Senior Infrastructure Engineer (OpenStack)

TL;DR

Senior Infrastructure Engineer (OpenStack): Designing, deploying, and operating OpenStack and Kubernetes environments for an AI GPU cloud with an accent on platform performance, scalability, and resilience. Focus on automating provisioning through IaC/GitOps and optimizing GPU workload scheduling using NVIDIA tooling.

Location: Must be based in the UK (Remote)

Company

hirify.global provides high-performance GPU infrastructure for AI researchers and enterprises through its Hyperstack platform.

What you will do

• Lead the design, deployment, and operation of OpenStack and Kubernetes environments to ensure scalability for GPU workloads.
• Build and improve infrastructure using IaC and GitOps practices to automate provisioning and operational workflows.
• Optimize GPU workload scheduling via Kubernetes and NVIDIA tooling, implementing monitoring and alerting for stability.
• Manage incident response and drive continuous reliability improvements across the platform.
• Maintain security controls across infrastructure and container layers, including RBAC and tenant isolation.
• Collaborate with Platform, DevOps, and AI teams to align infrastructure capabilities with customer requirements.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience running OpenStack in production environments.
• Proven experience operating Kubernetes at scale, ideally on bare-metal or private cloud.
• Solid understanding of Linux, networking, and storage systems.
• Experience with infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and Git-based workflows.
• Strong ownership mindset and ability to scale systems in a fast-moving environment.
• Must be based in the UK

Nice to have

• Experience integrating Kubernetes with OpenStack.
• Exposure to GPU infrastructure, HPC, or large-scale compute environments.
• Familiarity with advanced networking or cloud-native ecosystems.
• Contributions to open-source projects.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary and annual discretionary bonus scheme.
• Employee wellbeing benefits and 25 days of holiday plus public holidays.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• High level of autonomy and trust to take initiative and experiment.
• Collaborative, international culture built on transparency and ownership.