Senior Cloud Platform Engineer(OpenStack)
Location: Galway, Ireland
Remote Type: Onsite Only
Time Type: Full time
Job Description
Meet the Team
The Cisco Common Platform Services (CCPS) organization is transforming how Cisco delivers software-as-a-service by providing a modern, consistent, and secure platform for all! With demonstrated ability, our global team brings innovative methodologies to building and managing hybrid cloud environments. We focus on platform management services, continuously evaluating infrastructure and operations to ensure efficiency and precision. Our expertise in IaaS and PaaS, combined with repeatable and portable delivery models, enables the rapid and secure deployment of applications.
Within CCPS, the Cloud Software & Solutions (CSS) group designs and develops OpenStack and Kubernetes platform solutions with an emphasis on quality, stability, simplification, user experience, scalability, performance, and portability. We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our team and build scalable cloud-native applications and services.
Your Impact
- Design, deploy, and maintain OpenStack private cloud solutions for data center infrastructure.
- Write and maintain Terraform scripts to automate compute, storage, and network resource provisioning.
- Develop Python scripts to automate cloud operations, workflows, and maintenance tasks.
- Monitor and optimize OpenStack environment performance and reliability.
- Troubleshoot platform issues and drive continuous improvements.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support CI/CD pipelines.
- Maintain technical documentation and operational runbooks.
Minimum Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in OpenStack solution.
- Strong knowledge of OpenStack core components (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone, Glance).
- Hands-on experience with Terraform for infrastructure automation.
- Proficient in Python scripting for automation and tooling development.
- Solid understanding of Linux and data center networking fundamentals.
- Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub CI, or equivalent).
- Strong debugging and problem‑solving skills in large‑scale environments.
- Experience using AI‑assisted tools to improve engineering efficiency and quality.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus or Grafana.
- Knowledge of networking protocols (BGP, VLAN, VXLAN).
- Familiarity with AWS cloud services and architecture.
- Working knowledge of Kubernetes (K8s) for container orchestration.
- Certified OpenStack Administrator (COA), Terraform Associate, AWS Solutions Architect, or CKA certification.
CollabHiring
Why Cisco?
At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.
We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.
There are more than 50,000 engineering jobs:
Subscribe to membership and unlock all jobs
Engineering Jobs
60,000+ jobs from 4,500+ well-funded companies
Updated Daily
New jobs are added every day as companies post them
Refined Search
Use filters like skill, location, etc to narrow results
Become a member
🥳🥳🥳 452 happy customers and counting...
Overall, over 80% of customers chose to renew their subscriptions after the initial sign-up.
To try it out
For active job seekers
For those who are passive looking
Cancel anytime
Frequently Asked Questions
- We prioritize job seekers as our customers, unlike bigger job sites, by charging a small fee to provide them with curated access to the best companies and up-to-date jobs. This focus allows us to deliver a more personalized and effective job search experience.
- We've got over 200,000 jobs from 15,000+ vetted companies. No fake or sleazy jobs here!
- We aggregate jobs from 15,000+ companies' career pages, so you can be sure that you're getting the most up-to-date and relevant jobs.
- We're the only job board *for* software engineers, *by* software engineers… in case you needed a reminder! We add thousands of new jobs daily and offer powerful search filters just for you. 🛠️
- Every single hour! We add 2,000-3,000 new jobs daily, so you'll always have fresh opportunities. 🚀
- Typically, job searches take 3-6 months. EchoJobs helps you spend more time applying and less time hunting. 🎯
- Check daily! We're always updating with new jobs. Set up job alerts for even quicker access. 📅
What Fellow Engineers Say