CareerPlan

Virtualization Engineer | OpenStack | Experienced Hire

Bala Cynwyd (Philadelphia Area), PennsylvaniaFull-time2026-09-23 → 2026-11-10

Core

Design and build scalable OpenStack infrastructure to replace a 18,000 VM VMware environment for high-frequency trading platforms.

Role type

Senior Infrastructure Engineer (OpenStack Virtualization)

Builds

Next-generation VM platform, automated deployment pipelines, and monitoring tools for trading systems.

Domain

Financial Technology / High-Frequency Trading / Cloud Infrastructure

Required skills

OpenStack, Python automation, Linux platform scaling, kernel-level tuning, network stack optimization, root-cause analysis, SAN implementation, capacity planning

Preferred skills

RedHat Openshift, kubevirt, Bash scripting, Jenkins, sysctl, strace, tcpdump, netstat

Technologies

OpenStack, Python, Bash, Jenkins, VMware, Linux, SAN

Responsibilities

Automate bare-metal and virtual server deployments; tune virtualization environments and network stacks for performance; design and implement the next-gen VM platform; perform root-cause analysis on system issues; monitor cluster capacity and forecast resource demands.

Seniority

Mid-Senior, hands-on IC