Senior Private Cloud Engineer

Camwebdir; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Arm is building a modern private cloud platform based on OpenStack to provide scalable infrastructure for engineering teams. You will design, build, and operate a secure OpenStack environment, and develop automation to extend the platform across compute, storage, and networking.

You will work in a DevOps/SRE style, with emphasis on automation, APIs, and developer experience, contributing to 24/7 platform reliability and global collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• Experience with Linux systems.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform/Ansible or other IaC tools.
• Experience 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.
• Develop automation and 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 with infrastructure and platform teams to support frictionless workflows for end users.
• Contribute to 24/7 platform reliability, scalability and performance tuning.

Skills

Linux

DevOps/SRE

Python

Distributed infra

IaC

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

OpenStack

Prometheus

Grafana

Jenkins

ArgoCD

FluxCD

Job description

Arm 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 Arm'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.
• 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.

Accommodations at Arm

At Arm, we want to build extraordinary teams. If you need an adjustment or an accommodation during the recruitment process, please email [email protected]. To note, by sending us the requested information, you consent to its use by Arm 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 at Arm

Arm’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 at Arm

Arm 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.