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Virtualization Engineer

On-site in Spain·Full-time·Added 5 months ago

This job was published 5 months ago

Plenit

8 open roles

Overview

Job details

  • Permanent contract

    Full-time hours.

Requirements

  • Have the right to work in Spain

    Plenit doesn't mention sponsorship in the ad.

  • Work on-site in Spain

    No relocation package mentioned.

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Experience in administration and support of virtualization environments based on KVM in production.

  • Proven experience in implementation, operation and troubleshooting of virtualization platforms.

  • Advanced knowledge of Linux system administration.

  • Strong understanding of KVM virtualization stack, including QEMU and libvirt.

  • Experience diagnosing complex issues related to performance, capacity, availability and stability.

  • Practical knowledge of networking in virtualized environments: bonding (link aggregation), VLANs or VXLANs, firewall rules (iptables).

Nice to have

  • Experience with infrastructure orchestration platforms such as OpenStack, CloudStack or similar.

  • Experience in cloud providers, IaaS platforms or large-scale infrastructure environments.

  • Knowledge of centralized storage (NFS, iSCSI) and distributed storage (Ceph).

  • Experience in high availability, capacity planning and resource optimization.

  • Familiarity with observability, monitoring and performance analysis tools.

  • Experience with automation tools such as Ansible.

  • Participation in architecture evolution, standardization or platform improvement projects.

  • Ability to document technical decisions and communicate clearly in multidisciplinary environments.

The role

We're at a pivotal stage in the evolution of our cloud platform. To continue scaling efficiently and strengthening reliability, we are evolving our virtualization platform within our IaaS environment. Our infrastructure supports mission-critical services, where performance, stability and continuous improvement are key.

As a Virtualization Engineer, your mission will be to design, deploy, operate and evolve virtualization infrastructures based on KVM in production environments. You will contribute directly to the evolution of the virtualization layer, participate in architecture decisions, and help improve infrastructure-related products.

You will play a key role in resolving critical incidents, analyzing high-impact escalations from the operations team, and optimizing performance, stability and efficiency of the platform. You will also contribute to reducing operational friction through automation and continuous improvement.

You'll be part of a highly collaborative engineering environment, working closely with Network, Systems, Storage and Operations teams to solve cross-functional issues and ensure the platform evolves in a scalable and reliable way.

Collaboration will be essential. You will support infrastructure decisions, participate in architecture changes, migrations and capacity expansions, proactively identify improvements, and ensure the platform continues to evolve with a strong technical foundation.

What you'll do

  • Strong documentation practices and contribution to technical procedures and operational best practices.

  • Optimization of performance, stability and efficiency of the virtualization platform.

  • Ability to lead root cause analysis and propose technical improvements to reduce incident recurrence.

  • Resolution of complex and critical incidents escalated by the operations team.

  • Contribution to automation to reduce manual and repetitive operational tasks.

  • Technical judgment in validating new solutions, designs and changes impacting the virtualization layer.

  • Acting as a technical reference, contributing to raising the overall technical level with practical knowledge and global vision.

Tools

  • Virtualization: KVM, QEMU, libvirt

  • Networking: bonding, VLANs, VXLANs, iptables

  • Storage: NFS, iSCSI, Ceph

  • Orchestration: OpenStack, CloudStack or similar

  • Automation: Ansible or similar

  • Observability & performance: monitoring and performance analysis tools

  • Collaboration & documentation: technical procedures and operational documentation

About Plenit

Plenit is the company behind 'The Operating Platform trusted by the IT Channel', an all-in-one platform built for IT companies that brings together Cloud Services (servers, remote desktop, object and file storage, disaster recovery), IT Management (endpoint monitoring, patching and remote support), a software Marketplace, and Go-To-Market tools.

Industry
Healthcare
Employees
100+
Website
plenit.es

Good to know if you are moving

  • Plenit is present in Spain, Portugal, France, and Mexico, and describes itself as a unique reference point for the IT sector across Europe and the Americas.
  • The company reports a team of more than 100 professionals.
  • Plenit's services and products are used by more than 80,000 end customers across four different markets.
  • The company has received Spanish recognition including 'The Spanish SMEs that are changing the world in 2025' and 'Fast 50 Spain 2025'.
  • Current open roles in Spain include Virtualization Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, Product Lead for Cloud Services, Product Lead for ITM, Account Executive, Country Manager Iberia, Senior Partner Development Manager, Technical Customer Success Engineer, and People Operations Intern.
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