Red Hat OpenStack Engineer

Qualifications: BE/ with 60% in throughout the academic record.

Locations: Guwahati & Bhubaneswar

Experience: 7 Yrs.

Desired Certifications:

Certifications in OpenStack Linux/Unix and network technologies.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture implementation and operations of Red Hat OpenStack Platform in large-scale production environments
• Design highly available and scalable OpenStack architecture across control plane compute networking and storage layers
• Lead advanced deployment and lifecycle management using Director (TripleO) including upgrades scale-out/in and node replacement
• Act as L3 escalation point for complex issues across OpenStack services (Nova Neutron Glance Cinder Keystone Heat Horizon)
• Architect integrate and optimize multi-backend storage including Red Hat Ceph Storage and NetApp within OpenStack
• Design and manage external storage integrations with OpenStack (Cinder/Glance) using iSCSI Fibre Channel and NFS backends
• Lead NetApp Cinder driver integration backend configuration volume types QoS and performance tuning
• Plan and execute storage availability zones tiering strategies and data protection designs
• Architect and troubleshoot advanced Neutron networking (ML2 OVS / OVN VLAN/VXLAN provider networks multi-tenant isolation)
• Perform deep-dive troubleshooting across compute network and storage layers for Sev-1 / Sev-2 incidents
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and drive permanent corrective actions
• Design and implement automation using Ansible Python and shell scripting for Day-0 to Day-2 operations
• Define and enforce security architecture including RBAC Keystone policies identity integration (LDAP/AD) and platform hardening
• Integrate OpenStack with enterprise infrastructure such as external load balancers firewalls monitoring backup and DR solutions
• Work closely with Red Hat and storage vendors for critical bugs fixes and architectural validations
• Provide technical leadership by mentoring L1/L2 teams and reviewing design and operational changes
• Create and maintain HLD/LLD architecture diagrams SOPs and operational runbooks

Experience & Skill Level

• 7 years of experience in OpenStack engineering and cloud infrastructure
• Strong hands-on expertise with Red Hat OpenStack Platform in production
• Deep Linux expertise (RHEL) virtualization (KVM) and distributed systems
• Strong understanding of networking (L2/L3 BGP concepts MTU bonding)
• Proven experience handling mission-critical environments
• RHCE / OpenStack certifications preferred; OpenShift exposure is a plus