Cloud Platform Engineer (OpenStack, Python) - STACKIT (m/f/d)

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Overview

You want to take the cloud world by storm with us STACKITEERs and shape the future of Europe with us? That's great! Then STACKIT is the right place for you. Our vision is ambitious: An independent Europe - digital, leading. As a cloud and colocation provider, we are building the secure infrastructure for this. With our server locations exclusively in Germany and Austria, we offer both the Schwarz Group, to which we belong, and external customers a European alternative to international cloud providers and support our customers holistically with individual solutions.

As a dedicated STACKITEER, you are part of the STACKIT Products division. This is where our products and services are developed, tested and improved.

Responsibilities

• Automate and optimize technical processes for continuous improvement
• Develop OpenStack components in Python and contribute changes upstream
• Provision, monitor, and optimize block storage volumes for performance and availability
• Operate and manage Linux-based infrastructure to ensure high availability
• Collaborate with a motivated team committed to continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Strong Python development skills
• Comfortable working with Linux systems
• Experienced in troubleshooting distributed systems
• Familiar with Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm
• Fluent in English for collaboration across European locations. Good German language skills would be a benefit.