Senior Operations Engineer - Cloud, Automation & Security

Stanford University

Palo Alto (CA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 210,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Stanford University Libraries is seeking a Senior Operations Engineer to join the Digital Library Systems & Services group. The role focuses on Linux-based infrastructure, virtualization, and cloud technologies to support the library's digital estate and discovery environment.

The successful candidate will design, implement, and secure multi-system platforms, while coaching team members on complex deployments and vendor management at Stanford's Palo Alto campus.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree plus eight years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination.
Experience with Linux operating systems (Ubuntu/Debian preferred).
Proven ability to design, implement, and maintain multi-system environments.
Strong knowledge of security practices and disaster recovery planning.
Experience with infrastructure as code, virtualization, and cloud technologies.
Ability to lead large-scale system deployment projects in a team setting.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, install, and maintain operating systems, utilities, and applications on computing systems.
Resolve system emergencies with significant impact on user data and systems integrity.
Establish security strategies, policies, and procedures for systems.
Plan capacity and optimize configuration for diverse services.
Lead and mentor other system administrators on complex deployments.
Manage vendor relationships and hardware/software maintenance agreements.

Skills

Linux

Infrastructure as Code

Virtualization

Cloud Computing

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

PostgreSQL

Prometheus

OpenVox

Puppet

Proxmox

Ceph

Terraform

Apache

ZFS

Zabbix

NFS

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 8 years experience

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