Graphcore
AI Compute
SeniorCloudNetworkEngineer
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“Senior Cloud Network Engineer at Graphcore. Skills: Cloud Network Engineering, High-performance networking, Infrastructure-as-Code, Automation. Develop high-performance ethernet infrastructure. Operate high-performance ethernet infrastructure”
What You'll Achieve.
Deploy services on our fleet of cutting-edge AI systems; Deliver key technology into the fast-growing SoftBank AI ecosystem; Make an impact on the company, our products and the future of artificial intelligence; Operate the fleet of AI systems at peak performance; Integrate 3rd party products into our Cloud Reference Design
Industry & Context.
Solve the toughest problems
Comfortable with unproven components, Minimal oversight
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Significant hands-on experience with 1 or more vendor’s high-end (100Gb/s+) ethernet switch solutions, Experience managing on-premises or private-cloud environments, Solid software engineering or IT experience, Experience working in an AGILE and SCRUM framework, proven Linux scripting ability (bash, python, awk, sed), proven Linux system administration (Ubuntu, RHEL and variants), Experience with a version control system (preferably Git), Experience with Continuous Integration or testing pipelines using GitLab, GitHub or similar, A solid hands-on understanding of the technologies underpinning cloud services (APIs, virtualisation of CPUs, IO, systems), Experience with IAC automation tools (Terraform/OpenTofu, Ansible), Experience with container deployment and management tools (e. g. docker), Experience with solutions for monitoring and observability, Good communication and presentation skills, experience dealing with end-users of IT services, An ability to work independently on critical infrastructure with minimal oversight, focus on end-user availability, hold the right to work in the UK
Nice to Have
Experience with Openstack cloud platforms, Experience with High Performance Computing (HPC) environments using SLURM or similar batch workload solutions, Experience with hardware offloading on RDMA-capable NICs and how that integrates with virtual networking on Open V-switch, KVM/QEMU, Experience with managing production Kubernetes clusters and workloads with an automation tool such as ArgoCD
What You'll Do.
Develop high-performance ethernet infrastructure
Operate high-performance ethernet infrastructure
Support internal users
Turn requirements into deployed services
Build automation for metrics collection
Analyse metrics and data
Identify and report issues
Provide information on product-related issues
Integrate 3rd party products
Focus on network performance
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Working closely with colleagues in Software Platform; Working closely with colleagues in Datacentre Operations; Working closely with colleagues in Product Development teams; Work with users to provide information; Work with Datacentre Operations Engineers; Work with external vendors
Communication Scope
Good communication skills; Good presentation skills
Process & Methodology
Understanding of priorities, Understanding of risks, Understanding of issues, Understanding of impacts, Understanding of constraints
Full Job Description
About Graphcore How often do you get the chance to build a technology that transforms the future of humanity? At Graphcore, we’re building the future of AI compute.We’re a team of semiconductor, software and AI experts, with deep experience in creating the complete AI compute stack - from silicon and software to infrastructure at datacenter scale. As part of the SoftBank Group, backed by significant long-term investment, we are delivering key technology into the fast-growing SoftBank AI ecosystem.To meet the vast and exciting AI opportunity, Graphcore is expanding its teams around the world.We are bringing together the brightest minds to solve the toughest problems, in a place where everyone has the opportunity to make an impact on the company, our products and the future of artificial intelligence. Job Summary We are looking for a Senior Network Engineer to join our Cloud Platform Team and help develop and deploy clouds and services. Working closely with our colleagues in Software Platform, Datacentre Operations and Product Development teams, you will deploy services onour fleet of cutting-edge AI systems. As part of our Software Platform organisation, you will be involved in the cloud integration, validation, performance benchmarking, optimisation, and development of our high-performance AI solutions. These include in-house AI systems alongside off-the-shelf high-performance servers, switches and storage solutions. This is a hand-on technical role requiring a solid background in the use of cloud infrastructure, deployment using Infrastructure-as-Code, observability, high-performance networkingand storage systems. You may have been working in an IT organisation, a datacentre, a cloud provider or as a developer of orchestration or cloud services. The Software Platform team at Graphcore We build Graphcore products into large-scale AI solutions for our customers and the Cloud Platform Team is responsible for providing such systems to both internal users via private cl
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