Infrastructure Engineer (Compute)

Job summary

Designs and maintains compute infrastructure for containerised and virtualised workloads across bare-metal and hybrid environments, with a focus on Kubernetes on bare metal. The role develops infrastructure-agnostic tools and APIs, improves reliability through hardware failure detection and auto-healing, and manages hardware from procurement through upgrades and decommissioning. It also integrates physical infrastructure with public cloud and documents operational practices.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of software development experience
• At least 3 years of experience managing physical hardware
• Experience with Kubernetes on bare metal and open-source storage such as Ceph or MinIO
• Experience automating infrastructure tasks with Infrastructure-as-Code tools
• Knowledge of data center operations, including power distribution, cooling, and rack management
• Familiarity with server hardware and storage systems from Dell, HP, or Supermicro
• Troubleshooting skills for hardware failures and performance bottlenecks
• Expertise in at least one object-oriented language, such as Go, Java, or Python
• Academic background in STEM

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain the compute layer, focusing on Kubernetes on bare metal
• Develop infrastructure-agnostic tools and APIs for hybrid cloud environments
• Detect and remediate hardware failures and implement auto-healing
• Manage hardware procurement, installation, upgrades, and decommissioning
• Coordinate with network, security, and DevOps teams to integrate physical infrastructure with public cloud
• Document infrastructure processes, configurations, and best practices

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