
Senior DevOps Engineer, OpenStack Team
Mirantis
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇵🇱 Poland
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Senior
Tech Stack
AnsibleAWSAzureChefCloudDistributed SystemsDockerFirewallsGoogle Cloud PlatformGroovyJenkinsKubernetesLinuxOpenStackPuppetPythonSaltStackTerraform
About the role
- Help design, validate, and evolve a cloud-native OpenStack platform that enables customers to build and operate enterprise-grade private clouds at scale.
- Act as a technical authority on OpenStack and MOSK behavior, contribute to architectural decisions, support complex customer scenarios, and help ensure stable, high-quality product releases.
- Actively influence the MOSK roadmap and backlog by providing technical input on feature feasibility, architectural scalability, and long-term maintainability.
- Design, implement, and document lifecycle management for OpenStack on Kubernetes.
- Drive validation of enabled features by defining test scenarios, validating upstream code behavior, and integrating feature support into MOSK’s lifecycle management.
- Lead design discussions, planning sessions, and retrospectives; uphold high standards for software quality, architectural rigor, and operational readiness.
- Design, implement, and maintain core frameworks, libraries, and internal tools that underpin MOSK development, testing, and lifecycle operations.
- Debug and resolve complex issues in customer production environments involving Kubernetes, OpenStack, networking, storage, and distributed systems.
- Manage and improve development, staging, and validation environments that closely mirror customer deployments to ensure release stability.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of practical administration experience in Linux (CentOS, Ubuntu, RHEL) as a server platform.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Experience in software development, Systems Administration, or SRE role.
- Deep understanding of the OS, ability to debug and tune underperforming systems, and troubleshoot software and hardware issues.
- Strong knowledge of networking technologies, including protocols, firewalls, and VPNs.
- Practical experience with SaltStack, Puppet, Ansible, or Chef for medium and large environments.
- Practical experience with Terraform.
- Be an expert in Docker and Kubernetes in production environments.
- Strong experience with Jenkins and building dependable build/release pipelines.
- Understanding of principles of working in cloud environments such as OpenStack, AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Strong scripting skills in Bash, Groovy, and Python (at least one is required).
Benefits
- Work in a global, collaborative, remote-first culture that rewards initiative and execution.
- Play a pivotal role in shaping the next era of cloud and AI modernisation.
- Manage high-impact enterprise accounts with immediate opportunity for growth.
- Work with exceptionally passionate, talented and engaging colleagues, helping Fortune 500 and Global 2000 customers implement next-generation cloud technologies.
- Be a part of cutting-edge, open-source innovation.
- Thrive in the high-energy environment of a young company where openness, collaboration, risk-taking, and continuous growth are valued.
- Professional development and training.
- Attend conferences and working groups.
- Customized workstation (macOS, Windows).
- Competitive compensation, performance incentives, and opportunities for advancement.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
OpenStackKubernetesLinuxDockerTerraformJenkinsBashGroovyPythonSaltStack
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationproblem-solvingcollaborationplanningarchitectural decision-makingquality assuranceoperational readinesstechnical authorityinfluence