Junior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Miratech; Chennai District; Remote; INR 8,00,000 - 12,00,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company is seeking a Junior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer in Chennai to implement and support OpenStack-based private cloud infrastructure. You will be responsible for automation, monitoring, and improving infrastructure resilience. The ideal candidate should have over 2 years of experience with OpenStack and Kubernetes, strong Linux skills, and an understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code tools. Competitive pay, flexible work options, and a focus on professional growth are part of the offer.

Benefits

Health insurance

Language courses

Relocation program

Professional development opportunities

Team-building events

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience with OpenStack and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge in Infrastructure-as-Code using Ansible or Terraform.
• Strong Linux skills required.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the implementation and support of OpenStack infrastructure.
• Contribute to automation tasks for infrastructure setup.
• Monitor and support observability tools for incidents.

Skills

OpenStack cloud environments

Infrastructure-as-Code (Ansible, Terraform)

Linux skills (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu)

Scripting (Python, Bash, Go)

Git and CI/CD pipelines

Tools

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

Cisco UCS

Ceph

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a Junior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to implement and support our community-driven OpenStack-based private cloud infrastructure. You will be directly responsible for ensuring the scalability, resilience, automation, and performance optimization of our cloud environment by leveraging Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools like Ansible, and Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the implementation and support of multi-tenant OpenStack infrastructure and Kubernetes clusters across multi-region environments.
• Support the provisioning and configuration of Ubuntu KVM, Cisco UCS servers, Pure Storage, and Ceph under guidance from senior engineers.
• Contribute to automation tasks using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or Pulumi for infrastructure setup and lifecycle management.
• Help maintain and improve infrastructure delivery pipelines, including updates, patching, and rollback procedures.
• Monitor and support observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, etc.) to detect and report incidents.
• Participate in activities to strengthen high availability, scalability, and disaster recovery of services.
• Assist in troubleshooting infrastructure issues, escalating complex problems to senior team members.
• Join the on-call rotation and contribute to incident response and post-mortem analysis under mentorship.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience operating and automating large-scale OpenStack cloud environments with Ubuntu KVM hypervisors and Kubernetes
• Good knowledge in Infrastructure-as-Code with Ansible, Terraform, or Pulumi.
• Strong Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu) skills and ability to write scripts in Python, Bash, or Go.
• Understanding of Git, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing practices.
• Basic knowledge of hypervisors (KVM, vSphere), software-defined storage protocols (iSCSI, NFS, Ceph), and L2/L3 networking
• Exposure to multi-region or high-availability OpenStack clusters is a plus.

Nice to have

• Good knowledge of Cisco UCS Blade Servers (or similar server infrastructure), Block/File Storage (Software-defined storage preferred).
• Background in telco, edge cloud, or large enterprise infrastructure environments.

Additional Information

We offer:

• Culture of Relentless Performance: join an unstoppable technology development team with a 99% project success rate and more than 30% year-over-year revenue growth.
• Competitive Pay and Benefits: enjoy a comprehensive compensation and benefits package, including health insurance, language courses, and a relocation program.
• Work From Anywhere Culture: make the most of the flexibility that comes with remote work.
• Growth Mindset: reap the benefits of a range of professional development opportunities, including certification programs, mentorship and talent investment programs, internal mobility and internship opportunities.
• Global Impact: collaborate on impactful projects for top global clients and shape the future of industries.
• Welcoming Multicultural Environment: be a part of a dynamic, global team and thrive in an inclusive and supportive work environment with open communication and regular team-building company social events.
• Social Sustainability Values: join oursustainable business practicesfocused on five pillars, including IT education, community empowerment, fair operating practices, environmental sustainability, and gender equality.

Miratech is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status under applicable law.