Canonical Openstack Cloud Engineer

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Job Description

DXC Technology is looking for a Canonical OpenStack Cloud Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Installation, configuration and support of cloud‑based infrastructure using DXC best practices.
• Reporting into the Italy Cloud & Platform organization.
• Solving complex business issues.
• Consulting, designing, testing, implementing, managing capability requirements, and integrating cloud solutions into varied environments.
• Working in a team of architects, infrastructure engineers, and developers participating in the technical design, modelling, coding, testing and release of automated cloud solutions to production.

Qualification Requirements

• Strong and solid background in GNU/Linux Operating System administration skills (5+ years).
• Experience supporting a large/medium/small scale, elastic, highly available cloud environment.
• Knowledge of the OpenStack project ecosystem and hands‑on OpenStack development/coding experience (OpenStack Canonical requested).
• Solid and proven experience with orchestration engines and delivering IaaS and PaaS offerings within OpenStack.
• 5+ years of experience with software development, especially in Linux environment with one or more of the following languages: Java, C++, Perl, Python, Bash, PowerShell.
• Experience developing solutions with configuration/automation management tools such as Puppet, Ansible or Chef.
• Experience with monitoring and usage collection tools such as Nagios, Zabbix and Ceilometer.
• At least 2 years of experience with proven expertise in application containerization management with Docker.
• Container orchestration with Docker Swarm or Kubernetes.
• Architecting end‑to‑end CI/CD solutions using popular platforms like Jenkins or GitLab.
• Strong experience in source‑code repositories like Git and SVN.
• Understanding of Windows, Linux, networking, TCP‑IP, routing, switching, firewalls, load balancers and other infrastructure components.
• Understanding of microservice architecture and REST‑based implementation of APIs.
• Experience designing and using web‑services APIs (RESTful, SOAP).
• Knowledge of big‑data processing, e.g., Apache Kafka, Storm, Hadoop, Spark.
• Experience with virtualization & cloud platforms such as vCenter, Amazon AWS, MS Azure, Google Compute.
• Experience with cloud orchestration/management platforms: VMware vRealize suite, HP CSA, Scalr, RedHat CloudForms.
• Experience with emerging web GUI development platforms: AJAX, HTML5, JSON, jQuery, JavaScript.
• Participation and contribution to open‑source projects.
• Task automation and software distribution tools (e.g., HP Server Automation, SCCM, IBM Big‑Fix).
• Reporting/Analytics (Business Objects, HP Autonomy, HP Vertica, HP Operations Analytics, Qlikview, Hadoop).

Education and Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• ITIL Foundations certification preferred.
• Certified OpenStack Administration preferred.
• Docker Certified Associate preferred.
• Linux Foundation Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) preferred.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).

Work Location

Rome with remote work possibility.

Seniority Level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

• Full‑time

Job Function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting

Additional Information

At DXC Technology, we believe strong connections and community are key to our success. Our work model prioritizes in‑person collaboration while offering flexibility to support wellbeing, productivity, individual work styles, and life circumstances. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

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