Senior OpenStack DevOps Engineer
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This role is for a Senior OpenStack DevOps Engineer on a contract basis, remote in California. Requires 8–9+ years in OpenStack, expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code, and strong Linux, scripting, and networking skills. Pay rate is DOE.
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
$ USD
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💰 - Day rate
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🗓️ - Date discovered
September 13, 2025
🕒 - Project duration
Unknown
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🏝️ - Location type
Remote
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📄 - Contract type
Unknown
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🔒 - Security clearance
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
California, United States
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Cloud #Monitoring #Scripting #Bash #Load Balancing #Ceph #DevOps #Grafana #Observability #Python #Linux #Terraform #OpenStack #Prometheus #GIT #Documentation #Security #Docker #"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)" #Disaster Recovery #Kubernetes #Ansible #Infrastructure as Code (IaC) #Storage
Role description
Position: Senior OpenStack DevOps Engineer
Location: California Remote
Duration: Contract
Rate: DOE
U.S. Citizens and those who are authorized to work independently in the United States are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.
Requirements
• 8–9+ years of experience managing and automating large-scale OpenStack cloud environments
• Expert in Infrastructure-as-Code (Ansible, Terraform, Pulumi)
• Strong knowledge of OpenStack services: Neutron, Octavia, Manila, Cinder, Nova, Ironic, Glance
• Linux systems engineering (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu), scripting (Python, Bash, Go)
• Git, CI/CD pipelines, test frameworks
• Networking (L2/L3, VXLAN, Geneve), load balancing, storage (iSCSI, NFS, CEPH)
• Experience with high-availability and multi-region OpenStack clusters
• Container tech (Docker, Kubernetes) a plus
• Technical documentation, community contributions a plus
• Preferred: Upstream OpenStack contributions, Keystone federation, Barbican, Ceilometer, security best practices, telco/edge cloud background, automated OpenStack test environments, bachelor’s degree or equivalent
Responsibilities
• Design & implement multi-tenant OpenStack infrastructure aligned with community standards
• Automate provisioning, lifecycle management & configuration using IaC tools
• Maintain and extend integrations for core OpenStack services (Neutron, Octavia, Manila, Cinder, Nova, Ironic, Glance)
• Contribute to upstream OpenStack projects (bug fixes, drivers, docs)
• Build CI/CD pipelines for OpenStack updates, testing & rollbacks
• Develop monitoring, alerting, and healing mechanisms with GitOps and observability tools (Prometheus, Loki, Grafana)
• Ensure HA, disaster recovery, and scale-out operations
• Troubleshoot and optimize OpenStack performance across control & data planes
• Participate in on-call rotation, incident response, and RCA for reliability issues
Position: Senior OpenStack DevOps Engineer
Location: California Remote
Duration: Contract
Rate: DOE
U.S. Citizens and those who are authorized to work independently in the United States are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.
Requirements
• 8–9+ years of experience managing and automating large-scale OpenStack cloud environments
• Expert in Infrastructure-as-Code (Ansible, Terraform, Pulumi)
• Strong knowledge of OpenStack services: Neutron, Octavia, Manila, Cinder, Nova, Ironic, Glance
• Linux systems engineering (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu), scripting (Python, Bash, Go)
• Git, CI/CD pipelines, test frameworks
• Networking (L2/L3, VXLAN, Geneve), load balancing, storage (iSCSI, NFS, CEPH)
• Experience with high-availability and multi-region OpenStack clusters
• Container tech (Docker, Kubernetes) a plus
• Technical documentation, community contributions a plus
• Preferred: Upstream OpenStack contributions, Keystone federation, Barbican, Ceilometer, security best practices, telco/edge cloud background, automated OpenStack test environments, bachelor’s degree or equivalent
Responsibilities
• Design & implement multi-tenant OpenStack infrastructure aligned with community standards
• Automate provisioning, lifecycle management & configuration using IaC tools
• Maintain and extend integrations for core OpenStack services (Neutron, Octavia, Manila, Cinder, Nova, Ironic, Glance)
• Contribute to upstream OpenStack projects (bug fixes, drivers, docs)
• Build CI/CD pipelines for OpenStack updates, testing & rollbacks
• Develop monitoring, alerting, and healing mechanisms with GitOps and observability tools (Prometheus, Loki, Grafana)
• Ensure HA, disaster recovery, and scale-out operations
• Troubleshoot and optimize OpenStack performance across control & data planes
• Participate in on-call rotation, incident response, and RCA for reliability issues
