Nscale
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InfrastructureEngineer(OpenStackIronicSpecialist)
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“Infrastructure Engineer (OpenStack Ironic Specialist) at Nscale. Skills: OpenStack Ironic, Bare metal provisioning, Infrastructure automation. Design bare metal provisioning platforms. Implement bare metal provisioning platforms”
Industry & Context.
Troubleshooting complex issues; Root cause analysis
On-call rotations
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Linux systems administration, OpenStack environments, OpenStack Ironic, bare metal provisioning concepts, out-of-band management technologies, Ansible, Python, Bash, production infrastructure at scale
Nice to Have
upstream open-source communities, GPU server platforms, hardware qualification, large-scale bare metal cloud environments, Neutron networking, networking integration
What You'll Do.
Design bare metal provisioning platforms
Implement bare metal provisioning platforms
Operate bare metal provisioning platforms
Manage physical infrastructure lifecycle
Automate hardware discovery
Automate node enrolment
Automate node provisioning
Automate node cleaning
Automate node deprovisioning
Manage hardware state
Manage Ironic integrations
Improve Ironic integrations
Build provisioning workflows
Maintain provisioning workflows
Drive automation for hardware onboarding
Drive automation for firmware configuration
Drive automation for BIOS configuration
Drive automation for deployment workflows
Drive automation for validation
Drive automation for recovery
Troubleshoot provisioning pipelines
Troubleshoot PXE/iPXE
Troubleshoot BMC interfaces
Troubleshoot out-of-band management
Troubleshoot image deployment
Troubleshoot network boot
Troubleshoot hardware compatibility
Act as escalation point
Perform root cause analysis
Implement long-term fixes
Support platform upgrades
Manage Ironic lifecycle
Improve Ironic operations
Collaborate with network teams
Collaborate with compute teams
Collaborate with data centre teams
Collaborate with support teams
Provide specialist input
Support pre-sales efforts
Provide expert guidance
Contribute to OpenStack communities
Track upstream roadmaps
Shape bare metal strategy
Plan platform upgrades
Set platform standards
Represent operational requirements
Represent hardware use cases
Represent scaling challenges
Ensure security adherence
Ensure compliance adherence
Ensure operational standards adherence
Participate in on-call rotations
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Infrastructure teams; Support teams; Architecture teams
Communication Scope
Expert guidance
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning, Capacity expansion
Full Job Description
About Nscale Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility. At Nscale, our Engineering team plays a critical role in driving the deployment and then subsequent management of our infrastructure and software platforms.. We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future. About the Role (Job Purpose) The Infrastructure Engineer (Ironic Specialist) sits within the Infrastructure Engineering team. The Infrastructure Engineering team is responsible for the design, implementation, operation, and continuous improvement of the infrastructure stack that underpins all internal and customer-facing services. This specialist role is focused on OpenStack bare metal provisioning and lifecycle management, with particular emphasis on Ironic and the services, workflows, and integrations required to operate large-scale physical infrastructure reliably. The role is critical to the successful delivery of automated provisioning, hardware onboarding, lifecycle operations, and hardware fault management across our cloud estate. The role also acts as a key link into the upstream OpenStack community, helping ensure that Nscale both benefits from and contributes to the continued development of Ironic and the wider bare metal ecosystem. This team ensures high levels of availability,
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