Looking for: OpenStack Architect
Job Type: Contract/Fulltime
Location: Noida, India
Description:
We are seeking a skilled and experienced OpenStack Architect to design, implement, and optimize OpenStack-based private cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in OpenStack components, cloud architecture best practices, and a strong background in systems engineering or DevOps. You will be responsible for guiding architectural decisions, developing scalable and secure cloud solutions, and collaborating across teams to deliver enterprise-grade cloud services.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design end-to-end OpenStack cloud infrastructure solutions based on business and technical requirements.
- Define and document architecture, standards, and best practices for deploying and managing OpenStack environments.
- Lead the deployment, configuration, and lifecycle management of OpenStack components
- Integrate OpenStack with existing infrastructure (compute, network, storage) and third-party tools.
- Provide guidance on capacity planning, monitoring, and high-availability strategies.
- Collaborate with DevOps and engineering teams to automate deployments using tools like Ansible, Terraform, or Heat.
- Ensure security, compliance, and governance within the OpenStack environment.
- Conduct performance tuning, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis of infrastructure issues.
- Stay up to date with OpenStack releases and emerging technologies in the cloud ecosystem.
- Provide mentorship and technical leadership to junior engineers and support staff.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 5+ years of experience in cloud architecture, systems engineering, or related roles.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience architecting and managing OpenStack environments.
- Proficiency with OpenStack core components
- Strong experience with Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu) system administration.
- Familiarity with SDN, storage backends (Ceph, NFS, iSCSI), and virtualization technologies (KVM, QEMU).
- Experience with automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools like Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, or Heat.
- Knowledge of container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and their integration with OpenStack (e.g., Magnum, Zun) is a plus.
- Strong understanding of networking concepts, including VLANs, VXLANs, routing, and firewalls.
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- OpenStack Certified (e.g., COA - Certified OpenStack Administrator).
- Experience with multi-region OpenStack deployments.
- Familiarity with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios).
- Background in CI/CD and DevOps practices.
- Experience in hybrid cloud or cloud migration projects.
