Nscale

AI

SeniorInfrastructureEngineer(OpenStackIronicSpecialist)

£85–120k ~AI est. London, United Kingdom
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Infrastructure Engineer (OpenStack Ironic Specialist) at Nscale. Skills: OpenStack Ironic, Bare metal provisioning, Infrastructure automation. Design bare metal provisioning platforms. Own physical infrastructure lifecycle”

What You'll Achieve.

Automated provisioning reliability; Hardware onboarding reliability; Bare metal incident resolution; Root cause closure; Platform upgrade delivery; Lifecycle delivery; Upstream community contribution; Adoption alignment

Industry & Context.

AI
Problems you'll solve

Troubleshooting complex issues; Root cause analysis

Eligibility Requirements

On-call rotations

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Experience operating Linux systems, Troubleshoot production infrastructure, Specialist knowledge of OpenStack Ironic, Knowledge of bare metal provisioning concepts, Experience with out-of-band management technologies, Experience designing and building automation, Scripting skills in Python and Bash, Experience troubleshooting complex provisioning issues, Experience operating infrastructure at scale, Ability to collaborate across teams, Experience working with upstream open-source communities

Nice to Have

OpenStack Ironic Specialist, Experience with Metal3, Experience with related infrastructure projects

What You'll Do.

Design bare metal provisioning platforms

Own physical infrastructure lifecycle

Build provisioning workflows

Support platform upgrades

Manage integrations with OpenStack services

Drive automation for hardware onboarding

Implement infrastructure automation

Ensure provisioning platforms align with standards

Troubleshoot provisioning pipelines

Act as escalation point

Perform root cause analysis

Participate in on-call rotations

Collaborate with network teams

Contribute specialist input to roadmap planning

Support pre-sales efforts

Contribute to upstream OpenStack communities

Track upstream roadmaps

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Network teams; Compute teams; Data centre teams; Support teams; Pre-sales teams; Infrastructure teams; Architecture teams

Process & Methodology

Roadmap planning

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. 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 We’re hiring an Infrastructure Engineer (OpenStack Ironic Specialist) to design, operate, and continuously improve the bare metal provisioning platforms that underpin Nscale’s infrastructure. This role sits within the Infrastructure Engineering team, which is responsible for the design, implementation, operation, and ongoing improvement of the infrastructure stack supporting both internal and customer-facing services. You’ll work closely with network, compute, data centre, support, and pre-sales teams, while also serving as a specialist escalation point for advanced provisioning and hardware issues. This is a high-impact role focused on OpenStack Ironic, automated hardware lifecycle management, and the reliable operation of large-scale physical infrastructure. You’ll also help connect Nscale to the broader upstream OpenStack community, ensuring our bare metal platforms evolve in line with real operational needs and industry direction. What you'll be doing Bare Metal Provisioning & Lifecycle Management Design scalable and resilient bare metal provisioning platforms with a strong focus on OpenStack Ironic. Own the full lifecycle of

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