Role OverviewAs a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will be the backbone of our cloud infrastructure, responsible for designing, implementing, and managing high-availability environments. You will leverage your deep expertise in Red Hat and OpenStack to bridge the gap between traditional systems administration and modern cloud orchestration. The ideal candidate is a "code-first" engineer who views manual intervention as a last resort and thrives in complex, open-source ecosystems.Key ResponsibilitiesCloud Orchestration: Design and maintain scalable cloud environments using OpenStack and other open-source virtualization technologies.Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Drive automation by developing and maintaining playbooks and scripts using Ansible, Terraform, and Bash.Systems Excellence: Provide Tier 3 support for a diverse OS landscape, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Windows Server environments.Network Integration: Manage virtualized networking components, ensuring seamless connectivity, security, and performance across cloud and on-premise assets.Lifecycle Management: Oversee server provisioning, patch management, and performance tuning for both physical and virtual servers.Best Practices: Follow (and help refine) ITIL processes for change, incident, and problem management to ensure minimal downtime and maximum reliability.Required Skills & QualificationsExperience: 3+ years in Systems Administration/Engineering with at least 3+ years focused on Cloud Management.Open Source Mastery: Proven track record of deploying and managing OpenStack services (Nova, Neutron, Keystone, Cinder).Automation Toolkit: Expert-level proficiency in Ansible and Terraform for infrastructure deployment; strong Bash scripting skills for task automation.OS Expertise: Deep-dive knowledge of Red Hat (RHEL) and Windows Server (Active Directory, Group Policy, etc.).Networking: Strong understanding of TCP/IP, VLANs, Load Balancing, and software-defined networking (SDN).Strategic Thinking: Ability to migrate legacy workloads to cloud-native architectures.Preferred QualificationsCertifications: Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) or Certified OpenStack Administrator (COA).Working knowledge of the ITIL framework (Foundation certification is a plus).Experience with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).