Staff Systems Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure

**At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **Staff Systems Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure (OpenStack & OpenShift)** **Position:** Staff Systems Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure **Grade:** IT4 **Location:** Noida / Bangalore **Employment Type:** Full-Time **Job Summary** We are seeking a **Staff Systems Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure** to design, implement, and manage large-scale public, private, and hybrid cloud platforms, with deep expertise in **OpenStack, OpenShift, and cloud IaaS/container technologies**. This role serves as a technical authority and architect for cloud infrastructure platforms that power mission-critical workloads across EDA, Systems design, AI/ML, and high-performance computing environments. The ideal candidate brings hands-on engineering depth, strong systems thinking, and a proven track record of leading complex cloud platform initiatives—from architecture through production operations—while mentoring senior engineers and influencing platform strategy across the organization. Experience with **container platforms (OpenShift/Kubernetes)** and the emerging **Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift (RHOSO)** model is a strong advantage. **Key Responsibilities:** Cloud Platform Architecture & Strategy * Define and implement reference architectures for private cloud (OpenStack), container platforms (OpenShift), and hybrid/multi-cloud environments. * Contribute towards architectural decisions for compute, storage, networking, and control plane services at scale. * Ensure platform consistency, scalability, resiliency, and operational excellence across regions and data centers. * Evaluate and guide adoption of emerging cloud, container, and IaaS technologies aligned with business and platform strategy. **Private Cloud & OpenStack Leadership:** * Serve as a technical expert for OpenStack (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone, Glance, Heat, Octavia, etc.). * Monitor, maintain, and optimize OpenStack deployments for performance, availability, upgradeability, and lifecycle management. * Lead complex upgrades, migrations, and capacity expansions with minimal customer impact. * Define best practices for multi-tenant isolation, quota management, and SLA-driven design. **Container Platform & OpenShift Engineering:** * Design, deploy, and operate OpenShift/Kubernetes clusters supporting containerized and cloud-native workloads. * Manage cluster lifecycle including provisioning, scaling, upgrades, and patching. * Implement best practices for container networking, storage integration, RBAC, and workload isolation. * Integrate OpenShift platforms with underlying OpenStack and bare-metal infrastructure. * Contribute to adoption and operations of **RHOSO (Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift)**, where the OpenStack control plane runs on OpenShift. **Public Cloud & Hybrid Cloud Integration:** * Design and integrate workloads across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP alongside private cloud platforms. * Establish patterns for hybrid networking, identity federation, and workload portability. * Provide technical guidance on cloud-native and IaaS-based workload placement decisions. **Infrastructure Engineering & Automation** * Develop infrastructure-as-code and automation using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Helm, and CI/CD pipelines. * Promote platform standardization, self-service provisioning, and repeatable operational workflows. * Perform SRE and operations activities to improve observability, reliability, and incident response. **Performance, Scale & Reliability** * Perform root cause analysis for complex platform issues across compute, network, storage, and container layers. * Optimize cloud and container platforms for high-performance workloads, including AI/ML, batch, and HPC-style systems. * Monitor and improve key reliability, performance, and capacity metrics. **Technical Leadership & Collaboration** * Act as a senior technical authority across cloud and infrastructure teams. * Mentor senior engineers and raise the technical bar across the organization. * Influence roadmap priorities through deep technical insight and clear communication with engineering and technical leaders. * Partner closely with security, networking, hardware, and application teams to deliver integrated solutions. **Required Qualifications** Experience * 8+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, or large-scale platform engineering. * Deep, hands-on experience with **OpenStack** in production environments. * Hands-on experience deploying and operating **OpenShift / Kubernetes** clusters in production. * Proven experience designing and operating large-scale private and hybrid cloud platforms. * Demonstrated leadership on complex, cross-team infrastructure initiatives. Technical Expertise * Strong knowledge of: * OpenStack services (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone, etc.) * OpenShift/Kubernetes container orchestration and cluster operations * Linux systems and virtualization (KVM) * Software-defined networking (SDN), L2/L3 networking, load balancing * Distributed storage systems (Ceph, object/block storage) * Experience with: * Public cloud IaaS (AWS, Azure, GCP) * Infrastructure automation and IaC * CI/CD pipelines supporting platform engineering **Preferred Qualifications** * Hands-on experience with **RHOSO (Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift)** or the OpenStack-on-OpenShift control plane model. * Red Hat certifications (RHCE, Red Hat Certified OpenStack Administrator, or Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator). * Experience supporting HPC/EDA workloads on cloud platforms. * Exposure to bare-metal provisioning, hardware lifecycle management, and data center operations. * Familiarity with SRE practices, reliability engineering, and large-scale observability platforms. * Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence at senior and executive levels. **Educational Qualification** * BE/BTech/ME/MTech in CS/Electronics or equivalent. **We’re doing work that matters. Help us solve what others can’t.** -------------------------------------------------------------------