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ELITS Canada Inc is a subsidiary of Accelerate parent company Iver has 1,700 employees today and is growing and now we are looking for new employees who want to join our journey. As part of Accelerate at Iver, you are at the absolute forefront of technology and work on exciting digitization and transformation projects with market‑leading customers. We are passionate about realizing digital opportunities in the cloud.
Together with our customers, we close the gap between aspiration and successful implementation. Communication is an essential part of the work since we work closely with our customers. As an employee at ELITS you will become a part of a great team that always responds to the customer with humility, and at the same time is very proud of what we deliver.
Locations ELITS is now looking for a Ceph Engineer / Developer in our operations in Montreal, Quebec City, Gatineau, Trois‑Rivières, Sherbrook, Ottawa, Toronto, and Halifax .
About this position Join ELITS Canada’s R&D organization, where innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence shape the backbone of our cloud infrastructure. You’ll work with experienced engineers to evolve and optimize our large‑scale Open Stack‑based platform and its storage foundations. We organize our work through small, agile teams focused on specific areas like IaaS, PaaS, AI & Data, and Cloud Integration. Our culture is defined by trust, self‑leadership, and close collaboration between our teams in Canada and Sweden.
Expect an environment that values experimentation, open communication, and continuous learning.
Responsibilities Deep‑dive into Ceph code and architecture (RADOS, RGW, core storage) to optimize performance and scalability for production workloads.
Profile, benchmark, and troubleshoot performance issues at scale—spanning tens of petabytes and thousands of clients—to identify architectural and operational bottlenecks.
Lead internal knowledge development and mentorship on Ceph expertise across the IaaS and Operations teams.
Actively contribute upstream to the Ceph project by submitting patches, participating in design discussions, and influencing features critical to cloud provider use cases (e.g., multi‑AZ, RGW performance, tiering).
Develop and maintain internal build pipelines and necessary extensions, ensuring compliance and long‑term maintainability.
Partner with Platform Operations to enhance observability, maintain stability, and accelerate issue resolution in production clusters.
Collaborate with other squads to ensure Ceph capabilities evolve in line with upcoming roadmap items such as GPU‑aaS, Backup‑aaS, Bare‑metal‑aaS, and DB‑aaS.
Requirements (Must have) Proven track record operating Ceph at scale (multi‑petabyte, high‑availability clusters) in production environments.
Strong C++ development experience for system‑level software, especially within Ceph core components.
In‑depth knowledge of performance tuning (OSD placement, CRUSH maps, Blue Store tuning, cache tiering, RGW optimization).
Solid understanding of Linux systems engineering, networking, and storage I/O paths.
Proficiency with Ansible (playbooks, roles, collections) for large‑scale operations and Python for custom modules, Ceph tooling, and automation workflows.
Hands‑on experience with performance analysis tools (perf, flame graphs, distributed tracing).
Familiarity with Go for building lightweight or performance‑sensitive utilities is an asset.
Good to have (Merit skills) Prior contributions to Ceph or other distributed storage projects (patches, reviews, or design documents).
Knowledge of cloud platforms such as Open Stack and their storage integrations.
Qualification Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience and training.
Relevant technical certifications are an asset.
Qualities At ELITS Canada, we believe great people make great impact. Success in this role comes from curiosity, accountability, and teamwork. You bring initiative, creativity, and an engineering mindset that turns complex challenges into practical results.
Thrives in collaborative, cross‑functional environments and…
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