Cloud Platform Engineer

Xgeeks; Germany (OH); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Extra Days Off

Flexible Working

Great Equipment & Tools

Job summary

A leading tech services company is looking for an experienced professional to own the operation and evolution of OpenStack-based private clouds. Key duties include focusing on reliability, upgrades, and automation while troubleshooting infrastructure across compute, network, and storage. Strong experience with Linux and OpenStack is required. Join a collaborative team that values continuous development and offers flexible working conditions, including health insurance and extra days off.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of working experience.
• Hands-on experience with OpenStack in production.
• Strong Linux systems administration skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the operation and evolution of OpenStack-based private clouds.
• Run and evolve an OpenStack private cloud focusing on reliability.
• Automate infrastructure work.

Skills

OpenStack

Linux systems administration

KVM or similar virtualization

Networking basics (VLANs, routing, firewalls)

Infrastructure automation (Ansible)

Monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)

Storage systems (Ceph, NFS, iSCSI)

Problem-solving skills

Communication in English

Teamwork abilities

Job description

About synvert a GlobalLogic company

synvert, a GlobalLogic company, is a leading cloud, data, and AI services company, partnering with enterprises to design, implement, and manage end-to-end data and AI solutions that drive measurable business impact, combining deep technical expertise with strong industry knowledge across different sectors.

As part of synvert, in Portugal, you’ll join a team of experts pushing the boundaries of AI, Data, Product and Platform Engineering, working alongside an international, multidisciplinary team – all from our offices in Leiria, Lisbon and Viseu (so far!).

What do we expect from you?

Key Requirements

• At least 3 years of working experience

• Hands‑on experience with OpenStack in production

• Strong Linux systems administration skills

• Experience with virtualization (KVM or similar)

• Good understanding of networking basics (VLANs, routing, firewalls, load balancing)

• Experience with infrastructure automation (Ansible required, Terraform is a plus)

• Familiarity with monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana or ELK

• Solid understanding of storage systems (Ceph, NFS, iSCSI or similar)

• Strong problem‑solving skills and ability to work independently

• You are comfortable communicating in English (written and spoken)

• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with public cloud (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• Knowledge of message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Basic understanding of security concepts (IAM, TLS)
• You have experience working in a fast‑paced start‑up environment
• Public speaking and blog writing interest to spread our culture and skills

What you can expect

Agile Company Culture and the Best Team

→ Global Projects & Opportunities

→ Social Events & Team Building

Continuous Development

→ Training & Development

→ Growth Opportunities

Flexible Working

→ Remote Friendly Culture

Other Benefits

→ Great Equipment & Tools

→ Flexible Benefits

→ Extra Days Off

→ Health Insurance

Hiring Process

One of the perks of being a part of synvert is that you’ll join a global team of over 500 experts from Germany to the UK, Croatia and even the UAE. As a member of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to work on cutting‑edge cloud‑native and AI solutions, leveraging synvert's extensive industry knowledge and technical expertise.

Join us and be at the forefront of delivering excellence in DevOps, Data, and Digital Products!

And even if you don’t think you meet 100% of the requirements, submit your application. We’re always happy to meet new people! Seeyou on the other side!

And just as a FYI, here’s what you can expect from our application process:

→ PX Interview → Tech Interview → Final Interview → Offer

Your Tasks

You’ll own the operation and evolution of OpenStack‑based private clouds, focusing on reliability, upgrades, automation, and solving real infrastructure problems across compute, network, and storage.

This is a role for someone who likes infrastructure foundations, not just pipelines.

• Run and evolve an OpenStack private cloud (ops, upgrades, stability)
• Automate infrastructure work
• Troubleshoot infra issues across Linux, virtualization, storage, and networking
• Improve observability, reliability, and security baseline