OpenStack Engineer

Software Mind

. Join an internal OpenStack team building and operating private and sovereign cloud platforms for enterprise clients in Western Europe .

Posted 9/18/2026full-timeRemote • Poland, RomaniaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in administering OpenStack environments, including installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of components such as Nova, Neutron, and Cinder. Proficient in automation with Ansible and CI pipelines, alongside strong networking fundamentals and experience with enterprise storage solutions.

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OpenStack AdministrationKolla-Ansible DeploymentAnsible AutomationLinux System AdministrationNetworking Fundamentals

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Hard Skills

OpenStackKolla-AnsibleAnsiblePythonKVMGitOVNCinderNovaNeutron

Soft Skills

Problem-SolvingCommunication

Tools & Technologies

PrometheusGrafanaFluentdOpenSearchVMware vSphereProxmox VE

Certifications & Qualifications

Certified OpenStack Administrator

Industry Keywords

Cloud PlatformsPrivate CloudSovereign CloudEnterprise StorageTelco Workloads

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleCloudGrafanaKubernetesLinuxNFSNode.jsOpenStackPrometheusPythonTerraformVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Join an internal OpenStack team building and operating private and sovereign cloud platforms for enterprise clients in Western Europe
Install and configure OpenStack components with Kolla-Ansible according to approved designs
Prepare infrastructure nodes, including the operating system, KVM virtualization, container runtime, network interfaces and storage access
Configure OVN tenant networks, VLAN provider networks, Cinder volume types and boot-from-volume scenarios
Deploy monitoring and logging with Prometheus, exporters, Alertmanager, Grafana, Fluentd and OpenSearch
Handle second-line incidents and service requests within agreed service levels
Execute planned changes and maintenance, including patching, node replacement, virtual machine evacuation and upgrade support
Maintain configuration repositories through merge requests and promote changes between environments
Automate repeatable work with Ansible and CI pipelines
Participate in the on-call rotation

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least 3 years administering Linux in production, including operating or implementing OpenStack
Day-to-day operation of Nova, Neutron, Keystone, Glance, Cinder, Placement and Horizon, including projects, quotas, flavors and images
Ability to diagnose failed instance, volume and network operations using the OpenStack CLI and service logs
Understanding of API, scheduler and agent components, the message queue and the state database
Experience with an OpenStack deployment framework, preferably Kolla-Ansible, and with services running as containers
KVM and libvirt troubleshooting skills for compute nodes
Practical Ansible and Git skills
Networking fundamentals: VLANs, routing, NAT, filtering, overlay networks, and tenant versus provider networks
English at B2 level for technical documentation and daily client contact
Kolla-Ansible, OpenStack-Ansible or TripleO
OVN or Open vSwitch
Enterprise storage over NFS or iSCSI
Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere or another virtualization platform
Experience with VMware migrations
Python for operational tooling and API integrations, or Terraform and Kubernetes
Exposure to telco workloads or performance tuning such as SR-IOV, DPDK, CPU pinning and huge pages
Certified OpenStack Administrator, or certifications in Linux, networking or cloud

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible and remote cooperation options
International projects with leading global clients
Travels related to international projects
Non-corporate atmosphere
Access to language classes
Access to knowledge-sharing initiatives
Access to private healthcare and life insurance
Access to multisport card