OpenStack Platform Engineer: Cloud Infra Automation

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Clegg (NC)

Hybrid

USD 129,000 - 185,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k) with company match
Paid parental leave
Disability coverage
Life insurance
Volunteer time off

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer for the CloudV team to evolve and stabilize the OpenStack platform. You will own end-to-end lifecycle automation, reducing manual tasks and improving reliability across internal product teams.

You will contribute to observability pipelines and build tenant-facing features to streamline cloud resource access. The role emphasizes containerization, virtualization, and cloud engineering with a strong focus on Python development and automation at

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 with a public cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
  • 1+ years of experience with Docker.
  • 1+ years of experience with CI/CD or DevOps systems.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end lifecycle automation of the platform to reduce manual intervention.
  • Contribute to observability frameworks and telemetry pipelines for system health insights.
  • Develop tenant-facing functionality to simplify cloud resource consumption for developers.
  • Stabilize and evolve the OpenStack platform toward enterprise-grade reliability.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure
OpenStack
Python programming

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

Tools

Docker
CI/CD tools
Ansible
Terraform
Cisco Intersight
UCS Manager

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer for the CloudV team to evolve and stabilize the OpenStack platform. You will own end-to-end lifecycle automation, reducing manual tasks and improving reliability across internal product teams.

You will contribute to observability pipelines and build tenant-facing features to streamline cloud resource access. The role emphasizes containerization, virtualization, and cloud engineering with a strong focus on Python development and automation at

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