Responsibilities
* Architecture & Design: Leading the design and planning of highly available, scalable OpenStack cloud solutions
* Deployment & Configuration: Installing and configuring the core OpenStack services (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Glance, Keystone, etc.) often using Red Hat OpenStack Director (the installer/manager)
* Automation: Automating cloud provisioning, configuration, and orchestration using tools like Ansible, Python, or Bash scripting
* Integration: Integrating OpenStack with other critical services, especially Red Hat Ceph Storage for persistent storage and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) as the underlying operating system
* Delivery: Performing advanced troubleshooting, patching, upgrades, capacity planning, and performance tuning of the OpenStack environment
* Container Integration: Increasingly, this role involves enabling container platforms like Red Hat OpenShift to run on top of the OpenStack virtual machines (VMs)
Qualifications
* Essential commercial experience
* Expert-level Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) administration, including networking, security, storage, and performance tuning
* Deep knowledge of core services (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone, Glance, Swift)
* Experience of Ansible for configuration management and orchestration, and scripting with Python or Go
* Expertise in KVM (the hypervisor used by OpenStack) and related concepts
* Hands‑on experience with Red Hat Ceph Storage for OpenStack integration
* Advanced networking skills (TCP/IP, VLANs, VXLANs, routing) and OpenStack Neutron configuration
* Experience of RED HAT and WINDOWS integration, including active directory
Rates depend on experience and client requirements
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