Kubernetes Openstack Engineer
Pure StorageSanta Clara, California
Full Time
Posted November 21, 2025
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Job Description
This role involves leading the design, deployment, and management of large-scale Kubernetes, KubeVirt, and OpenStack platforms, focusing on automation, reliability, and observability to support critical engineering workloads in a high-performance infrastructure environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and maintain large-scale Kubernetes and KubeVirt clusters on bare metal infrastructure
- Automate infrastructure lifecycle management using CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Ansible and Terraform
- Manage and troubleshoot core OpenStack services such as Nova, Neutron, and Cinder for efficiency and stability
- Implement and refine monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and Fluentd
- Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate applications onto the platform and optimize workload performance
- Ensure platform high availability, performance, and disaster recovery readiness
Requirements
- Deep expertise in designing, deploying, and managing large, production-grade Kubernetes environments, with significant, hands-on experience running and tuning clusters on bare metal infrastructure.
- Strong foundational knowledge and practical experience managing and troubleshooting key OpenStack services including Keystone, Nova, Neutron, and Cinder in a highly available production setting.
- Proficiency in developing Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using tools like Ansible or Terraform to fully automate the provisioning, configuration, security hardening, and day-2 operations of OpenStack and Kubernetes environments.
- Expert-level skills in Linux administration.
- Deep understanding of container and platform networking concepts, including CNI plugins like Cilium, Load Balancing, and Network Policies, as well as familiarity with storage provisioning and management such as Persistent Volumes and Cinder.
- Experience implementing, configuring, and utilizing observability stacks such as Prometheus and Grafana to analyze, debug, and resolve complex platform issues at scale.
- Ability to work from the Santa Clara, CA office in compliance with company policies, unless on PTO, work travel, or other approved leave.
Benefits & Perks
Flexible time off
Wellness resources
Company-sponsored team events
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