Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities

• Work with OCI Strategic customers to grow our business in pre/post sales stages in a technical infra expert role.
• Take ownership of problems and work to identify solutions.
• Ability to think through the solution and identify/document potential issues impacting your customers.
• Design, deploy, and manage infrastructure components such as cloud resources, distributed computing systems, and data storage solutions to support AI/ML workflows.
• Collaborate with scientists and software/infrastructure engineers to understand infrastructure requirements for training, testing, and deploying machine learning models.
• Implement automation solutions for provisioning, configuring, and monitoring AI/ML infrastructure to streamline operations and enhance productivity.
• Optimize infrastructure performance by tuning parameters, optimizing resource utilization, and implementing caching and data pre-processing techniques.
• Ensure security and compliance standards are met throughout the AI/ML infrastructure stack, including data encryption, access control, and vulnerability management.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure performance, scalability, and reliability issues and implement solutions to mitigate risks and minimize downtime.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies and best practices in AI/ML infrastructure and evaluate their potential impact on our systems and workflows.
• Document infrastructure designs, configurations, and procedures to facilitate knowledge sharing and ensure maintainability.

Qualifications

• Experience in scripting and automation using tools like Ansible, Terraform, Python and/or Kubernetes.
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration tools (like Slurm, PBS, etc.) for managing distributed systems.
• Solid understanding of networking concepts, security principles, and best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex issues and drive resolution in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong documentation skills with experience documenting infrastructure designs, configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting steps to facilitate knowledge sharing, ensure maintainability, and enhance team collaboration.
• Strong Linux skills with hands-on experience in Oracle Linux/RHEL/CentOS, Ubuntu, and Debian distributions, including system administration, package management, shell scripting, and performance optimization.