Senior DevOps Engineer, OpenStack Team

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Bulgaria.

📋 Description

• Design, validate, and enhance the MOSK (Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes) cloud-native OpenStack platform.

• Shape the MOSK product roadmap and backlog by providing technical insights regarding feasibility, scalability, and maintainability.

• Evaluate upstream OpenStack code, specifications, blueprints, and documentation to determine feature maturity and limitations.

• Create, implement, and document lifecycle management processes for OpenStack on Kubernetes.

• Develop strategies for non-disruptive upgrades, patching, scaling, rollback, and compatibility.

• Define testing scenarios and validate upstream code in simulated or production-like environments.

• Incorporate feature support into MOSK lifecycle management.

• Assess product designs, APIs, and implementations for robustness, security, and developer experience.

• Facilitate design discussions, planning meetings, and retrospectives.

• Design and maintain frameworks, libraries, and internal tools for development, testing, and lifecycle operations.

• Build automation for the deployment and management of OpenStack-on-Kubernetes environments.

• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines and integrations with external systems.

• Provide Tier-3 support by troubleshooting complex customer production issues across Kubernetes, OpenStack, networking, storage, and distributed systems.

• Investigate OpenStack service issues and contribute minor upstream fixes.

• Analyze performance bottlenecks and offer optimization and tuning recommendations.

• Manage development, staging, and validation environments that replicate customer deployments.

• Act as a technical authority on MOSK and OpenStack behavior.

• Contribute to documentation, technical reviews, demos, and knowledge-sharing sessions.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of hands-on administration experience with Linux (CentOS, Ubuntu, RHEL) as a server platform.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• Background in software development, Systems Administration, or SRE roles.

• In-depth knowledge of operating systems with the ability to debug and optimize underperforming systems.

• Strong understanding of networking technologies, protocols, firewalls, and VPNs.

• Experience in managing and configuring networking equipment.

• Practical experience with SaltStack, Puppet, Ansible, or Chef in medium to large environments.

• Hands-on experience with Terraform.

• Expert knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes in production settings.

• Comprehensive understanding and practical experience with Kubernetes operators and Helm.

• Solid experience with Jenkins and reliable build/release pipelines.

• Familiarity with code review systems.

• Understanding of cloud environments such as OpenStack, AWS, GCP, or Azure.

• Proficient scripting skills in Bash, Groovy, and Python; at least one is required.

• Mid-level experience with Go or C is advantageous.

• Proficiency in English at an intermediate level, both spoken and written.

• Strong customer-facing communication skills and diplomacy.

• Ability to collaborate with geographically distributed international teams.

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving capabilities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Work in a global, collaborative, remote-first culture.

• Customized workstation (macOS, Windows).

• Opportunities for professional development and training.

• Competitive compensation.

• Performance incentives.

• Opportunities for career advancement.

• Attendance at conferences and working groups.

• Open-source innovation environment.

• Emphasis on a remote-first work culture.