Staff Systems Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure
Description
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Staff Systems Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure (OpenStack & OpenShift)
Position: Staff Systems Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure
Grade: IT4
Location: Noida / Bangalore
Employment Type: Full-Time
Job Summary
We are seeking a Staff Systems Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure to design, implement, and manage large-scale public, private, and hybrid cloud platforms, with deep expertise in OpenStack, OpenShift, and cloud IaaS/container technologies . This role serves as a technical authority and architect for cloud infrastructure platforms that power mission-critical workloads across EDA, Systems design, AI/ML, and high-performance computing environments.
The ideal candidate brings hands-on engineering depth, strong systems thinking, and a proven track record of leading complex cloud platform initiatives—from architecture through production operations—while mentoring senior engineers and influencing platform strategy across the organization. Experience with container platforms (OpenShift/Kubernetes) and the emerging Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift (RHOSO) model is a strong advantage.
Key Responsibilities
Cloud Platform Architecture & Strategy
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Define and implement reference architectures for private cloud (OpenStack), container platforms (OpenShift), and hybrid/multi-cloud environments.
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Contribute towards architectural decisions for compute, storage, networking, and control plane services at scale.
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Ensure platform consistency, scalability, resiliency, and operational excellence across regions and data centers.
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Evaluate and guide adoption of emerging cloud, container, and IaaS technologies aligned with business and platform strategy.
Private Cloud & OpenStack Leadership
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Serve as a technical expert for OpenStack (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone, Glance, Heat, Octavia, etc.).
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Monitor, maintain, and optimize OpenStack deployments for performance, availability, upgradeability, and lifecycle management.
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Lead complex upgrades, migrations, and capacity expansions with minimal customer impact.
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Define best practices for multi-tenant isolation, quota management, and SLA-driven design.
Container Platform & OpenShift Engineering
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Design, deploy, and operate OpenShift/Kubernetes clusters supporting containerized and cloud-native workloads.
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Manage cluster lifecycle including provisioning, scaling, upgrades, and patching.
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Implement best practices for container networking, storage integration, RBAC, and workload isolation.
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Integrate OpenShift platforms with underlying OpenStack and bare-metal infrastructure.
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Contribute to adoption and operations of RHOSO (Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift) , where the OpenStack control plane runs on OpenShift.
Public Cloud & Hybrid Cloud Integration
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Design and integrate workloads across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP alongside private cloud platforms.
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Establish patterns for hybrid networking, identity federation, and workload portability.
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Provide technical guidance on cloud-native and IaaS-based workload placement decisions.
Infrastructure Engineering & Automation
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Develop infrastructure-as-code and automation using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Helm, and CI/CD pipelines.
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Promote platform standardization, self-service provisioning, and repeatable operational workflows.
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Perform SRE and operations activities to improve observability, reliability, and incident response.
Performance, Scale & Reliability
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Perform root cause analysis for complex platform issues across compute, network, storage, and container layers.
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Optimize cloud and container platforms for high-performance workloads, including AI/ML, batch, and HPC-style systems.
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Monitor and improve key reliability, performance, and capacity metrics.
Technical Leadership & Collaboration
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Act as a senior technical authority across cloud and infrastructure teams.
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Mentor senior engineers and raise the technical bar across the organization.
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Influence roadmap priorities through deep technical insight and clear communication with engineering and technical leaders.
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Partner closely with security, networking, hardware, and application teams to deliver integrated solutions.
Required Qualifications
Experience
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8+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, or large-scale platform engineering.
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Deep, hands-on experience with OpenStack in production environments.
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Hands-on experience deploying and operating OpenShift / Kubernetes clusters in production.
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Proven experience designing and operating large-scale private and hybrid cloud platforms.
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Demonstrated leadership on complex, cross-team infrastructure initiatives.
Technical Expertise
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Strong knowledge of:
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OpenStack services (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone, etc.)
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OpenShift/Kubernetes container orchestration and cluster operations
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Linux systems and virtualization (KVM)
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Software-defined networking (SDN), L2/L3 networking, load balancing
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Distributed storage systems (Ceph, object/block storage)
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Experience with:
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Public cloud IaaS (AWS, Azure, GCP)
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Infrastructure automation and IaC
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CI/CD pipelines supporting platform engineering
Preferred Qualifications
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Hands-on experience with RHOSO (Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift) or the OpenStack-on-OpenShift control plane model.
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Red Hat certifications (RHCE, Red Hat Certified OpenStack Administrator, or Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator).
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Experience supporting HPC/EDA workloads on cloud platforms.
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Exposure to bare-metal provisioning, hardware lifecycle management, and data center operations.
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Familiarity with SRE practices, reliability engineering, and large-scale observability platforms.
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Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence at senior and executive levels.
Educational Qualification
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BE/BTech/ME/MTech in CS/Electronics or equivalent.