CF Engine Expert with Configuration Management

Job Description:

Experience Desired: 10+ Years.

Qualification:

• 10 years of experience working with CF Engine
• Excellent communication skills

Responsibilities:

• Document CFEngine policies in a clear and organized manner, ensuring that all configurations and settings are thoroughly explained.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation for new policies and changes to existing policies.
• Policy Review and Optimization:
• Regularly review existing CFEngine policies to identify areas for improvement, optimization, and simplification.
• Analyze policy effectiveness, performance, and impact on system resources.
• Identify and resolve policy conflicts, redundancies, and inefficiencies.
• Suggest and implement improvements to enhance policy effectiveness and efficiency.
• CFEngine Server and Component Upgrades:
• Plan and execute upgrades of the CFEngine server and related components (e.g., hub, mission portal) to the latest stable versions.
• Perform thorough testing and validation of upgrades in a non-production environment before deployment.
• Ensure smooth transition and minimal disruption to production systems during upgrades.
• Document upgrade procedures and maintain version control.
• Plan and coordinate the upgrade of CFEngine clients across the organization's infrastructure.
• Develop and implement a rolling upgrade strategy to minimize downtime and service disruptions.
• Test and validate client upgrades in a non-production environment before deployment.
• Provide guidance and support to system administrators during the client upgrade process.
• Monitor and troubleshoot any issues arising from client upgrades.
• Work closely with system administrators, developers, and other stakeholders to understand their configuration management needs and requirements.
• Provide training and knowledge transfer sessions on CFEngine policies, best practices, and configuration management concepts.
• Participate in knowledge-sharing sessions and contribute to the organization's configuration management best practices.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest developments, features, and best practices in configuration management and CFEngine.
• Continuously explore and evaluate new technologies and tools that can enhance the organization's configuration management capabilities.
• Implement processes for continuous improvement, including regular policy reviews, automation, and performance monitoring

Requirements:

• (Team size, direct reports, key deliverables, unique selling points, additional qualifications, team culture etc.)
• Individual contributor role but critical.
• Client is on tight deadlines and resource needs to ensure that you can understand the requirements, come up with options & suggestions, create Design, Create Plan & deliver to plan to agreed timelines

Key Skills:

Configuration Management , CF Engine , CFEngine Server , CFEngine Policies