Cloud Operations Engineer II

11:11 Systems; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

11:11 Systems is seeking an experienced Cloud Operations Engineer L2 to manage cloud compute systems, including capacity planning, cluster provisioning, and fleet management. This role requires an eye for detail and a continuous improvement mindset, with on-call escalation duties after hours.

Responsibilities include ownership of cloud compute systems, KPI tracking, and ensuring high-quality customer support while adhering to company policies and best practices within a global data-center

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline or equivalent work experience.
• 4+ years of hands-on VMware administrator experience.
• VMware VCP or VCAP certification preferred.
• Extensive experience with VMware management tools (vCenter, vCloud Director, NSX).
• Experience with backup and DR solutions such as Veeam and Zerto.
• Understanding of cloud-based infrastructure services (BaaS, IaaS, DRaaS).
• Experience in global data center environments.
• Eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Provide ownership of cloud compute systems and responsibilities.
• Cluster provisioning, alert monitoring, and environmental management.
• Serve as escalation engineer for customer problems, including on-call rotation after hours.
• Provide escalation support to Level I Cloud Operations Engineers.
• Manage cluster compute capacity (hosts, CPU/memory).
• Develop, track, and report KPIs for cloud capacity (CPU, memory, storage).
• Deliver accurate, timely responses to escalated tickets while ensuring customer experience.
• Follow company best practices for cloud compute systems management.
• Maintain professional relationships and high-quality customer service.
• Comply with data handling agreements and company policies.

Skills

VMware administration

vCenter

vCloud Director

NSX

Backup/DR

Cloud capacity planning

On-call support

Customer escalation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline

Tools

Veeam

Zerto

Job description

The Role:

11:11 is looking for an experienced Cloud Operations Engineer L2 to help manage all aspects of 11:11’s cloud compute systems. This position is responsible for the optimization, implementation and maintaining our organizations cloud-based systems. The Cloud Engineer will be involved with capacity planning, cluster provisioning, fleet management, alert monitoring, and escalations. This position will require an individual with a penchant for detail and a continuous improvement mindset. This is a full-time position reporting to the Manager of Cloud Operations.

Responsibilities:

• Provide complete ownership and accountability of all responsibilities assigned regarding 11:11’s cloud compute systems.
• Responsible for cluster provisioning, alert monitoring, and environmental management
• Act as an 11:11 escalation engineer for customer problems including participation in engineering on-call rotation after hours.
• Provide escalation support to Level I Cloud Operations Engineers
• Manage cluster compute capacity (hosts, CPU/memory, etc.)
• Develop, track, and report KPIs associated with cloud system capacity (CPU, memory, storage, etc.)
• Provide accurate, timely and professional responses to escalated customer tickets from support. These actions ensure a good customer experience.
• Follow 11:11 Systems best practices for cloud compute systems management.
• Deliver superior customer service while maintaining professional relationships.
• Work supportively with colleagues, operating in a manner that is consistent with 11:11’s Code of Business Ethics and Company Values
• Responsibly receive, transmit, and handle company data and information per Company data handling agreements, work procedures and policies
• Review and follow company policies and guidelines, data privacy practices, including annual compliance training certification and policy acknowledgements
• Additional duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline or an equivalent years of work experience required.
• 4+ years recent experience as a technical, hands-on, enterprise VMware administrator
• VMware VCP or VCAP certified preferred.
• Extensive knowledge and experience using VMware management tools (vCenter, vCloud Director, VMware Configuration Manager, NSX) preferred.
• Experience with backup and DR solutions such as Veeam and Zerto preferred.
• Understanding of cloud-based infrastructure services, such as BaaS, IaaS and DRaaS .
• Experience working with global data center environments.
• Must be legally eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.