sub ops_do_ssh_shell {
   my ($cmd) = @_;
#etc ...
}

##</code><code>##

sub ops_do_ssh_shell {
   my ($cmd) = @_;

   my $ssh;
   my $key_path = defined $cmd->{key} ? $cmd->{key} : $ENV{HOME} . '/.ssh/id_rsa';

   if ( ops_cmd_status($cmd) ) {
      $ssh = Net::OpenSSH->new($cmd->{host}, user => $cmd->{user}, key_path => $key_path);
      if ( $ssh->error ) {
         $cmd->{status} = 'failure';
         ($cmd->{ssh_retcode}, $cmd->{ssh_retmsg}) = (0 + $ssh->error, '' . $ssh->error);
      }
   }

   if ( ops_cmd_status($cmd) ) {
      ($cmd->{output}, $cmd->{std_err}) = $ssh->capture2($cmd->{command});
      $cmd->{cmd_ret_code} = 0 + $ssh->error;
      if ( $ssh->error ) {
         $cmd->{status} = 'failure';
         $cmd->{cmd_ret_msg} = '' . $ssh->error;
      }
      chomp $cmd->{output};
      chomp $cmd->{std_err};
   }

   return $cmd;
}

##</code><code>##

my $cmd_status = ops_do_ssh_shell($cmd);

##</code><code>##

my @commands = (
   { name => 'command_name1',
     user => 'user1',
     host => 'server1.foo.com',
     command => 'rsync_command yadda yadda'
   },
   { name => 'command_name2',
     user => 'user2',
     host => 'server2.foo.com',
     command => 'rsync_command yadda yadda'
   }
);

for my $cmd (@commands) {
   if ($state->{status} eq 'success') {
      my $cmd_status = ops_do_ssh_shell($cmd);
      if ( (!defined $cmd_status->{cmd_ret_code}) or ($cmd_status->{cmd_ret_code} != 0) ) {
         $state->{status} = 'failure';
         $state->{stack_trace} = $cmd_status;
      }
   }
}