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As a Senior RHOSP Platform Architect & Engineer, the candidate will own the architectural vision, production design, horizontal scaling, and lifecycle management of virtualization platform. Operating at the core of our digital infrastructure, the candidate will ensure our Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) and underlying applications deliver a high-performance environment that meets business objectives while adhering to strong engineering standards. The candidate will be responsible for evaluating upstream releases, driving non-disruptive platform upgrades, and scaling capacity ahead of tenant demand.
Minimum Qualifications & Experience
Experience: Technical/ Engineering degree with 9 years experience, of which 5+ years of dedicated hands-on experience designing, deploying, and maintaining Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) in a enterprise or service-provider environment
Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, System Administration, or equivalent practical experience
Core Systems: Proven mastery of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), hypervisor tuning, and OpenStack Director / TripleO deployment mechanisms
Automation: Advanced proficiency with Ansible, Python scripting, Postman/APIs, etc
Other Knowledge & Skills
Certifications: Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenStack or Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA) preferred
Networking: Deep knowledge of SDN topologies, OVN/OVS, BGP/MPLS, L2/L3 networking, and DPDK/SR-IOV data-path acceleration
Life Cycle Management: Extensive experience with Storage and VNF lifecycle management and performance tuning
Emerging Tech: Familiarity with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP) and OpenStack Services on OpenShift (RHOSO) architecture transition
Key Responsibilities
Architectural Design & Evolution: Design, build, and continuously refine the core RHOSP architecture to support evolving business requirements, while adhering to engineering and operational standards
Documentation: Ensure proper documentation, processes and engineering specifications are prepared and upkept
Deployment & Scaling: Drive capacity expansion, executing compute cluster scaling
Lifecycle Management & Upgrades: Own the release and patching pipeline, lead major RHOSP version upgrades, and eventual transition from RHOSP to OpenShift
Automation and performance: Support orchestration/automation development effort, establish/deploy performance monitoring capabilities
Core Services Integration: Architect and optimize key backend infrastructure, including storage, OVN/OVS, and high-performance DPDK networking paths
Platform Security & Compliance: Define hardening standards, RBAC policies, and encryption mechanisms across OpenStack API endpoints, control plane, and hypervisor
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