SRE Engineer- Remote, Only W2
Role: SRE Engineer (OpenStack ) - Remote
Experience: SRE / OpenStack Platform / Private Cloud Operations
Time zone: EST
Location: On-site candidates who can work in EST
Must-Have (Non-Negotiable)
• Strong Linux, Networking & Storage fundamentals
• Linux internals, kernel tuning (RHCE-adjacent), filesystems, partitions
• Storage: LVM, SCSI multipath, Ceph basics, IO troubleshooting
• Networking: DHCP, DNS, VLANs, bonding, basic routing, tcpdump/traceroute
• OpenStack Services Operations & Troubleshooting
• Hands-on experience managing and triaging OpenStack services (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone)
• Production issue troubleshooting, RCA, customer-facing debugging
Good to Have / Learnable
• Kubernetes - Basic understanding of pods, services, and cluster concepts (deep expertise not mandatory)
• Monitoring & Observability - Fundamentals of metrics, alerts, and logs (Grafana / Prometheus ecosystem preferred)
• Automation - Basic scripting in Python or Go
Role Expectations
• Troubleshoot complex platform issues in customer OpenStack/Linux environments
• Participate in incident management, RCAs, and on-call rotation
• Proactive system monitoring and performance tuning
• Collaborate with engineering on fixes, PRs, and platform improvements
• Clear communication with customers over calls and written channels
Note: Linux / Openstack Certifications are desirable / not mandatory
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