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About Brightaira

Brightaira is seeking a skilled Cloud Architect OpenStack to join our team in Riyadh. This full-time role involves designing and implementing robust cloud solutions, contributing to critical infrastructure projects within a dynamic environment.

The Cloud Architect OpenStack Role

As a Cloud Architect specializing in OpenStack, you will be responsible for architecting secure, scalable, and highly available cloud solutions. This position requires a professional who can lead complex migration projects, implement disaster recovery strategies, and optimize cloud operations while collaborating with both internal teams and customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and architect secure, scalable, and highly available solutions on OpenStack platforms.
• Create and review High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), reference architectures, landing zones, and network/security designs.
• Lead migration projects from on-premises or legacy platforms to OpenStack environments.
• Architect and implement Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity solutions across data centers or regions.
• Plan and execute lift-and-shift, re-platforming, and cloud modernization initiatives.
• Deliver managed services operations including monitoring, patching, backup, optimization, and incident/problem management.
• Configure and manage cloud resources such as compute, storage, networking, security groups, and identity services.
• Work with OpenStack core services (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Swift, Keystone, Horizon) and related components.
• Implement automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and scripting tools (Terraform, Ansible, Heat, Shell).
• Collaborate with customers and internal teams for requirement gathering, solution design, and technical presentations.
• Conduct cloud readiness assessments, sizing exercises, capacity planning, and cost optimization reviews.
• Prepare technical documentation including architecture diagrams, deployment guides, operational runbooks, and DR procedures.
• Support pre-sales activities such as solution workshops, Proofs of Concept (PoCs), and proposal development when required.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in cloud architecture and infrastructure design.
• Strong experience with OpenStack-based cloud platforms.
• In-depth understanding of OpenStack components: Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Swift, Keystone, and Horizon.
• Experience in designing and implementing cloud migrations for VMs, applications, and databases.
• Proven experience in Disaster Recovery (DR), backup, and high-availability architectures.
• Strong knowledge of Linux administration and virtualization technologies (KVM, VMware).
• Familiarity with networking concepts including VLANs, overlays, routing, firewalls, and load balancers.
• Proficiency in Terraform, Ansible, or similar automation and orchestration tools.
• Understanding of ITIL processes (Incident, Change, Problem Management) within managed services environments.
• Experience with containers and Kubernetes/OpenShift is an advantage.

Essential Skills

• Strong communication, documentation, and customer-facing skills.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh. The role requires a professional who can thrive in a collaborative environment, contributing to significant cloud infrastructure projects.