Senior Proxmox Engineer

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🇵🇱 Poland – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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Software Mind

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1999

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

☁️ SaaS

📡 Telecommunications

💰 Private Equity Round on 2020-12

Artificial Intelligence • SaaS • Telecommunications

Software Mind is a technology company that specializes in software development and digital transformation services. With a focus on AI and cloud solutions, the company offers a wide range of services including custom software development, mobile app development, and cloud consulting. Software Mind serves various industries such as financial services, telecom, biotech, and media, providing tailored solutions to accelerate digital transformations and business growth globally.

📋 Description

• Assess existing Proxmox VE environments, including cluster configuration, storage, networking, HA and backup, against good practice • Document assessment findings • Identify configuration gaps, single points of failure and operational risks • Propose concrete remediation actions • Verify sizing and capacity against actual and expected load • Implement agreed corrections and improvements and confirm they work • Validate backup and restore end to end • Work with the OpenStack team to ensure the Proxmox layer supports the platform above it • Produce documentation and runbooks • Work alongside the client’s operational engineer to transfer knowledge through shared day-to-day work • Report progress and findings directly to the client’s engineers and managers in the Netherlands • Execute the assignment across assessment, stabilisation and knowledge-transfer phases

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years in IT infrastructure and virtualisation, including at least 2 years with Proxmox VE in production • Strong hands-on experience with Proxmox VE in production, including cluster setup, configuration and upgrades • Experience with the storage layer behind Proxmox and an understanding of its performance characteristics • Linux system administration at an advanced level, particularly Debian-based distributions • Networking in a virtualisation context, including bridges, bonds, VLANs and SDN • Ability to troubleshoot across compute, storage and network together • Capacity and performance analysis skills • Production backup and restore experience, including verifying that restores work • Scripting for automation using Bash, Python or Ansible • Experience assessing an environment not built by the candidate and documenting actionable findings • English at C1 level • Ability to work independently from open-ended questions and determine what needs checking and in what order • Ability to communicate findings clearly, including critical configuration or sizing issues • Ability to prioritise critical issues over nice-to-have improvements and justify priorities • Ability to transfer operational knowledge through practical work • Ability to keep stakeholders informed and flag delays early • Ability to build working relationships remotely • OpenStack knowledge is an additional advantage • Experience with VMware or KVM/libvirt and migrations between virtualisation platforms is an additional advantage • Ceph at scale is an additional advantage • Infrastructure as code with Ansible or Terraform is an additional advantage • Experience in regulated or government environments is an additional advantage • Dutch language skills are an additional advantage

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible and remote cooperation options • International projects with leading global clients • Travels related to international projects • Non-corporate atmosphere • Access to language classes • Access to knowledge-sharing initiatives • Access to private healthcare and life insurance • Access to multisport card