OpenStack Cloud Engineer - Automation & Scale

JVR Software; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,350,000; Full time

Job summary

JVR Software in Tshwane seeks an experienced cloud infrastructure engineer to design, implement and scale OpenStack-based environments. You will manage Ceph storage, automate deployments with IaC, and optimize performance, security and reliability across compute, storage, and networking layers.

Candidates should demonstrate strong Linux administration, virtualization knowledge, data-centre hardware familiarity, and experience with Terraform and Ansible.

Qualifications

• Experience with OpenStack administration, troubleshooting, or operations.
• Experience with Ceph or similar distributed storage platforms.
• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Understanding of virtualization and cloud infrastructure at scale.
• Familiarity with data-centre hardware (servers, NICs, storage).
• Automation & IaC using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools.
• Experience with IaC and automation practices in production.
• Ability to document architecture decisions and runbooks.
• Security-conscious approach to cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and scale OpenStack-based cloud infrastructure.
• Manage and optimize Ceph and distributed storage systems.
• Automate deployment and operations with IaC (Terraform, Ansible).
• Monitor, tune, and secure platform performance and reliability.
• Troubleshoot across compute, storage, networking, and OS layers.
• Plan upgrades, migrations, and maintenance activities.
• Develop technical documentation and runbooks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure resilient hosting platforms.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response.

Skills

OpenStack administration

Ceph

Linux systems administration

Virtualization

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Ansible

Rundeck

Networking fundamentals

OpenStack Ceph troubleshooting

SRE mindset

Tools

OpenStack

Ceph

Terraform

Ansible

Rundeck

Jira

Job description

JVR Software in Tshwane seeks an experienced cloud infrastructure engineer to design, implement and scale OpenStack-based environments. You will manage Ceph storage, automate deployments with IaC, and optimize performance, security and reliability across compute, storage, and networking layers.

Candidates should demonstrate strong Linux administration, virtualization knowledge, data-centre hardware familiarity, and experience with Terraform and Ansible.