OpenStack Solution Architect Job in Dublin, London, Poland or Remote + EU Travel, Ireland

“As software eats the world, the strategic importance of IT continues to rise.”

Sean Finlay, Head of Propositions, Ammeon
Founded in 2003, Ammeon is a services and solutions partner that helps you grasp the opportunities presented by emerging technologies and maintain that leading edge.

Over the years we have worked with many Fortune 500 companies and our customer portfolio currently includes Ericsson, Vodafone, Telefonica, Mirantis and AIB.

Our large team of consultants, technical architects, project managers and developers have the real-world experience, technical know-how and operational understanding to deliver your strategy.

Vendor-neutral, our team has the experience working with the latest technologies that are right for you.

We invest and get involved so you remain ahead.

In order to help address the demand for skilled expertise in Europe, we launched Ireland’s only purpose-built Learning Centre for DevOps and OpenStack. We’ve built Ammeon Labs to foster experimentation and advance cloud-based applications and services. And we have a strong network of partners to help us meet your needs.

OpenStack Solution Architect Job Description

About the Role:
You will work with product managers, project managers, engineering teams, sales teams and customers to deliver OpenStack cloud solutions which integrate the business, technical and operational aspects of our customers’ cloud strategies. 
This role involves up to 50% travel in the EU and has the potential to be based remotely when not on site. 

Job Requirements:

• Working with customers to understand project goals and define requirements and scope.
• Analysing gaps in the existing data centre infrastructure management.
• Creating designs for cloud implementations based on OpenStack.
• Proposing an integration approach for existing services and applications.
• Performing capacity planning for the cloud and providing hardware recommendations.
• Working with engineering teams to validate implementation details.
• Creating cloud solution blueprints and white papers.
• Overseeing project execution carried out by remote engineering teams.
• Developing professional relationships with executives, engineering teams and customers.
• This role involves up to 50% travel in the EU and has the potential to be based remotely when not on site. 

OpenStack Solution Architect Job Requirements

Experience Required:

• Excellent knowledge of the cloud computing domain, including current market leaders and technologies.
• Background in developing distributed systems and reliable, fault-tolerant software.
• Solid software development experience (Java, Python, PHP, FastCGI) using agile methodologies.
• Experience of building high-availability (HA) production-grade solutions in virtualised environments.
• Experience of working with OpenSource frameworks (such as CloudFoundry, Cloudify, OpenShift and Hadoop).
• Experience of working with messaging solutions (such as ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ and ZeroMQ).
• Expert knowledge of MySQL and/or PostgreSQL in HA deployments.
• Experience of working with Active Directory (AD) deployments for business-critical applications.
• Practical experience in Linux/Unix system administration and troubleshooting.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills (in areas such as capacity planning).
• Strong interpersonal communication skills. 

OpenStack Solution Architect Application Information

Package:

• Competitive salary.
• Healthcare.
• Great location in the heart of Dublin city centre.
• Excellent opportunities to experiment with new technologies.
• Learning and development opportunities.
• Staff technical talks.
• Regular staff competitions.

OpenStack Solution Architect Summary

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