– OpenStack / Virtualization Engineer

We are looking for a hands-on OpenStack / Virtualization Engineer with strong knowledge of Linux, virtualization, networking, and cloud infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

- Deploy, configure, manage, and troubleshoot OpenStack-based cloud infrastructure.
- Work extensively with Linux systems, including system administration, troubleshooting, networking, storage, and performance optimization.
- Manage and troubleshoot virtualization technologies including KVM/QEMU and other virtualization platforms.
- Work with Software Defined Networking technologies such as Open vSwitch (OVS) and OVN.
- Configure and troubleshoot networking concepts including:
- VLANs
- Bridges
- Bonding
- Routing
- NAT
- Security Groups / Firewalling
- High Availability networking
- Manage databases such as MariaDB/MySQL, including troubleshooting, replication, clustering, backups, and performance.
- Work with infrastructure services and components commonly used in private cloud environments, including messaging, caching, load balancing, APIs, containers, and high availability services.
- Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues across compute, networking, storage, and database layers.
- Participate in automation, deployment, upgrades, patching, and maintenance of cloud infrastructure.

Required Skills
- Strong hands-on experience with Linux, preferably Ubuntu.
- Good understanding of OpenStack architecture and its core services.




- Strong knowledge of virtualization technologies, especially KVM/QEMU.
- Hands-on experience with Open vSwitch (OVS) and/or OVN.
- Strong understanding of Linux and cloud networking.
- Experience with MariaDB/MySQL administration and troubleshooting.
- Understanding of HA, clustering, load balancing, and distributed systems.
- Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills.

Good to Have
- Knowledge of Kubernetes and container technologies.
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as:
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- OpenSearch
- ELK/EFK stack
- Experience with infrastructure monitoring and alerting.
- Knowledge of Ceph or other distributed storage systems.
- Experience with Proxmox or other virtualization platforms.
- Knowledge of Docker and container-based infrastructure.
- Experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or similar tools.
- Understanding of cloud security, backup, disaster recovery, and high availability.

Preferred Candidate The ideal candidate should be a hands-on infrastructure engineer who is comfortable troubleshooting issues across multiple layers, including Linux, virtualization, networking, databases, storage, and cloud infrastructure. The candidate should have robust problem-solving skills and be comfortable working directly with production environments and complex infrastructure issues.

📌 OpenStack Engineer (Delhi)
🏢 Xloud Technologies
📍 Delhi