OpenStack Engineer (m/w/d) – Winterthur Area
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 8, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 29, 2026.
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We are seeking an experienced OpenStack Engineer to provide senior-level engineering and operational support for enterprise OpenStack environments. The role focuses on complex troubleshooting, control-plane operations, architecture validation, performance optimization, capacity planning, and the resolution of high-priority incidents. As a technical escalation point, you will guide L2 teams and contribute to the stability, scalability, and continuous improvement of cloud platform services.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide advanced administration and engineering support for OpenStack cloud platforms.
- Lead complex troubleshooting and root cause analysis across OpenStack services and infrastructure components.
- Manage control-plane health, platform resilience, and operational readiness.
- Support multi-region and multi-availability-zone (AZ) environments, ensuring reliable and scalable service delivery.
- Validate architecture designs and provide recommendations for performance, capacity, and operational improvements.
- Act as an escalation point for critical incidents and complex operational challenges.
- Mentor and guide L2 engineers through advanced day-2 operational scenarios.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and best practices.
- Collaborate with infrastructure, Linux, Kubernetes, networking, and storage teams to ensure end-to-end platform stability.
Required Qualifications:
- Extensive experience administering and supporting enterprise OpenStack environments.
- Strong expertise in OpenStack architecture, operations, and troubleshooting.
- Solid understanding of Linux systems, virtualization, networking, storage, and cloud infrastructure technologies.
- Experience with performance analysis, capacity planning, high availability, and platform resilience.
- Proven ability to resolve complex technical issues and lead incident response activities.
- Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Certifications:
- Advanced OpenStack platform certification
- Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA) or equivalent cloud-focused certification
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
- Additional Security, Network, Storage, or Compute infrastructure certifications are advantageous
Language Requirement:
- German language proficiency at minimum B2 level is mandatory.
- The role requires the ability to participate in technical discussions, incident coordination, service reviews, change management activities, and day-to-day communication with German-speaking stakeholders, customers, and operational teams.
Citizenship Requirement:
- Applicants must hold Swiss citizenship.
Location:
- Winterthur area, Switzerland
- Candidates should be based in, or regularly available within the Winterthur region to support customer interactions, operational alignment, coordination with onsite and remote-hands teams, and participation in governance, escalation, and service review meetings as required.
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