Private Cloud & Infrastructure Operations Engineer

Business Area:
IT
Seniority Level:
Mid-Senior level
Job Description:
At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. With as much data under management as the hyperscalers, we're the preferred data partner for the top companies in almost every industry. Powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community, Cloudera advances digital transformation for the world’s largest enterprises.
Cloudera is looking for a Private Cloud & Infrastructure Operations Engineer to join our Cloud Operations team in Prague. You will own the day-to-day operations of our private cloud platform - monitoring health, managing resources, enforcing governance, and ensuring consumers get reliable, efficient service. You will also contribute to our wider infrastructure operations, supporting compute and storage services across data center environments. This is a hands-on operational role with real ownership. You are the person between the platform and its users - keeping it running well, holding consumers accountable for efficiency, and reporting clearly on operational state.
As a Private Cloud & Infrastructure Operations Engineer you will:
Monitor platform health, utilisation, and capacity across all private cloud environments
Manage compute provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle operations
Track resource utilisation and deliver reporting - driving efficiency and accountability
Manage quotas, resolve capacity issues, and plan for growth
Provide first-line operational support - triage incidents, apply known fixes, escalate appropriately
Enforce operational standards, access controls, and governance policies
Manage environment intake and provisioning for consumers
Support compute and storage infrastructure operations (server lifecycle, Ceph storage, shared services)
Maintain operational documentation and runbooks
Participate in on-call rotation for infrastructure services
Contribute to infrastructure efficiency and automation initiatives
We are excited if you have (Required Experience):
Relevant studies / BS or MS in related field or equivalent experience
3+ years operating cloud or virtualised infrastructure at scale
Strong Linux systems administration (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu)
Hands-on experience with distributed storage (Ceph preferred) or SAN operations
Experience with monitoring stacks, dashboards, alerting, and capacity planning
Virtualisation experience (OpenStack, KVM, VMware or similar)
Kubernetes cluster operations (node management, cluster lifecycle)
A governance mindset - comfortable enforcing standards, reporting compliance, holding consumers accountable for waste
Ability to author and maintain clear runbooks, procedures, and operational documentation
Strong communication - can translate technical state into clear reporting for stakeholders
You may also have:
Taikun operational experience (strongly preferred)
Server hardware lifecycle (rack, commission, decommission, IPMI/iDRAC/iLO)
Automation experience (Ansible, Terraform, scripting)
ITSM/ITIL awareness (incident, change, problem management)
Team leadership or mentoring experience
FinOps or cost attribution experience
This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship
What you can expect from us:
Generous PTO Policy
Support work life balance with Unplugged Days
Flexible WFH Policy
Mental & Physical Wellness programs
Phone and Internet Reimbursement program
Access to Continued Career Development
Comprehensive Benefits and Competitive Packages
Paid Volunteer Time
Employee Resource Groups
EEO/VEVRAA

Work arrangement
Yes