Ceph Storage Engineer

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🕒 December 2, 2025

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VEXXHOST Inc.

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2008

☁️ SaaS

Cloud Computing • SaaS • Open Source

VEXXHOST Inc. is a cloud service provider offering a suite of services designed to elevate cloud operations, enhance security, and optimize data management and deployment processes. Their core product, Atmosphere, provides flexible, OpenStack-powered cloud services that are billed per minute for optimal efficiency. VEXXHOST offers both hosted private cloud solutions in secure global datacenters and on-premise open-source cloud deployments. The company emphasizes its commitment to open-source technology, with certifications in OpenStack and Kubernetes, ensuring robust and high-performance solutions for cloud needs. VEXXHOST is dedicated to providing customizable solutions and expert consulting services to help clients achieve operational excellence in cloud technology.

📋 Description

• Design, deploy, and maintain Ceph clusters that support large-scale production environments • Monitor and optimize cluster performance, capacity, and reliability • Implement best practices for data durability, replication, and recovery • Troubleshoot storage issues at scale • Manage lifecycle operations including upgrades, expansions, and migrations • Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate Ceph with OpenStack and Kubernetes platforms • Automate operational workflows to ensure efficient and repeatable processes • Participate in on-call rotations to support critical production systems • Work directly with clients to fix their technical problems • Contribute to documentation

🎯 Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience operating Ceph in production environments • Solid understanding of distributed storage concepts and architecture • Proficiency with Linux systems administration and networking fundamentals • Experience with OpenStack Cinder, Glance, or Nova storage backends is a strong plus • Familiarity with Kubernetes persistent storage concepts is an asset • Scripting experience with Python, Go, etc • Knowledge of monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK stack • Ability to diagnose performance bottlenecks and conduct root cause analysis • Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail • Excellent communication and collaboration skills • Contributions to Ceph or other open-source projects (Nice to Have) • Experience with automation tools such as Ansible or Terraform (Nice to Have) • Background in large-scale cloud infrastructure environments (Nice to Have) • Understanding of object storage protocols such as S3 or Swift (Nice to Have)

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote-first work environment • Professional development opportunities and conference attendance • Access to cutting-edge technology and infrastructure • Collaborative and inclusive team culture • Opportunity to work with open-source technologies • Be part of the foundation of a growing company