OpenStack Platform Engineer - (Public Sector)

At Xtremax, we are looking for an experienced OpenStack Platform Engineer to design, automate, and operate reliable cloud infrastructure at scale. You will work across OpenStack, Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Red Hat Linux to build and maintain a platform that is secure, resilient, scalable, and operationally efficient.

This role goes beyond day-to-day platform administration. You will contribute to infrastructure automation, capacity and performance optimisation, platform lifecycle management, and complex troubleshooting. You will also have the opportunity to explore Generative AI, Agentic AI, and AIOps, including AI-assisted automation, incident analysis, remediation, and integration with OpenStack APIs and infrastructure tooling.

You will work closely with engineers and cross-functional teams on platform improvements, root cause analysis, code reviews, testing, and technical documentation. The role is well suited to an experienced infrastructure engineer who wants to combine deep cloud-platform expertise with modern automation and AI-driven operations.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain Red Hat OpenStack-based cloud infrastructure.
• Develop and optimise automation for OpenStack deployment, configuration, administration, and lifecycle management.
• Integrate OpenStack with surrounding platforms and services, including Kubernetes and OpenShift