Associate Engineer, Cloud Engineering Job Listing at Intelsat in Ellenwood, GA (Job ID 41930)

Description

Job Title: Associate Engineer Cloud Engineering

Your impact:

You will have the opportunity to join an innovative team that is responsible for transforming the customer experience by creating and bringing to market new products and services based upon globalized connectivity without boundaries.  As an associate cloud engineer, you will support the development of Intelsat's private datacenter architecture and design.

What you will do: 

• Maintain existing server physical hardware including adding NIC cards, adding RAM, and cabling to top of rack switches or physical appliances.
• Maintain host environment including upgrading host OS and ensuring software releases and associated dependencies are up to date.
• Configure and deploy guest VMs within the cloud virtualization platform such as vSphere.
• Configure and deploy CNFs within container orchestration platform.
• Assist with troubleshooting of issues related to hosted VNFs and CNFs deployments.
• Support datacenter cloud monitoring tools development 
• Support the design and development of orchestration of cloud components.
• Support cloud leads in development activities for private and public cloud.
• Maintain and update relevant documentation. 
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 Your required experience/skills:

• This role is subject to EAR/ITAR and candidates must be US Persons (US Citizens, Permanent Residents, Asylees, Refugees)
• A bachelor's degree in engineering or technology
• Technical knowledge of datacenter virtualization, containers, and orchestration of VNFs/CNFs within a hybrid cloud environment that is global in scale.
• Technical understanding of datacenter virtualization with containers, Kubernetes, microservices and cluster computing within public and private cloud infrastructure
• Familiarity with the virtualization of key network functions used for Intelsat's next-gen SDN: SatComm platform, 3GPP mobile network, content delivery networks, etc.
• Knowledge of ETSI NFV, ONF/CORD and other relevant standards
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Access, etc.)
• Good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively to senior leadership.

Your success in this role will look like: 

• Adaptability, creative thinking, team player, openness, culture champion with experience fostering inclusive work environments, embracing diverse thinking and styles, positive attitude
• Effective verbal and written communication skills

It would be nice if you had: 

• Familiarity with Network Function Virtualization and Software-Defined Network technologies: Linux, CentOS, SRIOV, DPDK, OpenStack, VMWare, KVM, OpenShift, Rancher, OVS, JSON, REST, YANG, NetConf, RestConf, OSI model, Ethernet, IP, UDP/TCP

How we support you: 

• Hybrid work environment offering up to two days per week work from home (for eligible positions)
• Development opportunities supporting professional growth championed by our dedicated Learning & Development team. 20-25% of our positions are hired internally!
• Ways to get involved: satellite launch parties, company connect events, charitable activities, team social events, recognition programs, and employee resource groups.
• Wide range of benefits and perks to help you stay healthy, happy, and productive. These include paid leave programs, medical, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits, employee wellness offerings, and more! 

These benefits are designed to support your overall well-being and help you succeed in your role.

Our D&I Commitment: 

We're committed to fostering a culture and environment of diversity, inclusion, and respect – a place where everyone can show up fully as themselves and do their best work every day. We're a technology leader committed to advancing diverse, inclusive teams – where belonging is rooted in our culture. Intelsat has an established Diversity & Inclusion Council and Employee Resource Groups. Intelsat is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. 

While it is important to note that meeting the minimum qualifications is a fundamental requirement for consideration, if you are enthusiastic about this role and are unsure how well your experience aligns with these requirements, we encourage you to apply. Our recruitment team will assess your application and determine if your skills and qualifications meet the essential criteria for this role or whether there might be another role within our organization that is a better match.

Other Job Info:

• These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job.  This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees assigned to this job.