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

- **Company:** SR Partners LLC
- **Location:** San Jose, CA, United States
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** 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, 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
- **Published:** October 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/1f376747-bed5-4d72-b109-972fa3e6765d

## About the Role

* 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.

## 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.