Senior Solution Architect Cloud Data Center at Alcatel-Lucent

Description:

This vital role requires both deep and wide Cloud technology experience in customer facing setting. Ability to design and implement Cloud & DC technology solutions utilizing AWS, Office 365, Azure, EMS, and others. -?xml:namespace prefix = “o” ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /->

• Responsible for leading client engagements, RFP responses, developing service offerings, and participating in pre-sales process including the development of proposals and estimates. This role requires a technically strong Senior Consultant with diverse Cloud competencies who is resourceful, confident under pressure, and has demonstrated skill in both Network and IT Infrastructure Design and Deployment. Also critical to this role is the need for an acute understanding of Business Developmen

o Identifying relevant specific components and interfaces needed for a cloud infrastructure & virtualization platforms

o Ability to spin up POCs and customer demos quickly based on customer requirements for new features

o fine tune technical solution to real world production deployment identifying external interfaces to OSS/BSS,Orch,VNFM ,chargeback and NFVI FCAPS

o Should be able to handle commercial deployment and planning aspects such Auto deployment, Configuration management, Disaster Recovery, Backup and Restore

o Working knowledge of white box COTS & vendor HW products on server(HP,Dell) . storage(EMC,NetApp) & DC network (HP,Juniper)

o Architectural know how on special HW/SW based tech such as SR IOV,PCI pass-through ,DPDK and accelerators

o End to end architectural know how on following Openstack components

• RHEL host OS & Linux components (ovs)
• Nova(Compute),
• Cinder(storage)

CEPH storage

FCOE and FC

iSCSI

• Neutron(network) & SDN

VLAN and overlay (VXLAN, MPLSGRE etc)

DC network virtualization based on SDN controllers and virtual switches

Opendaylight SDN controllers and vendor specific controllers from Brocade, Juniper etc

Host based acceleration techniques such as 6Wind

• Cloud Management Platform ( RedHat CloudForms, VIM controller)

o End to end architectural know how on following VMWare components

• Compute
• Storage
• Network
• SDN