Job Description:

Job Description:

Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer (Zero-Touch GPU Cloud Build & Upgrade)

We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer with 10+ years of hands on experience in building and scaling infrastructure automation systems to lead the design and implementation of a Zero-Touch Build, Upgrade, and Certification framework for our on-prem GPU cloud environment. This role demands deep technical expertise across bare-metal provisioning, configuration management, and full-stack automation—from hardware to Kubernetes—built entirely on GitOps principles.

Key Responsibilities

Architect, lead, and implement a fully automated, zero-touch deployment pipeline for GPU cloud infrastructure spanning hardware OS Kubernetes platform layers.
Build robust GitOps-based workflows to manage end-to-end infrastructure lifecycle—from provisioning to continuous compliance.
Design and maintain automation for:
Bare-metal control: Power cycling, provisioning, remote installs
Firmware and configuration flashing: BIOS, NIC, RAID, etc.
Hardware inventory management
Configuration drift detection and remediation
Develop and extend internal automation frameworks using Ansible, Python, and related infrastructure tooling.
Serve as a technical authority and mentor, guiding junior engineers and collaborating cross-functionally with hardware, SRE, and platform engineering teams.
Lead architectural and design reviews for infrastructure automation systems.
Define and implement best practices for infrastructure as code, compliance, and operational resilience.
Champion automation-driven operational models and reduce manual intervention to near-zero.
Bonus: Familiarity with Terraform, Chef, and Cloud Automation Platforms.

Required Skills & Experience

10+ years of hands-on experience in infrastructure engineering, automation, and systems design, with a strong track record of delivering scalable and maintainable solutions.
Primary key skills required are Ansible, Python, ipmitool, firmware scripting, Linux shell scripting
Deep expertise in:
Ansible for automation and configuration management
Python for scripting, integration, and automation logic
ipmitool and related tools for low-level hardware management (e.g., IPMI, Redfish)
Proven experience with bare-metal automation in data center environments, including:
Power control and PXE booting
BIOS/NIC/RAID firmware upgrades
Hardware and platform inventory systems
Strong foundation in Linux systems, networking, and Kubernetes infrastructure.
Fluency with GitOps workflows and tools.
Experience with CI/CD systems and managing Git-based pipelines for infrastructure.
Familiarity with infrastructure monitoring, logging, and drift detection.
Strong cross-team collaboration and communication skills, especially across hardware, platform, and SRE teams.
Bonus:
Prior leadership or mentorship roles
Experience contributing to or maintaining open-source infrastructure projects
Exposure to GPU-based compute stacks and high-performance workloads