Junior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Company Description Miratech helps visionaries change the world. We are a global IT services and consulting company that brings together enterprise and start-up innovation. Today, we support digital transformation for some of the world's largest enterprises. By partnering with both large and small players, we stay at the leading edge of technology, remain nimble even as a global leader, and create technology that helps our clients further enhance their business. We are a values-driven organization and our culture of Relentless Performance has enabled over 99% of Miratech's engagements to succeed by meeting or exceeding our scope, schedule, and/or budget objectives since our inception in 1989. Miratech has coverage across 5 continents and operates in over 25 countries around the world. Miratech retains nearly 1000 full-time professionals, and our annual growth rate exceeds 25%.

Job Description About the Role

We are seeking an Junior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to implement and support our community-driven OpenStack-based private cloud infrastructure . In this role, you will work closely with senior engineers to help maintain, automate, and improve the scalability, resilience, and performance of our cloud platforms.

The position combines cloud infrastructure, data center operations, and Linux-based systems , with a strong focus on OpenStack, Ubuntu KVM, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure-as-Code . You will gain hands-on exposure to production environments supporting mission-critical, multi-tenant services , while being mentored by experienced platform and SRE engineers.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the operation of multi-tenant OpenStack private cloud environments running in on-premises data centers.
• Assist in provisioning, configuring, and maintaining Ubuntu KVM hypervisors, OpenStack services, and Kubernetes clusters.
• Work alongside senior engineers on data center infrastructure, including compute, storage, and networking components.
• Contribute to infrastructure automation using Ansible, Terraform, or Pulumi for provisioning and lifecycle management.
• Support CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure changes, including upgrades, patching, validation, and rollback processes.
• Monitor infrastructure health using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and related observability tools.
• Participate in incident response, troubleshooting Linux, virtualization, storage, and networking issues, escalating when needed.
• Assist with high availability and disaster recovery practices across infrastructure components.
• Join on-call rotations under guidance and contribute to post-incident reviews and documentation.
• Collaborate with global platform, SRE, and operations teams to improve reliability and operational practices.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in infrastructure operations within data center or private cloud environments.
• Practical experience with OpenStack and Ubuntu-based KVM virtualization.
• Exposure to Kubernetes infrastructure (cluster operations, not only application deployment).
• Working knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or Pulumi.
• Solid Linux administration skills (Ubuntu, RHEL, CentOS) with basic scripting in Bash or Python.
• Familiarity with Git-based workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and automation concepts.
• Basic understanding of: Hypervisors (KVM, VMware vSphere), Software-defined storage and protocols (Ceph, iSCSI, NFS), Data center networking fundamentals (L2/L3, routing, load balancing)
• Ability to work in 24×7 production environments and participate in on-call rotations.

Nice to Have:

• Exposure to data center hardware such as Cisco UCS or similar server platforms.
• Familiarity with software-defined storage solutions.
• Experience supporting high-availability or multi-region OpenStack clusters.
• Background in telco, edge cloud, or large enterprise infrastructure environments.

Additional Information

We offer:

• Culture of Relentless Performance: join an unstoppable technology development team with a 99% project success rate and more than 25% year-over-year revenue growth.
• Competitive Pay and Benefits: enjoy a comprehensive compensation and benefits package, including health insurance, and a relocation program.
• Work From Anywhere Culture: make the most of the flexibility that comes with remote work.
• Growth Mindset: reap the benefits of a range of professional development opportunities, including certification programs, mentorship and talent investment programs, internal mobility and internship opportunities.
• Global Impact: collaborate on impactful projects for top global clients and shape the future of industries.
• Welcoming Multicultural Environment: be a part of a dynamic, global team and thrive in an inclusive and supportive work environment with open communication and regular team-building company social events.
• Social Sustainability Values: join our sustainable business practices focused on five pillars, including IT education, community empowerment, fair operating practices, environmental sustainability, and gender equality.
• Miratech is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status under applicable law.