Senior OpenStack DevOps EngineerLocation: CaliforniaDuration: ContractRate: DOE U.S. Citizens and those who are authorized to work independently in the United States are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this timeRequirements8–9+ years of experience managing and automating large-scale OpenStack cloud environmentsExpert in Infrastructure-as-Code (Ansible, Terraform, Pulumi)Strong knowledge of OpenStack services: Neutron, Octavia, Manila, Cinder, Nova, Ironic, GlanceLinux systems engineering (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu), scripting (Python, Bash, Go)Git, CI/CD pipelines, test frameworksNetworking (L2/L3, VXLAN, Geneve), load balancing, storage (iSCSI, NFS, CEPH)Experience with high-availability and multi-region OpenStack clustersContainer tech (Docker, Kubernetes) a plusTechnical documentation, community contributions a plusPreferred: Upstream OpenStack contributions, Keystone federation, Barbican, Ceilometer, security best practices, telco/edge cloud background, automated OpenStack test environments, bachelor's degree or equivalentResponsibilitiesDesign & implement multi-tenant OpenStack infrastructure aligned with community standardsAutomate provisioning, lifecycle management & configuration using IaC toolsMaintain and extend integrations for core OpenStack services (Neutron, Octavia, Manila, Cinder, Nova, Ironic, Glance)Contribute to upstream OpenStack projects (bug fixes, drivers, docs)Build CI/CD pipelines for OpenStack updates, testing & rollbacksDevelop monitoring, alerting, and healing mechanisms with GitOps and observability tools (Prometheus, Loki, Grafana)Ensure HA, disaster recovery, and scale-out operationsTroubleshoot and optimize OpenStack performance across control & data planesParticipate in on-call rotation, incident response, and RCA for reliability issues