Network Engineer, AI Cluster Commissioning (AI Networking)

Location: Based in Australia or Singapore, with regular visits to project sites in Australia and Southeast Asia

Company

hirify.global develops and operates energy-efficient AI infrastructure, including large-scale GPU cloud platforms and AI Factories, across the Asia Pacific region.

What you will do

• Deploy, configure, commission, test, and benchmark high-throughput Ethernet and RDMA networks for multi-node AI clusters.
• Diagnose and remediate Layer 1–4 network issues, congestion, link errors, and performance bottlenecks across HPC, storage, and AI environments.
• Develop monitoring tools and automate provisioning, backups, compliance checks, and network configuration using Ansible, NetBox, Bash, and Python.
• Implement CI/CD workflows for network changes and maintain configuration consistency, auditability, and topology visibility.
• Coordinate commissioning activities with engineering, operations, infrastructure, security, vendors, and technology partners.
• Support network security through segmentation, access control, zero-trust architecture, vulnerability remediation, SIEM integration, and incident response.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in network engineering, computer science, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of network engineering experience, including Linux host networking and complex technical projects.
• Experience with high-performance Ethernet, IPv4, IPv6, BGP, and RoCE.
• Knowledge of network automation and Infrastructure as Code tools, including Ansible, NetBox, Bash, and Python.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and project management skills.
• Willingness to travel internationally and domestically for on-site deployments and commissioning.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with the NVIDIA Spectrum Ethernet Platform and RoCE.
• NVIDIA InfiniBand, subnet manager configuration, UFM, and multi-tenancy networking.
• Network security, firewall management, segmentation, secure network design, and zero-trust architecture.
• Experience with Cumulus Linux, SONiC, NVIDIA Air, DPU/SmartNICs, and network performance tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Work alongside founders and specialists in AI infrastructure, energy systems, and next-generation computing.
• Founder-led environment with accessible leadership, fast decisions, and limited bureaucracy.
• Early ownership and opportunities to grow into new technical domains.
• Exposure to large-scale AI infrastructure projects across the Asia Pacific region.