Staff Systems Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure

Cadence; Dadri; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cadence is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure to design, implement, and manage large‑scale cloud platforms spanning public, private, and hybrid environments. You will serve as a technical authority, mentoring engineers and shaping platform strategy across EDA, AI/ML, and HPC workloads.

The role requires hands‑on engineering depth, strong systems thinking, and a track record of leading complex cloud initiatives from architecture through production operations.

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.
• Demonstrated leadership on complex, cross‑team infrastructure initiatives.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Act as a senior technical authority across cloud and 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.

Skills

OpenStack

KVM

Kubernetes

Linux

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

CI/CD

Ceph

Hybrid cloud

Cloud architecture

Mentoring

Education

BE/BTech/ME/MTech in CS

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

CI/CD

Job description

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 and 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.

Experience

Required 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.
• 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

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