Staff Systems Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure

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## **At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.** **Position:** Staff Systems Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure **Grade:** IT4 **Location:** Noida/Bangalore **Job Summary** We are seeking a **Staff Systems Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure** to design, implement, and manage large-scale **public, private, and hybrid cloud platforms**, with deep expertise in **OpenStack and cloud IaaS technologies**. This role will serve as a **technical authority and architect** for cloud infrastructure platforms that power mission-critical workloads across EDA, Systems design, AI/ML, and high-performance computing environments. The ideal candidate brings **hands-on engineering depth**, strong **systems thinking**, and a proven track record of **leading complex cloud platform initiatives**—from architecture through production operations—while mentoring senior engineers and influencing platform strategy across the organization. **Key Responsibilities** **Cloud Platform Architecture & Strategy** - Define and implement **reference architectures** for private cloud (OpenStack) and hybrid/multi-cloud environments. - Contribute towards architectural decisions for **compute, storage, networking, and control plane services** at scale. - Ensure platform consistency, scalability, resiliency, and operational excellence across regions and data centers. - Evaluate and guide adoption of emerging cloud and IaaS technologies aligned with business and platform strategy. **Private Cloud & OpenStack Leadership** - Serve as a **technical expert for OpenStack** (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone, Glance, Heat, Octavia, etc.). - Monitor, maintain, and optimize OpenStack deployments for **performance, availability, upgradeability, and lifecycle management**. - Lead complex upgrades, migrations, and capacity expansions with minimal customer impact. - Define best practices for **multi-tenant isolation, quota management, and SLA-driven design**. **Public Cloud & Hybrid Cloud Integration** - Design and integrate workloads across **AWS, Azure, and/or GCP** alongside private cloud platforms. - Establish patterns for **hybrid networking, identity federation, workload portability**. - Provide technical guidance on cloud-native and IaaS-based workload placement decisions. **Infrastructure Engineering & Automation** - Develop **infrastructure-as-code** and automation using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Helm, and CI/CD pipelines. - Promote platform standardization, self-service provisioning, and repeatable operational workflows. - Perform SRE and operations activities to improve **observability, reliability, and incident response**. **Performance, Scale & Reliability** - Perform root cause analysis for complex platform issues across compute, network, and storage layers. - Optimize cloud platforms for **high-performance workloads**, including AI/ML, batch, and HPC-style systems. - Monitor and improve key reliability, performance, and capacity metrics. **Technical Leadership & Collaboration** - Act as a **senior technical authority** across cloud, infrastructure teams. - Mentor senior engineers; raise the technical bar across the organization. - Influence roadmap priorities through deep technical insight and clear communication with engineering and technical leaders. - Partner closely with security, networking, hardware, and application teams to deliver integrated solutions. **Required Qualifications** **Experience** - **8+ years** of experience in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, or large-scale platform engineering. - **Deep, hands-on experience with OpenStack** in production environments. - Proven experience designing and operating **large-scale private and hybrid cloud platforms**. - Demonstrated leadership on complex, cross-team infrastructure initiatives. **Technical Expertise** - Strong knowledge of: - OpenStack services (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone, etc.) - Linux systems, virtualization (KVM), and container platforms (Kubernetes) - Software-defined networking (SDN), L2/L3 networking, load balancing - Distributed storage systems (Ceph, object/block storage) - Experience with: - Public cloud IaaS (AWS, Azure, GCP) - Infrastructure automation and IaC - CI/CD pipelines supporting platform engineering **Preferred Qualifications** - Experience supporting **HPC/EDA workloads** on cloud platforms. - Exposure to **bare-metal provisioning**, hardware lifecycle management, and data center operations. - Familiarity with **SRE practices**, reliability engineering, and large-scale observability platforms. - Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence at senior and executive levels. **Educational Qualification:** BE/BTech/ME/MTech in CS/Electronics or equivalent ## **We’re doing work that matters. Help us solve what others can’t.**