Opening for OpenStack Cloud Platform Engineer || San Jose, CA-95134 -Hybrid

SR Partners LLC
San Jose, CA, United States
6 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Bash Shell Cloud Computing Linux Disaster Recovery Domain Name System (DNS) Python (Programming Language) Kernel-Based Virtual Machine Network Security Linux System Administration
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Routing OpenShift OpenStack Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ansible Runbook Systems Integration TCP/IP Virtualization Technology Ceph (Software) Data Logging Google Cloud Load Balancing Cloud Platform System Openstack Neutron System Availability Kubernetes Storage Technologies SDN Network Deployment Automation Cinder (Software) Slurm Terraform

Job description

  • Deploy, configure, operate, and troubleshoot production OpenStack environments.
  • Support OpenStack services including Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone, Glance, Heat, Placement, and Octavia.
  • Manage compute, storage, networking, identity, images, quotas, and tenant environments.
  • Monitor platform capacity, availability, performance, and service health.
  • Perform upgrades, patching, lifecycle management, migrations, and capacity expansions.
  • Troubleshoot complex issues across compute, network, storage, virtualization, and control-plane layers.
  • Automate provisioning and platform operations using Ansible, Terraform, Python, Bash, or similar tools.
  • Support KVM virtualization and integrations with Ceph or other distributed-storage platforms.
  • Build monitoring, alerting, logging, and operational dashboards.
  • Conduct root-cause analysis and implement preventive corrective actions.
  • Create platform documentation, operational runbooks, recovery procedures, and architecture diagrams.
  • Collaborate with Linux, networking, storage, security, OpenShift, and application teams.

Requirements

  • Strong production experience with OpenStack administration and operations.
  • Hands-on knowledge of Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone, Glance, and Placement.
  • Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting experience.
  • Experience with KVM and virtualization technologies.
  • Knowledge of software-defined networking, TCP/IP, DNS, routing, load balancing, and network security.
  • Experience with block, object, and distributed-storage technologies.
  • Proficiency with Ansible, Terraform, Python, or Bash.
  • Experience with platform monitoring, logging, incident response, and root-cause analysis.
  • Understanding of high availability, scalability, capacity management, and disaster recovery.

Preferred Skills:

  • OpenShift or Kubernetes administration experience.
  • Experience with Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift.
  • Ceph architecture and operations experience.
  • Experience supporting EDA, AI/ML, HPC, GPU, or large-scale batch workloads.
  • Knowledge of Slurm, LSF, or similar workload schedulers.
  • Red Hat, OpenStack, OpenShift, or Kubernetes certification.
  • Public-cloud experience with Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.

Success Measures:

  • High platform availability and service reliability.
  • Faster provisioning and improved infrastructure utilization.
  • Successful upgrades and expansions with minimal disruption.
  • Reduction in recurring incidents and manual operational effort.
  • Improved monitoring, automation, and platform documentation.

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