Senior OpenStack & NVIDIA AI Infrastructure Deployment Team (Professional Services Only)

seeking only highly experienced, certified OpenStack and AI Infrastructure professionals with a proven track record of delivering enterprise or government-scale deployments. Mandatory Certifications Please provide copies or verifiable links for relevant certifications held by the proposed team members. Project Type: Fixed Price / Long-Term Opportunity Location: Remote (Preference for GCC Time Zone Overlap) Duration: 4-8 Weeks (Initial Deployment) with Potential for Ongoing Support Project Overview We are looking for an experienced OpenStack Infrastructure Delivery Team to support the implementation of a large-scale AI Compute Infrastructure project for a government customer in the UAE. The hardware platform is being supplied directly by the OEM (Supermicro/NVIDIA) under a Hardware-as-a-Service (HaaS) model. The OEM is responsible for hardware supply, warranty, parts, labor, and hardware support. We are NOT looking for a hardware supplier. We are seeking a professional services team that can successfully design, deploy, configure, commission, and hand over the OpenStack-based AI infrastructure. Scope of Professional Services The selected team will be responsible for delivering the complete implementation and professional services, including: Project Planning & Solution Architecture Review customer requirements and hardware architecture Prepare deployment design and implementation plan Infrastructure readiness assessment Project management and coordination Hardware Deployment Support Rack & Stack supervision Hardware verification and validation Firmware and BIOS validation GPU hardware validation Burn-in and stress testing Infrastructure health verification OpenStack Deployment OpenStack architecture and design Controller and compute node deployment Nova configuration Neutron networking Cinder block storage Glance image services Keystone identity management Horizon dashboard High Availability configuration Cluster configuration and optimization AI Platform Configuration NVIDIA GPU driver installation GPU enablement and validation GPU resource configuration CUDA/NVIDIA runtime validation Performance tuning Networking & Storage Network configuration VLAN and interface configuration Storage configuration Performance optimization Connectivity validation System Validation & Commissioning Functional testing Performance benchmarking GPU validation Cluster acceptance testing Production readiness assessment Commissioning support Security & Best Practices OpenStack security hardening Access control configuration System hardening Logging and monitoring configuration Documentation & Knowledge Transfer As-built documentation Configuration documentation Operational runbooks Administrator guides Knowledge transfer sessions Handover documentation Project Closure Customer acceptance support Final documentation Deployment sign-off Skills Required OpenStack (Enterprise deployments) NVIDIA GPU Infrastructure (H100/H200 preferred) Supermicro AI Servers Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu) KVM Virtualization Ceph Storage Open vSwitch High Availability Enterprise Networking Infrastructure Automation (Ansible preferred) Python/Shell scripting AI Infrastructure deployment experience Nice to Have Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) Canonical OpenStack NVIDIA AI Enterprise Kubernetes/OpenShift Slurm or AI workload schedulers Mellanox / NVIDIA InfiniBand 100/400Gb Networking Government or large enterprise deployment experience Deliverables The selected team will deliver: Solution Design Documentation Deployment Plan OpenStack Installation & Configuration GPU Cluster Configuration Infrastructure Validation Report Performance Test Report Security Hardening Checklist As-Built Documentation Operational Runbook Knowledge Transfer Final Acceptance Documentation Proposal Requirements Please include the following with your proposal: Company profile or team overview Relevant OpenStack project experience Similar AI/GPU infrastructure deployment references Team composition and individual roles Deployment methodology Estimated timeline Availability to start immediately Relevant certifications (OpenStack, Red Hat, NVIDIA, Linux, etc.)