Senior Staff Platform Operations Engineer (with OpenStack)

Join Cloudera's IT team as a Senior Staff Platform Operations Engineer. In this role, you will design and manage the internal platform that supports our engineers and business teams. You will be responsible for the deployment, reliability, and automated management of our Linux-based infrastructure and core IT services across on-premise and cloud environments. You will also develop and maintain our Infrastructure-as-Code and automation frameworks, implement system-level security best practices, and serve as a technical subject matter expert. Additionally, you will mentor junior team members and participate in a shared on-call rotation to support mission-critical IT services.

• Architect, deploy, and provide senior-level operational support for on-premise and cloud-based Linux infrastructure and core IT services.
• Develop, maintain, and champion Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and automation frameworks using tools like Terraform, Ansible, and Foreman/MaaS.
• Implement and automate system-level security best practices, including patching, hardening, and configuration management, ensuring compliance and resilience.

• Strong networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing, firewalls), including public cloud equivalents
• A security-first mindset and experience designing, building, and operating secure, automated infrastructure
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or 8+ years of equivalent experience in a large-scale enterprise environment
• Proven experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) and version control (GitHub/Git)
• Deep, expert-level Linux systems administration experience (e.g., Red Hat, Rocky, Ubuntu) and mastery of common Command Line Interface (CLI) tools and services
• Strong hands-on skills with Python and shell scripting, used for systems automation, tooling, and integration
• Solid experience managing hybrid infrastructure, with deep expertise in on-premise environments (virtualization, OpenStack, networking) and a strong understanding of core public cloud services (AWS/Azure/GCP) and containerized platforms (Kubernetes)
• Hands-on experience administering enterprise storage arrays, ideally including Dell PowerStore and Pure Storage FlashArray (provisioning, performance tuning, upgrades, and troubleshooting)
• Certifications such as Red Hat (RHCE), Terraform, or public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Knowledge of enterprise security principles, cryptography, PKI, and operational security practices
• Experience operating in regulated/high-governance/compliance environments (e.g., FedRAMP, PCI, ISO27001, SOC2, etc.)
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Previous experience mentoring junior team members
• Project management experience