Staff Systems Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure

Cadence Design Systems; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cadence Design Systems is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure in Bengaluru/Noida. This role involves designing and managing large-scale public, private, and hybrid cloud platforms, specializing in OpenStack and cloud IaaS technologies.

The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of experience and strong leadership in complex cloud initiatives while mentoring senior engineers. This position offers an opportunity to influence platform strategy in a cutting-edge tech environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, or large-scale platform engineering.
• Deep, hands-on experience with OpenStack in production environments.
• Proven experience designing and operating large-scale private and hybrid cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement reference architectures for private cloud and hybrid environments.
• Serve as a technical expert for OpenStack.
• Design and integrate workloads across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.

Skills

OpenStack services

Linux systems

Virtualization (KVM)

Container platforms (Kubernetes)

Infrastructure automation

CI/CD pipelines

Education

BE/BTech/ME/MTech in CS/Electronics

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Job description

## Staff Systems Engineer – Cloud InfrastructureApplylocations: NOIDA: BANGALOREtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R54296## **At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.****Position:** Staff Systems Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure**Grade:** IT4**Location:** Noida/Bangalore**Job Summary**We are seeking a **Staff Systems Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure** to design, implement, and manage large-scale **public, private, and hybrid cloud platforms**, with deep expertise in **OpenStack and cloud IaaS technologies**. This role will serve as a **technical authority and architect** for cloud infrastructure platforms that power mission-critical workloads across EDA, Systems design, AI/ML, and high-performance computing environments.The ideal candidate brings **hands-on engineering depth**, strong **systems thinking**, and a proven track record of **leading complex cloud platform initiatives**—from architecture through production operations—while mentoring senior engineers and influencing platform strategy across the organization.**Key Responsibilities****Cloud Platform Architecture & Strategy*** Define and implement **reference architectures** for private cloud (OpenStack) and hybrid/multi-cloud environments.* Contribute towards architectural decisions for **compute, storage, networking, and control plane services** at scale.* Ensure platform consistency, scalability, resiliency, and operational excellence across regions and data centers.* Evaluate and guide adoption of emerging cloud and IaaS technologies aligned with business and platform strategy.**Private Cloud & OpenStack Leadership*** Serve as a **technical expert for OpenStack** (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone, Glance, Heat, Octavia, etc.).* Monitor, maintain, and optimize OpenStack deployments for **performance, availability, upgradeability, and lifecycle management**.* Lead complex upgrades, migrations, and capacity expansions with minimal customer impact.* Define best practices for **multi-tenant isolation, quota management, and SLA-driven design**.**Public Cloud & Hybrid Cloud Integration*** Design and integrate workloads across **AWS, Azure, and/or GCP** alongside private cloud platforms.* Establish patterns for **hybrid networking, identity federation, workload portability**.* Provide technical guidance on cloud-native and IaaS-based workload placement decisions.**Infrastructure Engineering & Automation*** Develop **infrastructure-as-code** and automation using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Helm, and CI/CD pipelines.* Promote platform standardization, self-service provisioning, and repeatable operational workflows.* Perform SRE and operations activities to improve **observability, reliability, and incident response**.**Performance, Scale & Reliability*** Perform root cause analysis for complex platform issues across compute, network, and storage layers.* Optimize cloud platforms for **high-performance workloads**, including AI/ML, batch, and HPC-style systems.* Monitor and improve key reliability, performance, and capacity metrics.**Technical Leadership & Collaboration*** Act as a **senior technical authority** across cloud, infrastructure teams.* Mentor senior engineers; raise the technical bar across the organization.* Influence roadmap priorities through deep technical insight and clear communication with engineering and technical leaders.* Partner closely with security, networking, hardware, and application teams to deliver integrated solutions.**Required Qualifications****Experience*** **8+ years** of experience in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, or large-scale platform engineering.* **Deep, hands-on experience with OpenStack** in production environments.* Proven experience designing and operating **large-scale private and hybrid cloud platforms**.* Demonstrated leadership on complex, cross-team infrastructure initiatives.**Technical Expertise*** Strong knowledge of: + OpenStack services (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone, etc.) + Linux systems, virtualization (KVM), and container platforms (Kubernetes) + Software-defined networking (SDN), L2/L3 networking, load balancing + Distributed storage systems (Ceph, object/block storage)* Experience with: + Public cloud IaaS (AWS, Azure, GCP) + Infrastructure automation and IaC + CI/CD pipelines supporting platform engineering**Preferred Qualifications*** Experience supporting **HPC/EDA workloads** on cloud platforms.* Exposure to **bare-metal provisioning**, hardware lifecycle management, and data center operations.* Familiarity with **SRE practices**, reliability engineering, and large-scale observability platforms.* Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence at senior and executive levels.**Educational Qualification:**BE/BTech/ME/MTech in CS/Electronics or equivalent