OpenStack Infrastructure Engineer

Network Finance; Wes-Kaap; Vor Ort; ZAR 900.000 - 1.300.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Network Finance is seeking a seasoned Platform Engineer / DevOps professional in South Africa (Wes-Kaap) to design, operate and scale open-source infra and cloud environments. The role focuses on OpenStack, Ceph, Ubuntu Linux, IaC with Terraform/Ansible, and automation via Docker/LXC/Nspawn.

You will work in a distributed team, ensure platform reliability, security, and incident readiness, with on-call rotations.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, IS, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience operating open-source infrastructure platforms and cloud environments.
• Experience with OpenStack implementation, administration, operations, or troubleshooting.
• Experience with Ceph or similar distributed storage systems.
• Strong Linux systems administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with virtualization and cloud infrastructure at scale.
• Understanding of enterprise-grade server hardware, storage systems, networking equipment, and data centre environments.
• Strong networking fundamentals, including IPv4, IPv6, switching, routing, and cloud networking concepts.
• Exposure to OVN, Open vSwitch (OVS), BGP, LACP, Juniper networking technologies, or similar would be advantageous.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), configuration management, and automation practices.
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or similar automation tools.
• Experience troubleshooting across compute, storage, networking, hypervisors, databases, containers, and operating systems.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure security, access control, and operational best practices.
• Knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and operational resilience.
• Experience with monitoring and observability platforms.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent documentation and technical communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively within a distributed team environment.
• Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation and support occasional after-hours maintenance and incident response activities.
• Strong sense of ownership and commitment to delivering reliable solutions.

Kenntnisse

Infrastructure Design & Architecture

Cloud Engineering

Linux Administration

Distributed Storage

Network Engineering

Automation & Scripting

Platform Reliability

Capacity Planning

Performance Optimization

Incident Management

Technical Documentation

Continuous Improvement

Team Collaboration

On-call Readiness

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology / Computer Science / Information Systems / Engineering

Tools

OpenStack

Ceph

Ubuntu Linux

Ansible

Terraform

Docker

LXC

Nspawn

OVN

Open vSwitch (OVS)

BGP

JunOS

LACP

Prometheus

Grafana

Git

Jira

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Jobbeschreibung

Requirements:

• Relevant Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience operating open-source infrastructure platforms and cloud environments.
• Experience with OpenStack implementation, administration, operations, or troubleshooting.
• Experience with Ceph or similar distributed storage systems.
• Strong Linux systems administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with virtualization and cloud infrastructure at scale.
• Understanding of enterprise-grade server hardware, storage systems, networking equipment, and data centre environments.
• Strong networking fundamentals, including IPv4, IPv6, switching, routing, and cloud networking concepts.
• Exposure to OVN, Open vSwitch (OVS), BGP, LACP, Juniper networking technologies, or similar technologies would be advantageous.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), configuration management, and automation practices.
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or similar automation tools.
• Experience troubleshooting across compute, storage, networking, hypervisors, databases, containers, and operating systems.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure security, access control, and operational best practices.
• Knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and operational resilience.
• Experience with monitoring and observability platforms.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent documentation and technical communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively within a distributed team environment.
• Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation and support occasional after-hours maintenance and incident response activities.
• Strong sense of ownership and commitment to delivering reliable solutions.

Technologies & Tools:

Experience with several of the following technologies will be highly advantageous:

• OpenStack
• Ceph
• Ubuntu Linux
• Ansible
• Terraform
• Docker
• LXC
• Nspawn
• OVN
• Open vSwitch (OVS)
• BGP
• JunOS
• LACP
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• Git
• Jira
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Cloud Infrastructure & Virtualization

Key Competencies:

• Infrastructure Design & Architecture
• Cloud Engineering
• Linux Administration
• Distributed Storage
• Network Engineering
• Automation & Scripting
• Platform Reliability
• Capacity Planning
• Performance Optimization
• Incident Management
• Technical Documentation
• Continuous Improvement
• Team Collaboration

Application Note:

If you have not received feedback within two weeks after the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful. Your profile will remain in our database for consideration for future opportunities.

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