Cloud-Edge Systems Engineering Advisor (Contractor)

• Publication Date: 17 July 2025
• Closing Date: 27 July 2025
• Number of Positions: 1

Application Guidelines

Candidates should upload a completed and signed PDF version of the Tender Form (using the “Additional Files” field), and their CV in Europass PDF format (using the “CV” field) to demonstrate the eligibility and evaluation criteria.

Introduction

For over a decade now, OpenNebula Systems has been leading the development of the European open source technology that helps organizations around the world to manage their corporate data centers and build their Enterprise Clouds.

If you want to join an established leader in the cloud infrastructure industry and the global open source community, keep reading, because you can now join a team of exceptionally passionate and talented colleagues whose mission is to help the world's leading enterprises to implement their next-generation edge and cloud strategies. We are hiring!.

Since 2019, and thanks to the support from the European Commission, OpenNebula Systems has been leading the edge computing innovation in Europe, investing heavily in research and open source development, and playing a key role in strategic EU initiatives such as the IPCEI-CIS and the “European Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge and Cloud”.

We are currently seeking a Cloud-Edge Systems Engineering Advisor (Contractor) to join our IPCEI-CIS project as part of our new team developing the next-generation management platform for the Cloud-Edge Computing Continuum. This role offers an opportunity to contribute to a cutting-edge initiative, shaping the future of cloud-edge interoperability, AI integration, and next-gen infrastructure management.

Objective

We are seeking experienced Cloud-Edge Systems Engineer Advisors to support and guide the ONEnextgen project team in the design, validation, and documentation of advanced cloud-edge infrastructures and services. This role is advisory in nature, focused on providing expert input on the architecture, deployment, and operation of complex cloud-edge systems, ensuring alignment with project objectives, best practices in distributed computing, and the technical requirements of IPCEI-CIS.

You will collaborate with software engineers, system architects, and project leads to help analyze technical designs, validate architectural decisions, and structure the outputs of the project in a way that ensures clarity, consistency, and technical excellence across multiple work packages and use case implementations.



Scope

Activities in WP2 Abstraction Layer for the Cloud-Edge Continuum of IPCEI-CIS ONEnextgen Project (UNICO IPCEI-2023-003)

Services

• Provide expert guidance on the architecture and lifecycle management of cloud-edge systems across heterogeneous environments and cluster types (e.g., low-resource, 5G, high-performance).
• Advise on the design and validation of the abstraction layer for the DC–Cloud–Edge continuum within ONEnextgen.
• Support the documentation and structuring of technical deliverables, ensuring they meet quality, coherence, and interoperability standards.
• Assist in the review and refinement of deployment scenarios, integration workflows, and performance considerations related to multi-vendor, distributed infrastructures.
• Offer technical input on Release Notes, Use Case implementations, and infrastructure blueprints, ensuring they accurately reflect system behavior and project outcomes.
• Contribute to the evaluation of emerging technologies and architectural decisions in coordination with product and engineering teams.
• Support knowledge transfer by promoting standardized approaches to the description and representation of technical solutions.
• Provide feedback and support for collaboration activities with other IPCEI-CIS partners and ecosystem stakeholders.

Duration

From 1st August 2025 to 30th June 2026 (11 months)

Location

Remote (occasionally F2F coordination meetings)


Budget

Maximum hourly rate is 35 euros

Maximum work hours per year is 1.800

The maximum estimated cost is 5.250 euros per month, and a total of 57.750 euros.


Technical Specifications

Contractors must demonstrate the following requirements:

• +5 years of hands-on experience in the specific area

Evaluation Criteria

Eligible contractors will be prioritized according to the following criteria:

• Price: Cost per hour
• Education: Bachelor, Master or PhD in Computer Science
• Additional Experience: Total number of years of additional experience (beyond the required minimum)

Administrative Specifications

Before the signature of the contract, the successful selected contractor will be requested to provide the following certificates:

• Positive certificate, issued by the local Social Security Authority, to the effect that the contractor is up-to-date in compliance with its Social Security obligations; or similar document according to the the law of the country in which the contractor is established
• Positive certificate, issued by the local Tax Authority, to the effect that the contractor is up-to-date in compliance with its tax obligations; or similar document according to the the law of the country in which the contractor is established

The successful selected contractor will be given a two weeks period after the notification of the award to provide the above-mentioned documents.

Acknowledgments

This contract is supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública through the UNICO IPCEI Program, Project NextGenOne – Next-Generation European Platform for the Datacenter-Cloud-Edge Continuum (UNICO IPCEI-2023-003), co-funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU through the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).