Technical Support Engineer – Kubernetes, Openstack

Mirantis

Technical Support Engineer maintaining and troubleshooting customer environments using Kubernetes and OpenStack. Collaborating with the development team and participating in on-call rotations.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeRemote • Oregon • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudKubernetesLinuxOpenStackPythonVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Proactively/Reactively troubleshoot customer environments based on Linux, OpenStack, Kubernetes, networking and other cloud technologies, detect, report and resolve issues.
Alert Management.
Learn and troubleshoot MOSK (Mirantis Openstack on Kubernetes)
Resolve and Handle/Triage IaaS related needs in customer datacenters.
Reproduce customer issues in labs where needed, confirm bug reports, provide detailed information to the development team.
Work closely with the development team: discuss customer issues, suggest improvements, fix product bugs, etc.
Own escalations end-to-end by routing issues to the appropriate teams, including OpenStack/ceph storage, networking, hardware, and infrastructure, and product engineering while maintaining accountability and follow-through.
Participate in weekend on call rotation and holiday coverage
Communicate urgently, clearly, and in detail with customers during incidents via email and remote session, providing accurate status updates and guiding them through troubleshooting and resolution
Work with AI tools to increase efficiency and problem solving tasks for customers.
Troubleshooting server issues- DCOPs issues, Firmware upgrading, Iso, OS, Dell, Lenovo, ST Micro
Work to troubleshoot any DC networking asks/upgrades, triaging where applicable.

Requirements

What you’ll need

High School diploma or equivalent required, four year college degree preferred or work history equivalent (3+ years technical customer support in IaaS, SaaS Technologies)
Knowledge of OpenStack, Neutron, Kubernetes and object storage principles
Strong English speaking and writing ability required
Expert Linux system administration and troubleshooting skills
DCOPs experience, Firmware upgrades, Iso, OS, Dell, Lenovo, ST Micro
Networking - tools / Netbox, LibraNMS, Verity, Tailscale, experience with troubleshooting network issues - Vlans, ports, spine/leaf config, change management, Fortinet, Cisco, Juniper
Python, scripting experience, automation concepts
Understanding of networking concepts and protocols
Alert management experience, Standard Operating Procedure generation (SOP)
Change Management experience
Good knowledge of virtualization solutions (libvirt, KVM, VMware)
Good knowledge of network and distributed storage solutions.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Work with an established Silicon Valley leader in the cloud infrastructure industry;
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;
Company outings, happy hours, hackathons, and tech talks;
Receive a competitive compensation package with a strong benefits plan.

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Hard Skills & Tools

LinuxOpenStackKubernetesPythonscriptingnetworkingDCOPsfirmware upgradesvirtualizationobject storage

Soft Skills

communicationtroubleshootingproblem solvingaccountabilitycustomer supportcollaborationdetail-orientedurgencysuggesting improvementschange management