Senior Cloud Engineer (OpenStack)

Rumble

4d•$177,000 - $221,000

About The Position

Rumble is seeking a highly skilled Senior Cloud Engineer with deep expertise in OpenStack to lead the deployment, and optimization of our cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will play a critical role in managing, deploying, and optimizing our OpenStack-based cloud infrastructure. This position requires a strong background in Linux systems, networking (OVS/OVN), automation (Kolla Ansible), and programming (Python). This role is primarily focused on our OpenStack infrastructure, but the ideal candidate would also be able to work across other products and projects as needed. Strong knowledge in Kubernetes would be a major plus.

Requirements

7–10+ years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering / systems engineering with 3+ years leading OpenStack operations.
Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
Extensive hands-on experience with OpenStack installation, upgrades, and troubleshooting in large-scale production environments.
Strong knowledge of Linux (Ubuntu/CentOS/RHEL) administration and tuning.
Expertise in OVS and OVN for OpenStack networking.
Practical experience with Kolla Ansible for containerized OpenStack deployments.
Proficiency in Python programming for automation, debugging, and patching.
Proven experience integrating and optimizing CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar) for cloud infrastructure.
Strong expertise with Ansible, Terraform, or other infrastructure-as-code tools.
Strong understanding of virtualization (KVM/QEMU) and containerization (Docker, Podman) in production-scale deployments.
Deep understanding of distributed systems, storage (Ceph, Cinder, Swift), and messaging (RabbitMQ, Kafka).
Solid networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, routing, VLANs, VXLAN, BGP) with experience architecting complex multi-tenant environments.

Nice To Haves

Contributions to the OpenStack community or related open-source projects.
Experience with Kubernetes integration with OpenStack.
Knowledge of HAProxy, Keepalived, and load balancing in OpenStack HA setups.
Familiarity with monitoring and logging (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
Experience with hardware integrations (Dell, HPE, Supermicro servers, storage backends, accelerators).
Security knowledge: TLS, certificate management, Keystone federation, encryption at rest/in transit, Security Vulnerability Scanning / Assessment
Familiarity with ERP platforms (e.g., Odoo) and experience supporting their integration with cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain OpenStack environments (production and development).
Debug and troubleshoot issues across multiple OpenStack services (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone, etc.).
Manage and optimize Open vSwitch (OVS) and OVN for software-defined networking.
Deploy and manage OpenStack services using Kolla Ansible (containers and automation).
Write and maintain scripts, tooling, and small patches in Python to improve automation and fix issues.
Integrate OpenStack with CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, deployment, and upgrades.
Monitor, tune, and troubleshoot performance, availability, and scalability of OpenStack clusters.
Collaborate with development and operations teams to design cloud-native solutions.
Ensure infrastructure security, compliance, and adherence to best practices.
Provide on-call support and assist with incident response and root cause analysis.
Document procedures and processes for both internal and customer use related Rumble Cloud environments.
Initiate, plan, and execute tasks proactively, and independently manage progress to meet deadlines.