Job Openings OpenStack Engineer

About the job OpenStack Engineer

Job Description:

  • Location: Fully remote, Central Europe Time Zone
  • Start date: To be defined
  • Languages: English is mandatory

The candidate is expected to have a senior level of proficiency in OpenStack technology, with at least five years of relevant experience and significant exposure to OpenStack cloud infrastructure implementation, as well as participation in back-end administration and support.
The consultant will work under the supervision of the OpenStack Core Infrastructure Engineer.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Provide technical support for implementing OpenStack cloud and related technologies i.e. MAAS, CEPH, and Kubernetes.
  • Create and maintain documentation for the OpenStack software stack related to its deployment and technical configurations, including technical diagrams.
  • Support UNIQCloud OpenStack implementation in routine system updates and maintenance tasks, including updating core cloud infrastructure components, applying patches, and performing system checks.
  • Collaborate with Engineering and Infrastructure teams to ensure our infrastructure solutions enable and meet their needs.
  • Monitor system performance and ensure system availability and reliability, tuning systems for optimal performance.
  • Automate routine tasks with scripting languages and OpenStack components. Use orchestration tools to manage and automate deployments.
  • Stand-by services during weekends, official holidays, and outside business hours as required

Required Qualifications & Experience

  • Proven experience in supporting OpenStack architecture, deployment and administration, with a strong focus on managing large-scale deployments.
  • Experience with automation tools for infrastructure provisioning and configuration management including Ansible, Terraform, and Puppet.
  • Strong knowledge of General-Purpose Programming Languages like Python or Bash.
  • Experience with bare-metal provisioning, particularly with tools like RH Satellite, Ironic or MAAS.
  • Strong knowledge of container technologies, including Orchestration tools such as Kubernetes or Docker.
  • Hands-on experience in continuous integration and continuous delivery /continuous deployment
  • (CI/CD) pipelines.

Education and Certifications:

  • OpenStack Administrator
  • Certification in Linux (e.g. LPIC, RHCE)
  • Relevant industry certifications