OpenStack Solution Architect

Hong Kong Unison Limited; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Unison Consulting in Singapore seeks an OpenStack Platform Engineer to design, implement, automate, and maintain scalable OpenStack infrastructure, in collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure availability, security, performance, and efficiency.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years' experience with Red Hat OpenStack, Kubernetes, Red Hat Linux, Terraform/Ansible, and familiarity with AI-assisted automation; strong troubleshooting and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant working experience.
• Expertise with Red Hat or any OpenStack platform.
• Expertise with Kubernetes.
• Experience in infrastructure provisioning with VMware ESX environment and monitoring with Prometheus and Ops.
• Experience integrating with Elastic Stack.
• Familiarity with Generative AI, LLMs, Agentic AI, and AIOps concepts for infrastructure operations.
• Understanding of application development lifecycles and CI/CD tools as part of the OpenStack platform lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain Red Hat OpenStack-based cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Develop and optimize automation scripts for deployment and management of OpenStack environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate OpenStack with Kubernetes and OpenShift.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues related to OpenStack components and underlying infrastructure.
• Implement security best practices and ensure compliance with organizational policies.
• Contribute to capacity planning, performance optimization, and scalability of OpenStack environments.
• Assist in change management of OpenStack platform for new versions, hotfixes, SysAdmin tasks, etc.
• Explore and implement Agentic AI and AIOps solutions to enhance OpenStack administration and operational efficiency.
• Leverage AI-assisted automation for monitoring, troubleshooting, incident analysis, and remediation of OpenStack environments.
• Develop, Integrate AI agents with OpenStack APIs and automation tools to streamline infrastructure operations.
• Work with experienced team members to conduct root cause analysis of issues, review new and existing code and/or perform unit testing.
• Author/edit system documentation/playbook(s).
• May serve as a mentor on procedural matters to less experienced internal and third-party team members.

Skills

OpenStack

Kubernetes

Red Hat Linux

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD

Automation

AI/ML awareness

Troubleshooting

Communication

Tools

VMware ESXi

Prometheus

Elastic Stack

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

As an OpenStack Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, automating, and maintaining reliable and scalable OpenStack infrastructure. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure platform availability, security, performance, and operational efficiency.The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in OpenStack, Kubernetes, and Red Hat Linux, with solid troubleshooting, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Design, implement, and maintain Red Hat OpenStack-based cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Develop and optimize automation scripts for deployment and management of OpenStack environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate OpenStack with other systems, including Kubernetes and OpenShift.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues related to OpenStack components and underlying infrastructure.
• Implement security best practices and ensure compliance with organizational policies.
• Contribute to capacity planning, performance optimization, and scalability of OpenStack environments.
• Assist in change management of OpenStack platform for new versions, hotfixes, SysAdmin tasks, etc.
• Explore and implement Agentic AI and AIOps solutions to enhance OpenStack administration and operational efficiency.
• Leverage AI-assisted automation for monitoring, troubleshooting, incident analysis, and remediation of OpenStack environments.
• Develop, Integrate AI agents with OpenStack APIs and automation tools to streamline infrastructure operations.
• Work with experienced team members to conduct root cause analysis of issues, review new and existing code and/or perform unit testing.
• Author/edit system documentation/playbook(s).
• May serve as a mentor on procedural matters to less experienced internal and third-party team members.

Requirements

• At least 5+ years of relevant working experience.
• Expertise with Red Hat or any OpenStack platform.
• Expertise with Kubernetes.
• Expertise in Red Hat Linux administration.
• Experience in infrastructure provisioning with VMware ESX environment and monitoring with Prometheus and Ops.
• Experience integrating with Elastic Stack.
• Familiarity with Generative AI, LLMs, Agentic AI, and AIOps concepts for infrastructure operations.
• Experience or exposure to AI agents and AI-assisted automation for cloud/OpenStack administration.
• Understanding of integrating AI/LLM capabilities with APIs, Python, Ansible, or Terraform is preferred.
• Ability to succeed in a fast-paced, high-demand environment.
• Red Hat/OpenStack certifications in Linux and OpenStack administration preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Experience working with infrastructure-as-code technologies such as Terraform is preferred.
• Demonstrates strong customer service awareness and orientation.
• Ability to establish new standards for quality, performance, or productivity.
• Must have excellent writing and communication skills, with the ability to maintain open communication with internal employees, contractors, managers, third parties, and customers as needed.
• Understanding of application development lifecycles, as well as practical experience working with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools as part of the OpenStack platform lifecycle, will be useful.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication abilities.
• Proven leadership experience in technical environments.

Unison Consulting established in the year 2012 in Singapore. We provide technology consulting, systems implementation, and integrations service to Asia Pacific customers. We help transform enterprise data in actionable insights. Our consultants have wide range of functional expertise within Banking and Financial services spectrum, working closely with clients to anticipate, illuminate and overcome complex business challenges.

Our objective is to be a one-stop solution provider all enterprise business intelligence and data warehousing needs of organizations.

Our mission is to consistently deliver our services to our clients in a cost-effective way without compromising the quality.

Our current clients include - DBS, OCBC, Standard Chartered Bank and Maybank.

Unison Consulting established in the year 2012 in Singapore. We provide technology consulting, systems implementation, and integrations service to Asia Pacific customers. We help transform enterprise data in actionable insights. Our consultants have wide range of functional expertise within Banking and Financial services spectrum, working closely with clients to anticipate, illuminate and overcome complex business challenges.

Our objective is to be a one-stop solution provider all enterprise business intelligence and data warehousing needs of organizations.

Our mission is to consistently deliver our services to our clients in a cost-effective way without compromising the quality.

Our current clients include - DBS, OCBC, Standard Chartered Bank and Maybank.

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