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~The MetaInfrastructure & ITInfrastructure Engineer

Infrastructure Engineer

Infrastructure Engineers at AI companies operate the physical and systems-level infrastructure the business depends on—servers, storage arrays, networking equipment, and the Unix/Linux environments hosted on them. The day-to-day is hands-on: diagnosing hardware and firmware faults, managing warranty replacements through vendors, performing root-cause analysis on systemic issues, and maintaining the operational health of data-center and corporate-IT hardware. Cloud and infrastructure-as-code work appears in many of these jobs, but the centre of gravity is closer to traditional systems administration and data-center operations than to cloud platform engineering. These engineers typically sit within IT, infrastructure operations, or data-center teams, partnering with networking, security, and application teams to keep infrastructure running as the business scales.

$ titles --canonical
IT Infrastructure EngineerSenior Storage EngineerCloud Operations EngineerTech Ops EngineerInfrastructure Ops Engineer
Open Jobs31
Companies Hiring10
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Skills

What companies are looking for in this role.

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Diagnosing and resolving complex hardware and firmware issues in server and enterprise computing environments

95%

Managing warranty replacement processes and vendor relationships for hardware components

90%

Operating and maintaining data center infrastructure including servers, storage, and networking equipment

90%

Monitoring system performance and health, analyzing metrics, and responding to alerts and incidents

85%

Performing root cause analysis and troubleshooting to identify and resolve systemic issues

85%

Administering and troubleshooting Unix/Linux operating systems and command-line interfaces

85%

Writing and maintaining technical documentation and runbooks for operational processes

80%

Designing and deploying infrastructure automation using code-based approaches and configuration management

80%

Managing cloud infrastructure resources and integrations across multiple cloud providers

80%

Designing, implementing, and optimizing enterprise storage systems and data management infrastructure

75%

Architecting and managing virtualized environments including hypervisors and virtual machine deployment

75%

Automating operational processes and integrations across enterprise systems and SaaS platforms using APIs

75%

Conducting performance benchmarking and optimization analysis for compute and storage systems

70%

Managing asset lifecycle tracking and inventory across distributed data center environments

70%

Implementing security hardening practices and zero-trust architecture principles

70%

Designing and executing proof-of-concept evaluations for new infrastructure technologies and vendors

65%
$ skills --emerging

Collaborating with vendors on product roadmap development and feature prioritization

60%

Managing containerized workloads and orchestration platforms in cloud-native environments

60%

Leveraging AI-powered monitoring and predictive analytics tools to optimize infrastructure operations

55%

Designing and implementing business systems integrations across enterprise resource planning and operational platforms

55%
$ skills --soft

Collaborating across multiple technical and operational teams to deliver integrated solutions

85%

Communicating technical concepts and solutions clearly to cross-functional teams and stakeholders

80%

Taking ownership and demonstrating proactivity in identifying and driving process improvements

80%

Leading and mentoring junior engineers and technicians in technical troubleshooting and problem resolution

70%

Managing complex projects and coordinating across distributed teams and geographic locations

70%

Influencing without formal authority to drive adoption of technical solutions across the organization

65%
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Technology

The tools and technologies that define this role.

$ tech --language
Pythonhigh
Bashmoderate
PowerShellmoderate
$ tech --framework
Temporallow
$ tech --platform
AWSvery high
Linuxvery high
Kuberneteshigh
Unixhigh
VMwarehigh
Azuremoderate
ERPmoderate
GCPmoderate
Google Workspacemoderate
Microsoft 365moderate
Microsoft Entra IDmoderate
vSANmoderate
vSpheremoderate
Dockerlow
Ignitionlow
MongoDB Atlaslow
NSX-Tlow
VMware Tanzulow
$ tech --tool
Ansiblehigh
Terraformhigh
DCIMmoderate
Gitmoderate
PowerCLImoderate
ServiceNowmoderate
vCentermoderate
CMDBlow
CMMSlow
EAMlow
Grafanalow
Prometheuslow
Pure Storagelow
SCADAlow
Sunbird DCIMlow
VAST Datalow
VMware Aria Operationslow
$ tech --concept
RESTful APIsmoderate
BMSlow
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Open Jobs

31 open Infrastructure Engineer jobs across 10 companies.

Graphcore2d
Observability, Staff Infrastructure Engineer
Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland·Infrastructure & IT
Nebius1w
NetSRE
Remote - Europe·Infrastructure & IT
Nebius1w
Technical Project Manager / IT Infrastructure Engineer
Lappeenranta, Finland·Infrastructure & IT
Nebius1w
IT infrastructure engineer (RMA & Diag)
Lappeenranta, Finland·Infrastructure & IT
fal1w
Operations Engineer, HPC Networking
Remote·Infrastructure & IT
fal1w
Operations Engineer, Fleet Reliability
Remote·Infrastructure & IT
Graphcore2w
Senior Virtualisation Engineer
Bristol, UK·Infrastructure & IT
Graphcore2w
Lead Engineer Support Linux Engineer
Bristol, UK·Infrastructure & IT
Graphcore2w
Automation Engineer
Bristol, UK·Infrastructure & IT
Crusoe2w
Senior Engineering Manager, Cloud Storage
San Francisco, CA - US·Infrastructure & IT
Nebius3w
Automations Engineer
Amsterdam, Netherlands·Infrastructure & IT
Nebius4w
Data Center IT Infrastructure Engineer
Paris, France·Infrastructure & IT
CoreWeave4w
Staff Business Systems Engineer, Data Center Systems
Sunnyvale, CA·Infrastructure & IT
CoreWeave1mo
Senior Business Systems Engineer- Data Center Systems II
Livingston, NJ /Bellevue, WA / Sunnyvale, CA·Infrastructure & IT
Crusoe1mo
Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (VMware)
San Francisco, CA - US·Infrastructure & IT
Nebius1mo
Data Center IT Infrastructure Engineer
Israel·Infrastructure & IT
Nscale1mo
Infrastructure Engineer (Norway)
Norway·Infrastructure & IT
Mistral AI1mo
Systems Engineer, HPC
Paris·Infrastructure & IT
Crusoe1mo
Staff Storage Engineer
San Francisco, CA - US·Infrastructure & IT
Nebius1mo
L2 IT Technician (Project Tasks)
Mäntsälä, Finland·Infrastructure & IT