Senior Cloud/Containers Software Engineer

Role description:

We are seeking software engineers for developing cloud-based software for our client's product.
The successful candidates will join a highly skilled development team delivering the world’s first telecom grade cloud platform, pioneering many new industry-leading capabilities.
The engineer is responsible for investigating issues, providing fixes and enhancements to the Open Source Cloud platform and underlying Linux based operating system.
The successful candidate must be a highly adaptable team player who can quickly ramp up on new technologies and accomplish goals in a fast-paced agile environment. A combination of strong technical and communication skills is a must.

The product is based on StarlingX Open Source cloud infrastructure management solution, it is mentored by the Openstack Foundation as a root project and promoted by the client`s partners.
The product is currently deployed with major service providers globally and is undergoing expansion to provide a cloud-native platform for containerized applications in addition to supporting virtual machines and bare metal nodes.

Responsibilities:

Main:

• Work with the most dynamic and exciting open source software projects today – Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, StarlingX, Ansible, Ceph, Puppet, OpenStack, etc;
• Work as part of a team focused on containerization, storage and fault tolerant/carrier grade development;
• Research and evaluate emerging technologies, making recommendations on best options;
• Develop and deliver high quality designs and code;
• Develop automated tests, enabling faster design and test cycles;
• Investigate and resolve issues reported during product verification and customer integration;
• Provide support to documentation and customer-facing teams;
• Participate in all aspects of the software development process using agile development.

Design:

• Investigate solutions for meeting project requirements;
• Document proposal based on investigation results (write HLDs and open source spec files);
• Identify detailed requirements;
• Review and provide input for user documentation.

Development:

• Improve existing features;
• Develop new features;
• Write scripts for demonstrating functionality & automating tasks;
• Software and product integration.

Product Validation:

• Provide input to the test team from a development perspective;
• Interpret test results and make recommendations;
• Validate user documentation.

Requirements:

Technical skills

• Over 6 years of relevant technical experience in software development;
• Excellent programming skills using Bash, Python;
• Experience with Linux software development;
• Experience with networking protocols;
• Development experience with containers and with cloud-based and virtualization technologies, including OpenStack, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Puppet;
• Strong analytical and debugging skills;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Exceptional team player who works well in collaborative environments;
• Self-managed, fast learner with the desire and ability to master new technologies.

Highly Desired

• Contribution to the open source community;
• Familiarity with iterative and agile/scrum software development processes;
• Exposure to other languages (C/C++, SQL, Go) is a plus.

Language skills

• Fluent in English.

Education

BSc / MSc degree (Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, or equivalent technical degree).

About our Company:

Orion Innovation is an engineering solution center, focused on providing software development, product quality assurance & customer support services. Orion (formerly known as Tellence Technologies) operates in a broad range of industries: telecommunications, media, banking, online gaming, mobile applications, internet applications, semiconductors, automotive, security and B2B applications.

We are a company that cares about its employees’ wellbeing. We put our employees first. That’s why we offer one of the most competitive salaries in the market and benefits to help maintain a healthy work-life balance.