About Us: Ensono is an expert technology adviser and managed service provider. As a relentless ally, we accelerate clients’ digital transformation to achieve business outcomes that stand to last. Our dedicated team helps organizations optimize today’s systems across any hybrid environment with services such as consulting, mainframe and application modernization, public cloud migration and cloud-native development. With certified experts in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud and recognized as Microsoft Datacenter Transformation Partner of the Year, Ensono has over 3500+ associates globally and is headquartered in greater Chicago. We care about your success, offering comprehensive strategic and managed services for mission-critical applications. Our Advisory and Consulting services can help upfront with an application strategy or find the right places for your applications – whether it’s public, multi or hybrid cloud, or mainframe. And because we span across all mission-critical platforms, we can meet you wherever you are in your digital transformation journey, with 24/7 support when you need it. We are your relentless ally, flexing with you when challenges emerge so you don’t feel stuck in place. With cross-platform certifications and decades of experience, our technology experts have become an extension of your team so you’re continuously innovating – doing more with less while remaining secure. And that’s just the beginning.
  About Role: As the Sr. Cloud Engineer, you will bring a passion for automation and simplifying processes for Ensono Cloud product portfolio. You will bring to the table a unique combination of a solid understanding of infrastructure, networking, virtualization, storage, and automation. You will be an integral part of the Cloud Center of Excellence bringing significant advances to the Ensono cloud product & technology portfolio making enhancements to improve reliability and availability delivering best possible customer experience. Role and Responsibility: Build, Operate and Sustain Ensono Cloud platform consisting of VMware Virtualization, Cisco ACI, NSX Software Defined Networking & Security products, and Storage Infrastructure. Proactive health check reviews & audits, for utmost stability and provide automation funnels to DevOps team for visibility Testing of new software/hardware releases to provide life cycle management recommendations. Manage the capacity for cloud platforms globally Participate and Drive Root Cause Analysis for major incidents Manage Ensono cloud platform and provide escalation support. Provide 24x7 on-call rotational support.  Own problem management process to reduce recurring incidents and come up with solutions. Optimize monitored parameters and thresholds. Report on metrics Utilize automation for deployment, ongoing management, and operational service delivery. Drive continual efficiency improvements via process and automation improvement. Build Ensono Cloud solutions for clients based on low level design provided by Cloud Design Assurance team. Create support, capacity and problem management documentation.   Mandatory Skill: Extensive experience with VMware NSX-T network virtualization including security policy deployment and automation. Experience with VMware vSphere deployment, management, and automation Experience with VMware Cloud Director including automation. Experience with Infrastructure Automation tools such as Terraform, Rundeck, GitHub and Ansible. Understanding of Agile Working Methodology & Environment Experience with scripting languages such a Python or PowerShell is a plus Strong experience in running automation using API’s.  Experience with Cisco Networking and ACI   Experience with VMware AVI, F5, A10 or other Load Balancing Technologies Knowledge of Switching and Routing Protocols such as Spanning Tree Protocols, OSPF, BGP, VXLAN, etc. Experience of firewall policy management for NSX and Palo-Alto Exposure with integrating infrastructure elements to third party systems such as BMC, ServiceNow, Infoblox IPAM etc.