Principal Private Cloud Engineer Overview

As a Principal Private Cloud Engineer, you will be responsible for defining and leading the technical strategy for a private cloud platform built on OpenStack. This platform is essential for delivering scalable and reliable infrastructure services to engineering teams, supporting large-scale workloads and aligning with the organizationâs infrastructure strategy. Your work will focus on up-to-date platform engineering principles, emphasizing automation, APIs, and enhancing the developer experience.

Responsibilities

- Define and design the long‑term architecture and strategy for a multi‑tenant Private Cloud.
- Lead the integration of OpenStack across compute, networking, and storage systems.
- Develop standards for Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, APIs, and automation.
- Drive improvements in reliability, scalability, and performance across all platform components.
- Provide technical leadership in collaboration with various teams and domains.
- Guide platform engineering practices, including CI/CD, telemetry, and observability.
- Address complex challenges in distributed environments and high‑performance computing.
- Promote and facilitate the seamless adoption of the new platform.
- Collaborate with Internal Developer Platform teams to ensure an excellent self‑service experience.




- Identify and mitigate workflow friction across multi‑disciplinary teams.
- Engage with the Open Source Software community to promote upstream feature adoption.

Requirements

- Extensive knowledge of the OpenStack ecosystem, Linux, and distributed systems.
- Strong background in software engineering, particularly with Python, APIs, and systems design.
- Significant experience with Ansible, Terraform, and infrastructure automation.
- Experience managing large‑scale or multi‑region systems and operating at significant scale.
- In‑depth understanding of networking, storage, and Linux systems, both physical and software‑defined.
- Proven ability to influence technical direction across teams.

Benefits

- Competitive salary ranging from £126,200 to £170,800 per year.
- A collaborative environment focused on impact, innovation, and teamwork.
- Support for accommodations during the recruitment process.
- Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion within the workplace.

This position operates under a hybrid working model, allowing flexibility in where work is conducted. The specifics of this arrangement will be discussed during the application process.

Degree Requirement: Not Specified

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