OpenStack Administrator

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - 3 Month(s)

Skills

Ansible
Apache Maven
Backup Administration
Bash
C
C++
CentOS
Ceph
Cloud Computing
Collaboration
Communication
Computer Networking
Conflict Resolution
Continuous Delivery
Continuous Integration
DevOps
Docker
Git
GitHub
High Availability
IPS
IaaS
Jenkins
Kernel-based Virtual Machine
Kubernetes
Puppet
Python
RBAC
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Regulatory Compliance
Operating Systems
ProVision
Problem Solving
Progress Chef
Provisioning
Log Analysis
Management
Mentorship
Migration
Nagios
Scripting
OpenStack
Perl
Research and Development
Routers
Ruby
Scalability
Solaris
Storage
Swift
Terraform
Testing
Ubuntu
VLAN
VMware ESXi
Virtualization

Job Details

Role: Openstack Administrator 

Contract: 3 Months 

Location: Santa Clara, CA (Onsite – HQ: 2625 Augustine Drive)

Time Zone: EST hrs

Note: Candidate must be available during North America business hours with some flexibility to engage with team members in India (IST).
Schedule: 40 hours/week (NAM business hours, with some flexibility for IST overlap)

Position Overview

Cohesity Inc. is seeking a highly skilled OpenStack Administrator to join the IT Corps team. The role involves designing, deploying, managing, and troubleshooting OpenStack cloud infrastructure to support critical R&D lab environments. The successful candidate will collaborate with engineering and DevOps teams to ensure high availability, scalability, and performance across bare metal, virtualization, and containerized environments.

Key Responsibilities

  • Deploy, configure, and manage OpenStack environments (manual and automated) using Ansible, Fuel, and Kolla.
  • Administer and maintain OpenStack core services: Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Glance, Keystone, Swift, Heat, Ceilometer.
  • Manage multi-tenant cloud environments including quotas, networks, and security groups.
  • Perform upgrades and migrations across OpenStack releases (e.g., Kilo → Liberty → Mitaka).
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning with Ansible, Terraform, Chef, Puppet.
  • Support bare metal provisioning and virtualization using KVM, VMware ESXi.
  • Provision and manage storage backends such as Ceph, Cinder volumes, and Swift.
  • Ensure compliance and secure access through RBAC and Keystone policies.
  • Integrate OpenStack with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub, Maven.
  • Monitor and troubleshoot services using Nagios and perform log analysis for fault isolation.
  • Mentor and guide the engineering labs team to build broader skillset coverage.

Required Technical Skills

  • Proven hands-on experience managing OpenStack environments (bare metal and automated).
  • Strong knowledge of Ubuntu, RHEL, CentOS, and Solaris operating systems.
  • Cloud & Virtualization expertise: OpenStack, VMware ESXi, KVM, Docker, Kubernetes (optional), OpenShift.
  • Automation & DevOps: Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Terraform, Jenkins, Git, Maven, CI/CD pipelines.
  • Networking: VLANs, routers, subnets, floating IPs, Neutron services, and SDN integration.
  • Storage: Ceph, Cinder, Swift, snapshots, backups, and restores.
  • Programming & Scripting: Bash, Python, Ruby, Perl, C/C++.
  • Monitoring & Testing: Nagios or equivalent tools.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Certified OpenStack Administrator (COA) or equivalent certification.
  • Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, and fault isolation skills.
  • Experience working with global teams across NAM and IST time zones.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
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