Andishi is seeking an experienced Senior OpenStack DevOps Engineer to take full ownership of designing, automating, and supporting a large-scale OpenStack-based private cloud environment.
This is a remote contract role where you'll drive the project end to end, working independently to deliver a production-ready solution.
Responsibilities
- Architect and maintain a multi-tenant OpenStack cluster with high availability and scalability
- Automate deployments, lifecycle management, and configurations using Ansible and Terraform
- Integrate and optimize OpenStack services: Neutron, Octavia, Cinder, Nova, Ironic, Glance
- Implement monitoring and observability with Prometheus, Grafana, Loki
- Troubleshoot control/data plane issues and perform deep-dive analysis
- Ensure secure tenant isolation, compliance, and disaster recovery readiness
- Deliver documentation, runbooks, and provide knowledge transfer
Required Skills
- 5+ years running OpenStack at production scale
- Advanced automation with Ansible & Terraform
- Expertise with Neutron overlays, Octavia load balancers, Cinder/Manila backends
- Strong Linux administration (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu) with Bash/Python scripting
- Understanding of virtualization, NUMA, SR-IOV, huge pages
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with Ceph storage for Cinder/Glance
- Strong troubleshooting and incident ownership skills
Deliverables
- Fully deployed and automated OpenStack cluster, production-ready
- Reusable Ansible playbooks & Terraform modules
- Integrated monitoring and alerting dashboards
- Documented architecture, runbooks, and upgrade procedures
- Knowledge transfer sessions for long-term maintainability
This role is suited for a senior devs who thrive in complex infrastructure environments and can deliver independently with minimal supervision.
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