OpenStack Infrastructure Engineer

SUMMARY:
Our client is looking for an OpenStack Infrastructure Engineer to join their team. This is an exciting opportunity for an infrastructure-focused engineer with a passion for cloud platforms, Linux, automation, networking, and large-scale compute and storage environments.

The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, building, managing, and scaling OpenStack-based infrastructure while ensuring high levels of performance, stability, security, and reliability across mission-critical hosting platforms.

POSITION INFO:
Requirements: Relevant Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field. Experience operating open-source infrastructure platforms and cloud environments. Experience with OpenStack implementation, administration, operations, or troubleshooting. Experience with Ceph or similar distributed storage systems. Strong Linux systems administration and troubleshooting skills. Experience with virtualization and cloud infrastructure at scale. Understanding of enterprise-grade server hardware, storage systems, networking equipment, and data centre environments. Strong networking fundamentals, including IPv4, IPv6, switching, routing, and cloud networking concepts. Exposure to OVN, Open vSwitch (OVS), BGP, LACP, Juniper networking technologies, or similar technologies would be advantageous. Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), configuration management, and automation practices. Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or similar automation tools. Experience troubleshooting across compute, storage, networking, hypervisors, databases, containers, and operating systems. Strong understanding of infrastructure security, access control, and operational best practices. Knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and operational resilience. Experience with monitoring and observability platforms. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Excellent documentation and technical communication skills. Ability to work effectively within a distributed team environment. Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation and support occasional after-hours maintenance and incident response activities. Strong sense of ownership and commitment to delivering reliable solutions. Technologies & Tools: Experience with several of the following technologies will be highly advantageous: OpenStack Ceph Ubuntu Linux Ansible Terraform Docker LXC Nspawn OVN Open vSwitch (OVS) BGP JunOS LACP Prometheus Grafana Git Jira Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Cloud Infrastructure & Virtualization Key Competencies: Infrastructure Design & Architecture Cloud Engineering Linux Administration Distributed Storage Network Engineering Automation & Scripting Platform Reliability Capacity Planning Performance Optimization Incident Management Technical Documentation Continuous Improvement Team Collaboration Application Note: If you have not received feedback within two weeks after the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful. Your profile will remain in our database for consideration for future opportunities. For more exciting IT vacancies, explore opportunities in: Cloud Engineering Infrastructure Engineering Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) DevOps Engineering Platform Engineering Systems Administration Network Engineering Cybersecurity Software Development Data Engineering Big Data & Analytics Solutions Architecture Technical Operations For more information, contact: Tshepiso Mahiane Recruitment Consultant For more information please contact: Tshepiso Mashiane