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OpenStack Platform Engineer

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1 day ago
Durham, NC, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$129k - $185k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Architect, evolve, stabilize, and operate the OpenStack virtualization platform.
  • Own end-to-end lifecycle automation to reduce manual intervention and improve infrastructure reliability.
  • Develop observability frameworks and telemetry pipelines for proactive issue resolution and performance monitoring.
  • Build tenant-facing functionality that simplifies internal developers’ use of cloud resources.
  • Develop Python tools to support platform integration and service operations at scale.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
  • At least 3 years of industry experience in infrastructure, virtualization, or cloud engineering.
  • At least 1 year of experience with a public cloud such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • At least 1 year of experience working with Docker.
  • At least 1 year of experience working with CI/CD or DevOps systems.
  • Preferred: professional experience managing and operating OpenStack platforms and designing distributed software systems.
  • Preferred: proficiency with Cisco Intersight, UCS Manager, Ansible, and Terraform.
  • Preferred: expertise in Linux administration, network administration, and specialized Linux networking configurations.
  • Preferred: background in virtualization technologies and containerization platforms.
  • Preferred: proficiency in Python programming and developing platform integration and service-operation tools.

Benefits

  • Starting salary range of $128,600.00 to $184,900.00 for U.S. and/or Canada locations, excluding incentive compensation, equity, and benefits.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) with Cisco matching contribution; paid parental leave; disability coverage; and basic life insurance for eligible U.S. employees.
  • Potential eligibility for Cisco restricted stock unit grants and annual bonuses for non-sales roles.
  • Paid holidays, birthday leave, year-end shutdown, personal wellness days, vacation or flexible time off, sick time, family emergency leave, and optional paid volunteer days.
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About Cisco

10,000+ employees

Cisco designs and sells networking, security, and collaboration platforms for enterprises, service providers, and governments, spanning routers and switches, Wi‑Fi, firewalls, zero‑trust, observability, and cloud-managed IT (Meraki) plus Webex. Its business model mixes hardware, software subscriptions, and support/consulting services. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Cisco is a public company traded on Nasdaq and serves customers across data centers, campuses, and service provider networks.

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