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Five9 is a leading provider of cloud contact center software, bringing the power of cloud innovation to customers worldwide. \nLiving our values everyday results in our team-first culture and enables us to innovate, grow, and thrive while enjoying the journey together. We celebrate diversity and foster an inclusive environment, empowering our employees to be their authentic selves. \nWe are seeking a highly experienced Senior DevOps Engineer - Storage Platforms to build, automate and operate large-scale Software Defined Storage (SDS) and Kubernetes platforms in a private cloud environment. This role focuses on Storage Engineering with Infrastructure-as-Code and GitOps practices while ensuring scalability, resilience, and performance.\nThis is a deeply technical role requiring expert-level understanding of Software Defined Storage, Kubernetes and extensive working knowledge on Linux Operating systems. You will also collaborate with platform and SRE teams to maintain secure, performant, and multi-tenant-isolated services that serve high-throughput, mission-critical applications. \nKey Responsibilities\nDeploy, automate, and operate large-scale Software Defined Storage architectures across private and public cloud regions within ITIL methodology.\nDeploy and support enterprise storage platforms (Pure Storage, HPE, NetApp) and SDS solutions (Ceph, Longhorn).\nIntegrate self-service storage workflows for Kubernetes CSI and OpenStack consumers (VM and Baremetal).\nImplement and manage backup solutions (preferably Rubik).\nBuild and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code for storage platforms using Ansible, Terraform, Helm and Git, with Python/Bash automation.\nImplement CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure updates, patching, upgrades, testing, and rollback.\nImplement and improve monitoring, alerting, and observability for storage systems (capacity, latency, IOPS, recovery health) using GitOps and tools such as Prometheus, Loki, and Grafana.\nPerform deep troubleshooting across storage, Kubernetes, hypervisors, networking, and Linux systems.\nDevelop and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, operational procedures, and runbooks\nParticipate in on-call rotations, incident response, and root cause analysis.\nCollaborate globally on change management, documentation, and operational best practices.\nMinimum Qualifications\n6+ years of experience managing enterprise storage and Kubernetes platforms on Linux.\nStrong hands-on experience with SDS solutions (Ceph, Longhorn) and storage migrations from legacy systems.\nExpertise with block, file, and object storage, including Fibre Channel (Cisco MDS) and IP-based protocols (NVMe-oF or iSCSI farbics).\nExpert knowledge of Kubernetes and Linux systems (Ubuntu, RHEL/CentOS).\nProficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) (Ansible, Terraform) for provisioning storage and backup schedules\nExpertise in backup technologies (preferably Rubik)\nStrong scripting skills in Python and Bash (Golang (GO) a plus).\nExperience operating 24x7 mission-critical production environments.\nHands-on experience with KVM hypervisors (Suse Harvester, OpenStack).\nStrong written and verbal communication skills.\nProficiency with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks\nAbility to write technical documentation and contribute to community wikis or knowledge bases.\nBachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent professional experience.\nPreferred Qualifications \nOpenStack Cinder multi-backend administration.\nBackup platforms (Rubrik).\nUnderstanding of CIS/NIST security and infrastructure lifecycle management.\nITIL Foundation/advanced certifications in support of ITSM standard methodology.\nBackground in telco, edge cloud, or large enterprise environments.\nCNCF Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) or Red Hat specialist in Ceph Storage Administrator (EX125) certifications.\nMaster’s degree in computer science, IT, Engineering, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience and relevant industry certifications will also be considered.\nWhat You’ll Get \nA collaborative team that’s deeply invested in infrastructure excellence.\nComplex technical challenges that require creative, scalable solutions.\nThe opportunity to shape a next-generation private cloud platform-built reliability.\nAccess to the latest tools, frameworks, and upstream project developments. \nSkills and Attributes: \nAnalytical Thinking & Problem Solving: Demonstrated ability to translate complex, cross-domain requirements into scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure and automation solutions.\nCollaboration & Teamwork: Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a proven track record of effective collaboration across multidisciplinary teams, including developers, operations, security, and product stakeholders.\n Mentorship & Leadership: Passionate about knowledge-sharing and mentorship, with experience guiding junior engineers and fostering a team culture of continuous learning, innovation, and technical excellence in cloud engineering and DevOps practices.\nWork Location: This role is fully remote for candidates who reside outside the 30 mile radius of one of our offices. For candidates who reside within a 30 mile radius of one of our offices, this role is Hybrid and would require 3 days a week (T, W, TH) in office. \nAs part of our continued commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, Five9 supports pay transparency during the entire recruitment process. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate including, but not limited to: skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the job across the United States. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation package during your hiring process.\nAdditionally, the total compensation package for this position may also include an annual performance bonus, stock, and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans.\nOur total reward package also includes:\nHealth, dental, and vision coverage, beginning on the first day of employment. Five9 covers 100% of the employee portion of the health, dental and vision coverage and shares a high portion of the dependent cost. We also offer Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance, and a 401k saving plan with employer matching.\nAccess to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.\nGenerous employee stock purchase plan.\nPaid Time Off, Company paid holidays, paid volunteer hours and 12 weeks paid parental leave.\nAll compensation and benefits are subject to the requirements and restrictions set forth in the applicable plan documents and any written agreements between the parties.\nThe US base salary range for this role is below.\n$90,700—$252,200 USD\nFive9 embraces diversity and is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better we are. Five9 is an equal opportunity employer. \nFive9 is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application and interview process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at  to request an accommodation. Requests will be handled confidentially and in accordance with applicable law.\nView our privacy policy, including our privacy notice to California residents here: https://www.five9.com/pt-pt/legal. \nNote: Five9 will never request that an applicant send money as a prerequisite for commencing employment with Five9.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7911,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":6,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan","Continuous learning","Equity","Life insurance","Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Conversational AI","AI Agents","Contact Center Software"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-07-10T18:13:37Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 14 · green card filings: 8","filings_12m":14,"filings_prev_12m":11,"green_card_filings_12m":8,"median_offered_wage_usd":141136,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-15T11:24:14+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":11}],"liveness":{"score":31,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.7,"p_room":0.44,"age_days":97,"expected_fill_days":76,"reasons":["conf:0","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-16T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":252200,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/five9-senior-devops-engineer-storage-platforms","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/five9-senior-devops-engineer-storage-platforms.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-17T05:09:57Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":6821,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-18T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":58571},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=58571"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Ffive9-senior-devops-engineer-storage-platforms"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Ffive9-senior-devops-engineer-storage-platforms"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Ffive9-senior-devops-engineer-storage-platforms"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/five9-senior-devops-engineer-storage-platforms\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Ffive9-senior-devops-engineer-storage-platforms"}]}