

OpenStack Operations Engineer
TEKsystems
Posted Friday, March 28, 2025
Posting ID: JP-005168661
Top Skills' Details
East Coast candidates preferred. EST hours.
8+ years of IT experience; 5+ years of relevant experience in Virtualization and Cloud Infrastructure.
***Need someone with not just operations experience but also implementation/deployment experience - experience with virtual machine management.
• Solid cloud infrastructure background and operational, fixing , problem-solving experience especially in RHEL KVM environments.
• Software development lifecycle including design, development, testing, packaging, deployment, upgrade and support.
• Extensive experience in RHEL KVM virtualization, including configuring and optimizing virtual machines, networking, and high availability.
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and/or CentOS build, development, and operations.
• Strong software development experience in Python, with proven experience in Ansible or Puppet for configuration management.
• OpenStack development and operations experience
· Must demonstrate knowledge with administrating OpenStack
· Must demonstrate knowledge with KVM and provisioning hardware + OS
· Strong knowledge on networking and hardware
Description
We are currently seeking an OpenStack Operations Engineer(T2 Escalation)
Skills -
Openstack
Openstack Troubleshooting/Ops Knowledge/Linux
Ansible
Networking
CICD/Git
This group Operates the entire private cloud by using OpenStack.
• The team size for the project is around 18 or 19 members, located across India and the US.
• The role is a combination of operations and development in a 24/7 model.
• The team handles escalations and works on automation and DevOps projects.
• The interview structure includes one technical round and one manager round, conducted via Webex.
• Will evaluate the performance of the candidates based on sprint deliverables and feedback from the technical team
• Intermediate in Python
• CI/CD – GitHub/GitHub Actions very important and GitLab would be a plus. They are moving from GitLab to GitHub.
• Jenkins not needed.
• Ansible and Linux are very important.
• OpenShift, Kubernetes, network knowledge.
Skills
openstack, kvm, ansible, github, gitlab, jenkins, conjur
Top Skills Details
openstack,kvm,ansible,github
Additional Skills & Qualifications
Strong background in a DevOps environment is essential. Jenkins is something this org uses a lot.
This person will focus on developing and deploying platform automation and tools for on-premises (OpenStack/BareMetal) cloud infrastructure. Proven experience with KVM, virtualization, Python, and Ansible is essential for this role.
Experience Level
Intermediate Level
Contact Information
Email: ryanhughes@teksystems.com