OpenStack Platform Engineer — Cloud Automation

Cisco; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 129,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a Software Engineer for the CloudV team in Durham, NC, to drive the architectural evolution and stabilization of the OpenStack platform. You will own end-to-end lifecycle automation, improve observability, and deliver tenant-facing capabilities that streamline cloud resource consumption.

The role emphasizes infrastructure excellence, Docker-based tooling, and collaboration with internal product teams across a distributed environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 3+ years of industry experience in infrastructure, virtualization, or cloud engineering.
• 1+ years of experience working with a public cloud such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• 1+ years of experience working with Docker.
• 1+ years of experience working with CI/CD or DevOps systems.

Responsibilities

• Architect the evolution and stabilization of the OpenStack platform.
• Own end-to-end lifecycle automation of the platform to reduce manual interventions.
• Contribute to observability frameworks and telemetry pipelines for system health insights.
• Develop tenant-facing functionality to simplify cloud resource consumption.

Skills

OpenStack experience

Linux administration

Python programming

Containerization

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field

Tools

Cisco Intersight

UCS Manager

Ansible

Terraform

Docker

Job description

Cisco is seeking a Software Engineer for the CloudV team in Durham, NC, to drive the architectural evolution and stabilization of the OpenStack platform. You will own end-to-end lifecycle automation, improve observability, and deliver tenant-facing capabilities that streamline cloud resource consumption.

The role emphasizes infrastructure excellence, Docker-based tooling, and collaboration with internal product teams across a distributed environment.