OpenStack Cloud Engineer (f/m/d) - Berlin - 100% Remote within Germany possible

Hi there!

As part of our Data Center Operations team you will be managing our private cloud here at Data4Life. The DC-Ops Team is responsible for a variety of topics from hardware level to providing the cloud to our SREs to automate projects. Being a health tech company, security is our top priority and the same is visible in our setup. As our new OpenStack Cloud Engineer, you will mainly be working on maintaining the Cloud. Along with it, you will be part of other infrastructure-related projects, plus some involvement with SREs.

Your future role

• You will design Data4Life's on-premise, multi-datacenter infrastructure with a focus on security, compliance, resilience, and performance.
• You'll carry out the deployment and configuration of OpenStack and Ceph.
• The Hana Database will be managed with your support.
• You will troubleshoot core networking (L2/L3) and OpenStack.
• You will upgrade OpenStack components.
• You'll provide support for internal learning/training. You'll mentor the Datacenter Operations and SRE teams with a focus on OpenStack.
• The VMware infrastructure will be managed by you.

What you need to succeed

• You have significant experience working on Unix/Linux environments.
• You have a detailed understanding of the OpenStack project ecosystem and open source hypervisor technologies.
• Experience setting up, maintaining, and troubleshooting OpenStack and Ceph deployments at scale on L3 networks.
• You're a certified OpenStack Administrator.
• You should have experience working with OpenStack services like Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Swift, Glance, RabbitMQ, ect.
• You know your way around logging, monitoring, and debugging OpenStack services and its deployment operations.
• You know your war around core networking and dynamic routing (BGP, VXLAN, EVPN, Firewalls, WAF).
• You have experience with Linux Operating System management and virtualisation (KVM, VMware, Docker).
• You can do hardware management and provisioning (MAAS, Netbox).
• You're familiar with automation and orchestration tools like Ansible, Terraform, and Python.
• You're familiar with security on network and OS levels.
• You have experience with VMware administration.

Why you will love working with us

• Actively contribute to developing digital health solutions with a direct impact on the health and quality of life of others.
• Nonprofit work with a purpose: With us, you will find a fulfilling and meaningful task in a nonprofit environment that will advance our society.
• A diverse team of professionals from over 30 countries working together from 3 locations (Potsdam, Berlin, Singapore).
• A generous education budget.
• A first-class private health insurance.
• Free professional German classes.
• Mobility support in the form of a monthly ticket (depending on your contract and location).
• Real Work-Life-Balance with flexible working hours, 30 days of paid vacation and various remote work models (100% remote, hybrid, 100% office).
• The option to work abroad remotely up to 2 months per year in GDPR compliant countries depending on your role and responsibilities.
• Numerous discounts, thanks to our partner Corporate benefits , for retailers, travel and much more.
• Regular knowledge transfer through all hands , town halls and Knowledge4Life events.
• Several employee driven initiatives, every new colleague is welcome to participate in (for example the Climate initiative or Diversity, Equality & Inclusion ).
• An extensive and detailed on-boarding program to make your start at Data4Life as efficient and smooth as possible.

Good to know

• We especially welcome applicants from the LGBTQI+ community, people with a migration background, people of color, and individuals with disabilities or chronic illnesses to the team.
• If you need support or special assistance during the application or interview process due to a disability, please feel free to let us know and we are happy to accommodate you as much as possible.
• The contract is indefinite.
• You can work remotely, but only within Germany with some flexibility to travel to our data centers in Frankfurt and Berlin from time to time.
• Please enclose your complete documents (CV, letter of motivation, references, salary expectations and earliest possible starting date) with your application.