OpenStack Consultant (NV1)

• Initial 12 month assignment
• Immediate start
• Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra & Brisbane offices

Responsibilties

• Design, implement, administer, and support enterprise-scale Red Hat OpenStack and private cloud environments.
• Deploy, configure, and maintain Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes-based platforms to support containerised workloads and application delivery.
• Manage and optimise Linux-based infrastructure, including operating systems, networking, storage, and virtualization technologies.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure automation solutions using Ansible and other configuration management and orchestration tools.
• Support the design and delivery of cloud solutions across private, hybrid, and public cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
• Collaborate with architects, engineering teams, vendors, and stakeholders to deliver complex cloud and infrastructure projects.
• Provide technical leadership and expert guidance on cloud, virtualization, containerisation, and infrastructure best practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex system, platform, networking, and storage issues across enterprise environments.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and highly available cloud and virtualization architectures.
• Manage and support virtualization platforms including KVM, VMware, Hyper-V, and Red Hat Virtualization.
• Participate in infrastructure modernisation initiatives, platform upgrades, migrations, and transformation projects.
• Work closely with development and DevOps teams to support CI/CD pipelines and align infrastructure services with SDLC and Agile delivery methodologies.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, standards, and knowledge-sharing materials.
• Monitor platform performance, availability, and capacity, implementing continuous improvement initiatives where required.
• Engage with customers and stakeholders to gather requirements, communicate technical solutions, and provide consultancy services on cloud and infrastructure technologies.
• Ensure platforms meet security, compliance, operational, and business continuity requirements.

Requirements

• Extensive experience working in a similar role as Red Hat OpenShift Engineer/systems engineer/consultant for large complex environments
• Excellent communication skills
• Must have experience with Red Hat Openstack and/or similar products (i.e. Mirantis)
• Experience with Red Hat Openshift or similar kubernetes platform (advantageous)
• Knowledge and Understanding of Cloud and its components
• Experience working with Private cloud platform
• Conceptual knowledge and Hands-on experience with Linux, networking and Storage.
  Working knowledge of software development life cycle (SDLC) and agile/iterative methodologies required
• Hands on experience with automation products(Ansible).
• Good experience with Linux system management, infrastructure automation, and configuration management using scripting or tools like Red Hat Ansible Automation, Ruby, Puppet, Chef, or Amazon CloudFormation
• Understanding of complex enterprise solutions and architectures
• Excellent knowledge of virtualization platforms like Red Hat Virtualization, KVM, VMware, and Microsoft Hyper-V
• Experience with public cloud technologies including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Compute Engine (GCE)
• Experience with cloud management platforms like VMware vRealize Automation, HP Cloud Service Automation (CSA), and RightScale
• Ideally you will have some of the following certifications: Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), VMware Certified Professional (VCP), AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) certifications

 
How to Apply:
Apply Now! For more information, contact John on 0413 004 696 or email johne@greenlightworldwide.com

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