[MSO] OpenStack Engineer

Software Mind develops solutions for global companies including tech giants and unicorns, focusing on transformative projects and emerging technologies.

• At least 3 years administering Linux in production, including operating or implementing OpenStack.
• Experience with core OpenStack services: Nova, Neutron, Keystone, Glance, Cinder, Placement, Horizon.
• Ability to diagnose failed instance, volume, and network operations using the OpenStack CLI and service logs.
• Understanding of OpenStack internals: API, scheduler and agent components, message queue, and state database.
• Experience with an OpenStack deployment framework, preferably Kolla-Ansible, and containerized service operation.
• Proficiency with KVM and libvirt for troubleshooting compute nodes; practical Ansible and Git skills.
• Networking fundamentals: VLANs, routing, NAT, filtering, overlay networks; distinction between tenant and provider networks.
• English language proficiency at B2 level for technical documentation and daily client communication.

Nice to have:

• Experience with OpenStack-Ansible, TripleO, OVN or Open vSwitch, enterprise storage over NFS or iSCSI.
• Familiarity with Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere, or other virtualization platforms; experience with VMware migrations.
• Skills in Python for operational tooling and API integrations, or Terraform and Kubernetes.
• Exposure to telco workloads or performance tuning techniques such as SR-IOV, DPDK, CPU pinning, and huge pages.
• Certified OpenStack Administrator or certifications in Linux, networking, or cloud.

• Install and configure OpenStack components with Kolla-Ansible following approved designs.
• Prepare infrastructure nodes including operating system, KVM virtualisation, container runtime, network interfaces, and storage access.
• Configure networking and storage: OVN tenant networks, VLAN provider networks, Cinder volume types, and boot from volume scenarios.
• Deploy monitoring and logging tools: Prometheus with exporters, Alertmanager, Grafana, Fluentd, and OpenSearch.
• Handle second line incidents and service requests within agreed service levels.
• Execute planned changes and maintenance: patching, node replacement, virtual machine evacuation, and upgrade support.
• Maintain configuration repositories via merge requests and promote changes between environments.
• Automate repeatable tasks with Ansible and CI pipelines; participate in on-call rotation.