Private Cloud & Infrastructure Operations Engineer - cloudera

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At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. With as much data under management as the hyperscalers, we're the preferred data partner for the top companies in almost every industry. Powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community, Cloudera advances digital transformation for the world’s largest enterprises.

Cloudera is looking for a Private Cloud & Infrastructure Operations Engineer to join our Cloud Operations team in Prague. You will own the day-to-day operations of our private cloud platform - monitoring health, managing resources, enforcing governance, and ensuring consumers get reliable, efficient service. You will also contribute to our wider infrastructure operations, supporting compute and storage services across data center environments. This is a hands-on operational role with real ownership. You are the person between the platform and its users - keeping it running well, holding consumers accountable for efficiency, and reporting clearly on operational state.

As a Private Cloud & Infrastructure Operations Engineer you will:

Monitor platform health, utilisation, and capacity across all private cloud environments

Manage compute provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle operations

Track resource utilisation and deliver reporting - driving efficiency and accountability

Manage quotas, resolve capacity issues, and plan for growth

Provide first-line operational support - triage incidents, apply known fixes, escalate appropriately

Enforce operational standards, access controls, and governance policies

Manage environment intake and provisioning for consumers

Support compute and storage infrastructure operations (server lifecycle, Ceph storage, shared services)

Maintain operational documentation and runbooks

Participate in on-call rotation for infrastructure services

Contribute to infrastructure efficiency and automation initiatives

We are excited if you have (Required Experience):

Relevant studies / BS or MS in related field or equivalent experience

3+ years operating cloud or virtualised infrastructure at scale

Strong Linux systems administration (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu)

Hands-on experience with distributed storage (Ceph preferred) or SAN operations

Experience with monitoring stacks, dashboards, alerting, and capacity planning

Virtualisation experience (KVM, VMware, or similar)

A governance mindset - comfortable enforcing standards, reporting compliance, holding consumers accountable for waste

Ability to author and maintain clear runbooks, procedures, and operational documentation

Strong communication - can translate technical state into clear reporting for stakeholders

You may also have:

OpenStack or Taikun operational experience (strongly preferred)