Infrastructure Operations Engineer

THE ROLE: Infrastructure Operations Engineer

This role exists because our platform is scaling quickly — and complexity comes with it. As we expand our GPU infrastructure and our OpenStack and Kubernetes environments globally, we need engineers who are as comfortable on the data centre floor as they are at the command line. You’ll be hands-on with the physical hardware behind our platform — racking, stacking, cabling, commissioning, and managing faulty kit through RMA — with direct ownership over business-critical infrastructure that impacts performance, reliability, and customer experience.

This is not a desk-bound role. If you like getting your hands on real hardware, owning systems end-to-end, and seeing the impact of your work immediately — you’ll enjoy this.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

Rather than a long checklist, here’s what success in this role looks like:

* Own the physical build-out of our data centre infrastructure — racking, stacking, cabling, and commissioning servers, GPU nodes, storage, and network equipment on-site
* Diagnose hardware faults and manage the full RMA process with vendors, from identifying the failed component through to replacement, return, and confirming the node is back in service
* Bring new hardware into production on our OpenStack and Kubernetes environments, ensuring platform performance, scalability, and resilience for GPU workloads
* Keep asset records, rack layouts, spares inventory, and hardware runbooks accurate, so the team always knows what’s deployed and where
* Lead hands-on incident response for hardware and infrastructure issues, and drive continuous improvement of reliability across the platform
* Automate provisioning and operational workflows using infrastructure-as-code and GitOps practices
* Work closely with Platform, DevOps, AI, Product, and Support teams to align infrastructure capabilities with customer and platform requirements

ABOUT YOU:

We’re more interested in how you think and work than in a perfect CV. You’ll likely bring a combination of the following:

Essential

* Direct hands-on experience physically working in data centres — you’ve personally racked and stacked hardware on-site
* Strong, proven experience building servers and racks — you’ve physically assembled, cabled, and commissioned hardware, not just specified or overseen it
* Proven experience managing hardware RMAs end-to-end — diagnosing failed components, working with vendors, and getting replacements installed and back in service
* Extensive hands-on Linux systems administration skills and knowledge — genuine depth, not surface-level familiarity
* A solid understanding of networking and storage systems
* A willingness and ability to be onsite at our Datacentres.

Nice to Have

* Experience installing, racking, and configuring GPU hardware specifically, ideally including NVIDIA platforms
* Familiarity with out-of-band management tools such as IPMI, iDRAC, or iLO
* Production experience running OpenStack and/or Kubernetes at scale
* Experience with infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and Git-based workflows
* Broader exposure to HPC or large-scale compute environments

WHAT WE OFFER:

* Competitive salary and annual discretionary bonus scheme
* Employee wellbeing benefits
* 25 days of holiday, plus public holidays
* Real ownership and autonomy, with the trust to take initiative and experiment
* The opportunity to make a visible, meaningful impact as we scale
* Clear career progression and growth opportunities in a fast-growing company
* A collaborative, international culture built on trust, transparency, and ownership
* The chance to help shape NexGen Cloud’s team, culture, and future alongside ambitious, mission-driven colleagues

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