Kubernetes Openstack Engineer

Pure Storage Inc.•Santa Clara, CA

32d•Onsite

About The Position

We're in an unbelievably exciting area of tech and are fundamentally reshaping the data storage industry. Here, you lead with innovative thinking, grow along with us, and join the smartest team in the industry. This type of work-work that changes the world-is what the tech industry was founded on. So, if you're ready to seize the endless opportunities and leave your mark, come join us. THE ROLE Join Infrastructure Shared Services (ISS) to lead the design and operation of our global, bare-metal Kubernetes, KubeVirt, and OpenStack platform. You will drive the evolution of our core engineering infrastructure, directly enabling thousands of engineers to build and deliver cutting-edge products. This high-impact role requires deep systems expertise and collaboration with internal engineering teams to ensure maximum reliability and performance at scale. We are primarily an in-office environment and therefore, you will be expected to work from the Santa Clara, CA office in compliance with Pure's policies, unless you are on PTO, or work travel, or other approved leave.

Requirements

Deep Kubernetes & KubeVirt Mastery: Proven ability to design, deploy, and manage large, production-grade Kubernetes environments, with significant, hands-on experience running and tuning clusters on bare metal infrastructure.
OpenStack Production Expertise: Strong foundational knowledge and practical experience (beyond basic use) managing and troubleshooting key OpenStack services (Keystone, Nova, Neutron, Cinder) in a highly available production setting.
Infrastructure Automation Proficiency: Expert-level skills in Linux administration, coupled with proficiency in developing Infrastructure-as-Code using tools like Ansible or Terraform for full-stack automation.
Advanced Networking & Storage Acumen: Deep understanding of container and platform networking concepts (e.g., CNI plugins like Cilium, Load Balancing, Network Policies) and familiarity with storage provisioning and management (Persistent Volumes, Cinder).
System Observability & Troubleshooting: Expertise in implementing, configuring, and utilizing observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) to quickly analyze, debug, and resolve complex, interdependent platform issues at scale.

Responsibilities

Elevate Platform Reliability & Scale: Architect, deploy, and maintain robust, large-scale Kubernetes and KubeVirt clusters running on bare metal, ensuring industry-leading levels of high availability, performance, and disaster recovery readiness for critical engineering workloads.
Automate Infrastructure Lifecycle: Design and implement comprehensive CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code solutions (e.g., Ansible, Terraform) to fully automate the provisioning, configuration, security hardening, and day-2 operations of both OpenStack and Kubernetes environments.
Drive OpenStack Excellence: Serve as a subject matter expert for the OpenStack deployment, focusing on optimizing core services (Nova, Neutron, Cinder) for efficiency and stability while developing runbooks and tooling to streamline troubleshooting and maintenance processes.
Establish Observability Standards: Implement and refine advanced monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using modern tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Fluentd) across the entire platform stack to proactively identify performance bottlenecks and security issues.
Consult and Collaborate: Partner with diverse engineering teams across the organization to integrate their applications seamlessly onto the platform, providing expert guidance on workload optimization, resource utilization, and platform best practices.