Staff Systems Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure

Cadence Design Systems
Noida, Bengaluru
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)Experience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Systems thinking","Technical leadership","Mentoring","Communication","Cross-team collaboration"]

Design, implement, and operate large-scale public, private, and hybrid cloud infrastructure, serving as a technical authority for mission-critical workloads. Own reference architectures for OpenStack-based private cloud and hybrid/multi-cloud environments, guiding compute, storage, networking, and control plane decisions. Lead OpenStack upgrades and lifecycle management, integrate AWS/Azure/GCP with private platforms, and drive infrastructure automation, observability, reliability, and incident response.

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Cadence Design Systems
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Staff Systems Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure

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Job Summary

Design, implement, and operate large-scale public, private, and hybrid cloud infrastructure, serving as a technical authority for mission-critical workloads. Own reference architectures for OpenStack-based private cloud and hybrid/multi-cloud environments, guiding compute, storage, networking, and control plane decisions. Lead OpenStack upgrades and lifecycle management, integrate AWS/Azure/GCP with private platforms, and drive infrastructure automation, observability, reliability, and incident response.
Location: Noida, Bengaluru
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define and implement reference architectures for private cloud (OpenStack) and hybrid/multi-cloud environments.
  • •Serve as an OpenStack technical expert, monitoring, optimizing, and leading upgrades, migrations, and capacity expansions.
  • •Design and integrate workloads across AWS/Azure/GCP alongside private cloud platforms, including hybrid networking and identity federation patterns.
  • •Develop infrastructure-as-code and automation (Terraform, Ansible, Helm, CI/CD) to enable standardization and self-service provisioning.
  • •Drive performance, scale, and reliability by performing root-cause analysis, improving observability, and responding to incidents.

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, or large-scale platform engineering.
  • •Deep hands-on OpenStack experience in production environments.
  • •Experience designing and operating large-scale private and hybrid cloud platforms.
  • •Strong knowledge of OpenStack services (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone, etc.), plus Linux systems, KVM virtualization, and Kubernetes.
  • •Demonstrated leadership on complex, cross-team infrastructure initiatives.
Experience:8+ yearsCloud infrastructureDistributed systemsPlatform engineeringPrivate cloudHybrid cloudOpenStack
Education:Bachelor's in CS/Electronics
Skills:Systems thinkingTechnical leadershipMentoringCommunicationCross-team collaboration
Tech Stack:OpenStackNovaNeutronCinderKeystoneGlanceHeatOctaviaAWSAzureGCPTerraformAnsibleHelmCI/CDKubernetesLinuxKVMSDNLoad balancing

Company Brief

Cadence Design Systems
Provides electronic design automation (EDA) software, IP, and services for semiconductor and systems companies to design, verify, and implement integrated circuits, systems-on-chip, and electronic systems across industries including communications, automotive, and consumer electronics.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Jose, United States
Founded: 1988
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