Copy of Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (OpenStack / Virtualization)
Location
United States
Posted
4 days ago
Salary
$90 - $114 / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Join New Era Technology, where People First is at the heart of everything we do. With a global team of over 3,000 professionals, we're committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, empowered, and inspired to grow. Our mission is to securely connect people, places, and information with end-to-end technology solutions at scale.
At New Era, you'll join a team-oriented culture that prioritizes your personal and professional development. Work alongside industry-certified experts, access continuous training, and enjoy competitive benefits. Guided by our core attributes — putting people first, embracing continuous learning, and thriving through collaboration and inclusion — we nurture our people to deliver exceptional customer service.
If you want to make an impact in a supportive, growth-oriented environment, New Era is the place for you. Apply today and help us shape the future of work—together
SUMMARY: Lead the re-platforming and build-out of an internal KVM-based virtualization environment on new UCS hardware in the Ashburn data center. Integrate OpenStack and open-source automation tools to support the migration of workloads from legacy datacenter, ensuring robust, scalable, and automated infrastructure.
HIERARCHY: Will report to the Service Delivery Manager
PRIMARY DUTIES:
- Tear down and rebuild existing ESX-based UCS blade environment, transitioning to KVM virtualization.
- Design and implement an OpenStack platform for internal use, considering open-source alternatives to OpenShift due to current challenges.
- Integrate SAN and NetApp storage solutions into the new platform, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.
- Deploy and configure open-source automation tools (e.g., Ansible) for infrastructure management and orchestration.
- Collaborate with internal staff (including offshore resources) and provide technical leadership and mentorship as needed.
- Work closely with network architects and storage teams to ensure seamless integration and operation.
- Document architecture, configuration, and operational procedures for the new environment.
- Support ongoing platform enhancements and troubleshooting.
COMPENTENCY:
Required
- Extensive experience with Linux, KVM virtualization, and OpenStack deployment.
- Strong background in UCS hardware, SAN, and NetApp storage integration.
- Proficiency with open-source automation tools (e.g., Ansible).
- Ability to work independently and as part of a distributed team.
- Excellent documentation and communication skills.
Preferred
- Experience with OpenShift and other open-source cloud platforms.
- Prior involvement in large-scale data center migrations and re-platforming projects.
- Familiarity with hybrid cloud environments.
REQUIRED EDUCATION: None
EXPERIENCE:
- 8+years
LANGUAGE SKILLS: English
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- None
WORK ENVIRONMENT: Remote
EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK: 40 hours a week
TRAVEL: None
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong organizational skills
- Excellent analytical skills
- Excellent documentation skills; demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Collaborative team worker – both in person and virtually using MS Teams or similar
- Ability to work as liaison between business and information security / information technology
- Flexibility to accommodate working across different time zones
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills with strong spoken and written English
- Business outcomes mindset
- Solid balance of strategic thinking with detail orientation
- Self-starter, ability to take initiative
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Job Requirements
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong organizational skills
- Excellent analytical skills
- Excellent documentation skills; demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Collaborative team worker – both in person and virtually using MS Teams or similar
- Ability to work as liaison between business and information security / information technology
- Flexibility to accommodate working across different time zones
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills with strong spoken and written English
- Business outcomes mindset
- Solid balance of strategic thinking with detail orientation
- Self-starter, ability to take initiative
- Extensive experience with Linux, KVM virtualization, and OpenStack deployment.
- Strong background in UCS hardware, SAN, and NetApp storage integration.
- Proficiency with open-source automation tools (e.g., Ansible).
- Ability to work independently and as part of a distributed team.
- Excellent documentation and communication skills.
- Preferred
- Experience with OpenShift and other open-source cloud platforms.
- Prior involvement in large-scale data center migrations and re-platforming projects.
- Familiarity with hybrid cloud environments.
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Language Skills
- English
- Work Environment
- Remote
- Expected Hours of Work
- 40 hours a week
- Travel
- None
- Pay Range
- $90 — $114 USD
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