New job Great opportunity for innovative Senior Software Engineer with specialist skills in cloud computing, server virtualisation and open-source development to join OpenStack Engineering team in Cambridge.

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Group: JOBS 2.0: Job Search Career Networking Staffing. Post Resume -Get Paid by Employers at Resumark .com Subject: Great opportunity for innovative Senior Software Engineer with specialist skills in cloud computing, server virtualisation and open-source development to join OpenStack Engineering team in Cambridge. Claire Clark posted a job: Great opportunity for innovative Senior Software Engineer with specialist skills in cloud computing, server virtualisation and open-source development to join OpenStack Engineering team in Cambridge. "Are you a good fit for this job? OpenStack Senior Software Engineer in Cambridge, United Kingdom Job Title:   OpenStack Senior Software Engineer Based in:  Cambridge Salary:      £45 – 55 k per annum Contract:  Permanent Role Overview: My client is seeking a senior software engineer with specialized skills in cloud computing, server virtualization, and open-source development to join their OpenStack Engineering team. This team is responsible for improving my client’s support for OpenStack across the product portfolio. In particular, we work to improve OpenStack’s support for the server virtualisation platform, working with the platform team in their designs for new cloud-specific features, and exposing them within OpenStack as they are developed. You will be responsible for software design and development within the OpenStack open-source community, collaborating with the server virtualisation community and the platform product team. You will design and implement cutting-edge features for both public and private cloud deployments that use OpenStack. You will also be responsible for aiding and encouraging OpenStack users to use my client’s server virtualisation platform and the new features that you have developed, including mailing list support, documentation and blogging. This is primarily a development role, but includes significant R & D responsibilities, and day-to-day project management and scheduling. You will be a senior technical member of the team in Cambridge (with Cambourne as an option), working most closely with a peer team in Santa Clara, California, the server virtualisation platform teams in Cambridge, and the open-source communities globally. This is a small team, with responsibility for all aspects of feature development, including reviews and automated QA. This is a rare opportunity to participate in a pure open-source project with an open mandate to innovate. Responsibilities: • Feature design and development. • Collaboration with multiple open-source communities around the world. • Prototype development through to product-quality feature development, including documentation and     automated testing. • Community leadership and advice.    Qualifications and Requirements:   • Bachelor's degree or better, preferably in software engineering or computer science. • 5+ years’ experience of distributed systems software development preferred, though strong post-doctoral    candidates are also welcome to apply. • Experience of Python essential. All development is in Python. • Experience within the OpenStack or server virtualisation platform communities strongly preferred. Other     open-source involvement would be a reasonable alternative. • Candidates must demonstrate deep and broad understanding of the problems involved in building large    distributed systems, and would be able to design and develop solutions to those problems.    Experience in the following areas would all be additionally valuable: • Server virtualization in general, and Xen or XenServer in particular. • Distributed storage. • Datacenter-scale deployments, in particular the networking aspects.        You must be eligible to work in the EU to be able to apply for this position. If this role is of interest please contact Claire Clark – claire@dovetailhrs.co.uk or 0044 (0) 1635 43100 http://bull.hn/l/KIBQ/6"

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