or Windows systems administrationFive years (5+) Experience with Compute in a Cloud Environment using Rack Mount and Blade ServersThree years (3+) vROPs, Log Insight, vRNI, vRILThree years (3+) Cisco networkingThree years (3+) Firewall configuration managementThree years (3+) Load Balancer configuration managementThree years (3+) Experience as a Site-Reliability/DevOps System EngineerTwo years (2+) TKGI Enterprise Pivotal Container ServicesTwo years (2+) VMware NSX-TOne year (1+) CI/CD experience in a customer facing, production environmentOne year (1+) year AWS or other cloud computing platforms

SPECTRUM CONNECTS YOU TO MORE

Dynamic Growth: The growth of our industry and evolving technology powers our employees’ careers as they move up or around the companyLearning Culture: With a dedicated focus on training and development, employees can have confidence that day one is truly just the beginning of a dynamic careerInnovation: We move businesses forward by delivering high-speed data and fiber technology solutions that power today’s evolving network demandsSupportive Teams: Be part of a strong community that gives you opportunities to network and grow and wants to see you succeedTotal Rewards:See all the ways we invest in you—at work and in life

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This job posting will remain open until 2025-07-07 04:20 PM (UTC) and will be extended if necessary.

The base pay for this position generally is between $98,900.00 and $175,300.00. The actual compensation offered will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. We comply with local wage minimums and also, certain positions are eligible for additional forms of other incentive-based compensation such as bonuses.

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