Sr. Cloud Engineer - Virtualization

Hewlett Packard Enterprise • Fort Collins, CO

76d • $140,500 - $266,500 • Hybrid

About The Position

Join HPE's Private Cloud Engineering team and help shape the virtualization platform powering hybrid cloud solutions for the world's largest enterprises. As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you won't just manage VMs - you'll scale, optimize, and evolve the platform itself. From high-performance virtual compute and storage to secure workload isolation and dynamic scheduling, your work will directly influence the direction of HPE's Private Cloud solutions, used across global enterprise environments.

Requirements

• Expertise in Java, Groovy, or other JVM-based languages.
• Strong background in backend development, RESTful APIs, server-side logic, and database management (SQL or NoSQL).
• Hands-on experience with KVM, libvirt, and QEMU in enterprise-scale production environments.
• Experience building and supporting high-availability virtualization clusters at scale.
• Familiarity with open-source stacks like oVirt, OpenStack, Proxmox, or Red Hat Virtualization.
• Solid understanding of virtualization networking and storage technologies.
• Experience in performance tuning, monitoring, and availability architecture for virtualized infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of system architecture, design principles, and translating product requirements into technical tasks.
• History of identifying areas for product improvement and contributing ideas that align with business objectives.
• Proven ability to take ownership of projects and mistakes, with exceptional problem-solving skills and self-drive.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a collaborative mindset and a passion for mentoring others.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of experience contributing to technology projects and delivering solutions at scale with an emphasis on Linux-based virtualization.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and expand the virtualization layer of HPE's KVM-based Private Cloud product line.
• Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis for issues such as VM performance degradation, cluster outages, and storage failures.
• Engineer advanced virtualization features, including live migration, snapshotting, hot-swappable vCPUs, dynamic memory management, and NUMA-aware scheduling.
• Tune system performance using tools like hugepages, CPU pinning, macvtap, and VirtIO, with deep expertise in Linux internals.
• Configure and optimize shared storage for high-availability (HA) setups using technologies such as Ceph, LVM, NFS, iSCSI, GFS2, or OCFS2.
• Develop high-performance virtual networking topologies, including virtual bridges, SR-IOV, VLANs, and Open vSwitch.
• Work cross-functionally with product, operations, and customer teams to define requirements and deliver production-grade virtualization solutions.
• Collaborate with senior engineering leaders to shape the product roadmap, evolve system architecture, and evaluate emerging technologies.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership within the virtualization domain.
• Assist with customer issues as needed and ensure technical standards and documentation requirements are met.
• Collaborate with sales engineering and operational teams to understand customer needs and recommend solutions.

Benefits

• Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive suite of benefits that supports physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
• Personal & Professional Development: Programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have.
• Unconditional Inclusion: A diverse and inclusive engineering culture focused on impact, ownership, and collaboration.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees