Infrastructure Operations Engineer (AI)

Location: Portugal; the role requires hands-on work in data centres and travel to Quebec sites as required.

Company

hirify.global develops Hyperstack, a full-stack AI cloud providing on-demand and private GPU infrastructure for researchers and enterprises.

What you will do

• Design, deploy, and operate OpenStack and Kubernetes environments for GPU workloads.
• Build infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code and GitOps, automating provisioning, deployment, and operational workflows.
• Optimise GPU workload scheduling with Kubernetes and NVIDIA tooling.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting to maintain platform stability.
• Lead incident response and continuous reliability improvements.
• Maintain RBAC, network policies, tenant isolation, and other infrastructure and container security controls while collaborating with Platform, DevOps, AI, Product, and Support teams.

Requirements

• Extensive hands-on Linux systems administration experience.
• Proven experience physically building, cabling, commissioning, stacking, and racking servers and hardware.
• Direct hands-on data-centre experience and willingness to travel to Quebec sites as required.
• Strong understanding of networking and storage systems.

Nice to have

• Experience installing, racking, and configuring GPU hardware, especially NVIDIA platforms.
• Production experience running OpenStack or Kubernetes at scale.
• Experience with infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and Git-based workflows.
• Exposure to HPC or large-scale compute environments.
• Open-source contributions.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements, remote or hybrid depending on the role and location.
• Competitive salary and annual discretionary bonus scheme.
• Employee wellbeing benefits, 25 days of holiday, and public holidays.
• Significant ownership, autonomy, and opportunities to experiment.
• Career progression and growth opportunities in a collaborative, international environment.