Senior DevOps and Infrastructure Engineer

Jobgether; United States; Remote; USD 13,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work within India

Global collaboration

Professional development

Job summary

Jobgether is seeking an experienced OpenStack-focused engineer to support multi-site deployments, troubleshoot complex issues, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable infrastructure platforms from concept through deployment.

The role emphasizes operations of OpenStack environments (Ironic) with Python development, containerized or cloud-based workflows, and integration with AI-powered DevOps tools. Remote work options available within India.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/SE or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years supporting OpenStack environments with Ironic.
• Solid PXE boot process knowledge and networking basics.
• Experience with OpenStack services and their interactions.
• Proficient in Python; familiar with AI-powered DevOps tools.
• Experience with MySQL, RabbitMQ, Ceph, HAProxy, and Keepalived.
• Experienced with Ansible, GitLab, Jenkins, Grafana, Datadog, Elasticsearch.

Responsibilities

• Support OpenStack Team Operations queue across infra and cloud operations environments.
• Develop, maintain, and support OpenStack services including monitoring, troubleshooting, and triage.
• Investigate KPIs, identify infrastructure issues, and contribute to root-cause analysis.
• Collaborate with SRE, PaaS, image, and infra engineers to support code development and product launches.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across multi-site OpenStack regional deployments.
• Work with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable infrastructure platforms from concept to deployment.
• Improve deployment quality, platform stability, and operational efficiency to shorten time-to-market for new products.

Skills

Python programming

Root-cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Troubleshooting

SRE coordination

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in CS/SE

Tools

OpenStack Ironic

PXE boot

DHCP/DNSMASQ

TFTP/HTTP

iSCSI

Ansible

GitLab

Jenkins

Grafana

Datadog

Elasticsearch

MySQL

RabbitMQ

Ceph

HAProxy

Keepalived

OpenStack services

Job description

Accountabilities

• - Support the OpenStack Team Operations queue across infrastructure and cloud operations environments.
• - Develop, maintain, and support OpenStack services and cloud-based operations, including monitoring, troubleshooting, bug triage, and resolution.
• - Investigate key performance indicators (KPIs), identify infrastructure issues, and contribute to effective root-cause analysis.
• - Collaborate with SRE, PaaS, image, and infrastructure engineers, architects, technical product managers, and application developers to support code development and product launch strategies.
• - Troubleshoot complex issues across multi-site OpenStack regional deployments.
• - Work with cross-functional teams, including systems and software engineering, data center operations, and external vendors, to deliver reliable infrastructure platforms from concept through deployment.
• - Improve deployment quality, platform stability, and operational efficiency while helping reduce time to market for next-generation products.

Requirements

• - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• - At least 8 years of relevant experience supporting OpenStack environments with Ironic.
• - Thorough understanding of the PXE boot process, including host configuration, BIOS, network cards, VLANs, switch port settings, and cabling.
• - Strong knowledge of services involved in PXE booting, including DHCP/DNSMASQ, TFTP, HTTP, and iSCSI, with the ability to troubleshoot related issues.
• - Familiarity with OpenStack services and their interactions, including Nova, Nova Placement, Neutron, Glance, Cinder, and Ironic.
• - Ability to troubleshoot across OpenStack applications and understand deployment processes, service dependencies, and operational sequencing.
• - Proficiency in Python programming and familiarity with AI-powered DevOps tools.
• - Experience supporting third-party infrastructure services such as MySQL, RabbitMQ, Ceph, HAProxy, and Keepalived.
• - Practical experience with configuration and maintenance tools such as Ansible, GitLab, Jenkins, Grafana, Datadog, and Elasticsearch.

Preferred qualifications

• - Experience with OpenStack Ironic, ML2, and bare-metal provisioning.
• - Familiarity with large-scale R&D and QA environments, particularly product bring-up activities.
• - Experience operating OpenStack in containerized environments.
• - Background in Linux, RHEL, Ansible, Bash, and Python.
• - Familiarity with Jenkins, Ansible, and REST APIs.

Benefits

• - Work location flexibility: The role is available remotely within India or from Pune.
• - Global collaboration: Opportunity to work with international engineering, infrastructure, and operations teams.
• - Technical challenges: Exposure to large-scale distributed infrastructure, cloud services, and complex OpenStack environments.
• - Professional development: Opportunity to contribute to advanced infrastructure supporting developments in AI, high-performance computing, and visualization.