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# Staff Core Infrastructure Engineer

- **Company:** Crypto Our Krakenites
- **Location:** Spain (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computing Platforms, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Linux, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Networking Basics, OpenStack, Virtual Machines, Openstack Neutron, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Bare Metal, Terraform, Golang
- **Published:** November 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.es/details/5954142036

## About the Role

* 7+ years of hands-on OpenStack experience (deployment, configuration, troubleshooting), at scale
 * Expert-level proficiency of OpenStack architecture, reliability, optimization, and operations
 * Proficient with Openstack's Nova, Ironic, Neutron for host provisioning, networking and virtual machines management at scale in on-premises datacenters
 * Strong background in Linux, networking fundamentals, and distributed systems
 * Experience with automation tools (Salt, Terraform) and infrastructure-as-code practices
 * Strong security mindset with experience enforcing best practices in complex environments
 * Proficiency in two or more languages: Python, Go, Bash
 * Excellent communication and leadership skills, with ability to influence technical direction
 * Comfortable working independently in a highly distributed, remote-first team
 * Self-starter able to navigate multiple projects, domains, and problems

Nice to have's

 * Experience building and maintaining Kubernetes clusters running on top of Openstack
 * Experience orchestrating multiple regional datacenters at scale

## Description

The Core Infrastructure - Platforms team is responsible for the foundational platform that powers all Kraken on-premises and cloud infrastructure. We design and operate the systems that enable all engineering at Kraken; bringing together compute, storage, orchestration, and more into a unified reliable platform. You'll join a senior group of engineers working closely with SRE, Networking, and Security to deliver a stable, scalable, and secure foundation for all workloads. We're looking for someone to help modernize our datacenter stack and lead the buildout of the next-generation compute platform that powers all on-premises infrastructure. This is a Staff-level role with deep technical ownership, architectural influence, and hands-on responsibility.

The opportunity

 * Help design and architect Kraken's OpenStack-based compute platform
 * Lead the deployment, configuration, and scaling of OpenStack across multiple datacenters
 * Manage, optimize, and maintain Kraken's OpenStack environments and lifecycle workflows
 * Build and evolve bare-metal and Virtual Machines provisioning using OpenStack components
 * Help integrate our Kubernetes platform with OpenStack to provide a unified compute foundation
 * Partner with networking, security, engineering, platform and SRE teams to define long-term datacenter strategy
 * Mentor engineers and contribute to roadmaps for private-cloud and datacenter evolution
 * Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure the reliability of the core infrastructure platform