Senior Private Cloud Engineer

United States Digital Space LLC; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 73,500 - 99,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is building a greenfield private cloud platform based on OpenStack, delivering scalable infrastructure services for engineering teams. You will work across infrastructure and software to build, operate, and improve platform capabilities.

The role emphasizes automation, IaC, and developer experience, with a focus on 24/7 reliability, performance tuning, and collaboration with platform teams to support frictionless workflows for end users.

Qualifications

• Experience with Linux systems.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform/Ansible or other IaC tools.
• Experience of working in a DevOps / SRE environment.
• Programming experience in Python or similar.
• Understanding and ability to debug compute, networking, storage in large production environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate a secure OpenStack environment.
• Implement systems using Infrastructure as Code.
• Develop automation, tooling to build and extend the platform.
• Support and enhance infrastructure CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor, identify and fix issues across compute, storage and networking.
• Collaborate and engage with infrastructure and platform teams to support frictionless workflows for our end users.
• Contribute to 24/7 platform reliability, scalability and performance tuning.

Skills

Linux systems

Terraform/Ansible

DevOps/SRE

Python

Compute/Networking/Storage

Tools

GitOps tools

CI/CD tooling

Job description

the company is reimagining the way we provide our internal users with access to compute, moving from an approach siloed by application to a modern private cloud environment.

This is a great opportunity to build and operate a greenfield private cloud platform based on OpenStack, delivering scalable and reliable infrastructure services for the company's engineering teams.

The platform underpins large-scale engineering workloads and is central to the organisation’s strategy. The platform is to be built using modern platform engineering principles, with strong emphasis on automation, APIs, and developer experience. We have the ambition to build novel capabilities in the infrastructure we run and are working with innovative technology to do so.

You will work across infrastructure and software to build, operate, and improve platform capabilities, contributing new features to the upstream community.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build and operate a secure OpenStack environment.
• Implement systems using Infrastructure as Code.
• Develop automation, tooling to build and extend the platform.
• Support and enhance infrastructure CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor, identify and fix issues across compute, storage and networking.
• Collaborate and engage with infrastructure and platform teams to support frictionless workflows for our end users.
• Contribute to 24/7 platform reliability, scalability and performance tuning.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Experience with Linux systems.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform/Ansible or other IaC tools.
• Experience of working in a DevOps / SRE environment.
• Programming experience in Python or similar.
• Understanding and ability to debug compute, networking, storage in large production environments.

“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience:

• Exposure to modern cloud native principles.
• Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana)!
• Exposure to large-scale or multi-tenant environments.
• Exposure to GitOps driven and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, ArgoCD. FluxCD, etc)
• Contribution to Open Source projects!

In Return:

You will work on a modern internal platform used by engineering teams across the organization and globe.

You will develop your skills across cloud, software and platform engineering.

We offer a collaborative environment focused on continuous improvement and learning.

Our 10x Mindset

At the company, we believe progress happens when people are empowered to think bigger and push beyond what seems possible. Our 10x mindset is about curiosity, ambition and creating impact that will be used by millions. We learn fast, prioritise collaboration and turn bold ideas into real technology. We look for people who are inspired by this way of working and want to grow in an environment where bold ideas are welcomed. Discover how the 10x mindset shapes life at the company: https://careers.the company.com/10x-mindset

Use of AI in Your Application

At the company, we embrace the benefits AI can bring, including in recruitment. You may use AI to support your preparation, such as improving the clarity of written responses, practicing interview questions, or learning more about our industry. However, your application and interview responses must reflect your own thinking, experience, and abilities. We want to understand your authentic perspective, creativity, and approach to problem solving. As such, you may not use AI to complete assigned tasks as part of any assessments. If you plan to use AI-supported or assistive technologies as part of a reasonable adjustment, please contact [e-mail] so we can support you.

Recruitment Adjustments and Accommodations

At the company, we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email [e-mail]. To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by the company to arrange for appropriate accommodations. All accommodation or adjustment requests will be treated with confidentiality, and information concerning these requests will only be disclosed as necessary to provide the accommodation. Although this is not an exhaustive list, examples of support include breaks between interviews, having documents read aloud, or office accessibility. Please email us about anything we can do to accommodate you during the recruitment process.

Hybrid Working

the company’s approach to hybrid working is designed to create a working environment that supports both high performance and personal wellbeing. We believe in bringing people together face to face to enable us to work at pace, whilst recognizing the value of flexibility. Within that framework, we empower groups/teams to determine their own hybrid working patterns, depending on the work and the team’s needs. Details of what this means for each role will be shared upon application. In some cases, the flexibility we can offer is limited by local legal, regulatory, tax, or other considerations, and where this is the case, we will collaborate with you to find the best solution. Please talk to us to find out more about what this could look like for you.

Equal Opportunities

the company is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues. We are a diverse organization of dedicated and innovative individuals, and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Salary Range:

£73500 * £99500

per year