JMA makes 5G possible for organizations with the most critical connectivity demands in the world. From its global tech centers, JMA is ushering in a new era of connectivity for leading mobile carriers, the most iconic stadiums, major universities, leading healthcare facilities, and the busiest transit centers.5G is more than another G on your phone — it is a generational opportunity to change the way the world operates. Join the industry’s fastest growing technology company to shape that future today. We are looking for a Junior Platform Engineer to join our R&D department. The ideal candidate will be responsible for assisting in managing and maintaining the platform services that support our R&D activities. This includes working with our OpenShift-based cluster, supporting the hardware and networking infrastructure, and learning key operational processes such as asset management, monitoring, reporting, virtual machine provisioning, IP address management (IPAM), backups, and distributed storage management using Ceph.
Responsibilities:
1. Assist in maintaining and optimizing the OpenShift-based platform used for R&D activities.
2. Learn and assist in implementing monitoring solutions to ensure platform reliability.
3. Support the generation of reports on platform performance and resource usage.
4. Assist in virtual machine provisioning and automation processes.
5. Contribute to backup and disaster recovery strategies.
6. Learn to administer and optimize the Ceph cluster as a distributed storage solution.
7. Collaborate with other R&D teams and senior engineers to enhance platform capabilities.
8. Develop skills in automation and infrastructure as code (IaC) best practices.
9. Help with asset management, ensuring proper tracking and lifecycle management.
10. Help manage IP address allocation (IPAM) and network configuration.
11. Handle monitoring and alerting for HW issues, Network issues and Expired Support
12. Automate configuration pull and push (Discovery services and Configuration manager)
13. Manage R&D Networking and Hardware
14. Refactor Server Room colocation and cabling
15. Do maintenance of HW license support and HW compatibility (Network cards, SFP, RAM quantity and position)
16. Implement/maintain an automated device/network discovery system to ensure an always updated source-of-truth
Qualifications:
17. Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering or computer science, Master’s degree is a plus
18. 0-2+ Years of experience as a Network/IT engineer or System Administrator or DevOps Engineer
19. Knowledge and hands-on experience with server management and network device configurations
20. Proficiency with Python and Bash scripting languages
21. Proficiency with RESTful API concepts
22. Good Knowledges of Linux Operating System and command line
23. Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
24. Knowledge of Virtualization and container technologies
25. Bilingual in Italian & English
26. Familiarity with tools like Netbox, Prometheus, Grafana is a plus
27. Familiarity with Kubernetes is a plus
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