OpenStack Cloud Developer Sunnyvale, CA

 

 

Job ID: Job-2657

Job Title:      OpenStack Cloud Developer

location:       Sunnyvale, CA

Jobtype:        Permanent

Rate:   $130K - $150K

Primary Skills:

Description:   

Collaborate with an enterprise architect to design and develop complex distributed cloud-based applications.  The development will be conducted with local team as well as offshore teams.  You will be expected to clearly communicate implementation risks and design trade-offs, and deliver committed work in a timely manner and with high levels of quality.

 

Responsibilities:

·         Coordinate architectural components with development teams and determining technical strategy to meet new product requirements and continued maintenance.

·         Provide solutions and analysis for the most difficult design issues. Expected to make significant architectural and/or implementation contributions. Create alternative technology proposals and gain support for their use/deployment.

·         Lead the technical aspects of the projects and also contribute to projects as a senior developer. You will also be expected to provide accurate forecasts of work effort and to clearly communicate technical implementation risks and design trade-offs

·         Design and deliver features that meet the business needs of the customer

·         Support delivering software that supports a highly available, fault tolerant SaaS application

·         Produce high quality software designs to support long term maintainability and extensibility of code

·         Produce high quality and well-documented code

Requirements:

·         BS degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering.

·         7-10 years of software engineering required with 3+ years in a cloud based application preferred.

·         Experience in Python programming to extend and customize OpenStack components. OpenStack experience is greatly preferred, however senior-level Python developers will be considered.

·         Experience in REST API integration to integrate OpenStack with other tools.

·         Convert high level design to a detailed OpenStack design with well-defined integration points and interfaces.

·         Experience in Virtualization with KVM and Libvirt.

·         Knowledge of OpenStack core components and subprojects.

·         Experience in selecting, designing, and developing tool-chains with loosely coupled software components (e.g. Chef, Nagios, Crowbar) to perform specific technical functions.

·         Experience with Agile Project Management.

·         Experience with any flavor of Linux OS.

·         Must acquire expertise in all aspects of one or more product lines.

·         Talent to think outside of the box to evaluate multiple technologies and arrive at a sound design for extremely complex system-wide problems.

·         Successful history of working effectively with cross-functional and multi-location teams.

·         Ability to work in new areas, where roles and processes are not defined.  Sets own direction, self-manages and creates rapid prototypes for new concepts.

·         Experience working with management and executives in a distributed environment.

·         Knack for persuading and influencing members outside of the team to ensure that goals are met.

·         Provide mentoring and support for multiple engineers on the team.

·         Excellent communication skills required

 

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PAID RELOCATION AVAILABLE. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES. Applicants for employment in the US must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship from the employer for a visa.

 

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