OpenStack Infrastructure Engineer

Job Title: OpenStack Infrastructure Engineer Location: Onsite in McKinney, TX (with flexibility) Compensation: $150,000 $190,000/year (based on experience) Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire

We are seeking an experienced OpenStack Infrastructure Engineer to lead the design, deployment, and optimization of our enterprise-scale infrastructure supporting hybrid cloud and colocation environments. This is a critical, hands-on role focused on delivering resilient, secure, and high-performing OpenStack platforms that power our virtualized services across multiple data centers.

You ll work onsite in McKinney, TX , with flexibility, and play a key role in bridging physical infrastructure, automation, and scalable cloud-native operations. If you're passionate about open infrastructure, bare-metal performance, and driving 99.999% uptime systems this role is for you.

• Architect and deploy OpenStack clusters across distributed, geo-redundant data centers.

• Ensure availability and fault tolerance for hybrid workloads with a target of 99.999% uptime.

• Evaluate, procure, and manage compute, storage, and networking hardware aligned with OpenStack/Ceph requirements.

• Collaborate with colocation providers to ensure appropriate power, cooling, and rack space.

• Utilize DCIM tools to plan and manage rack-level resources and capacity.

• Conduct quarterly audits to monitor resource utilization and anticipate upgrade cycles.

• Configure SD-WAN, AWS Direct Connect, and hybrid connectivity strategies.

• Enforce OpenStack and Linux-based security controls (Keystone, Neutron, encrypted Ceph).

• Conduct regular security audits and lead remediation efforts.

• Automate deployments using Terraform, Ansible, MaaS, and other IaC tooling.

• Build predictive monitoring pipelines using OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki.

• Create self-healing infrastructure patterns to minimize MTTR.

• Task Timeliness: 80% on-time completion.

• MTTR (Mean Time to Recovery): Root Cause Analysis: Preliminary RCA within 24 hours; final RCA within 3 days of incident closure.

• Expert in OpenStack (Nova, Neutron, Keystone), Ceph, and virtualization technologies (KVM/QEMU).

• Strong proficiency in IaC: Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, Ansible.

• Deep knowledge of Linux internals and performance analysis (eBPF).

• Experience with DCIM platforms and hardware lifecycle management.

• Proficient in observability tools: APM, Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, OpenTelemetry.

• Strong background in networking, protocols, and secure design practices.

• Proven success managing container environments (Kubernetes, Docker, Helm).

• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Argo), and ticketing systems (Jira, Azure DevOps).

• High ownership mentality and ability to independently lead initiatives.

• Curiosity-driven with a passion for continuous learning.

• Strong communicator with cross-functional team experience.

• Ability to prioritize and manage competing demands with clarity and confidence.

• Empathetic leader who thrives in collaborative engineering environments.