Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Nasscomm is seeking a highly experienced Senior Site Reliability Engineer specializing in compute platforms. The role focuses on architecting, designing, automating, and supporting enterprise bare metal, hypervisor, private cloud, and Kubernetes environments using Infrastructure-as-Code and GitOps practices. The engineer will also lead troubleshooting, documentation, cross-functional collaboration, and on-call support for mission-critical platforms.
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture and design of enterprise compute and hypervisor platform solutions across hardware, OS, virtualization, cloud orchestration, and container orchestration layers
- Define standards and automation frameworks for bare metal provisioning and lifecycle management
- Design and implement Bare Metal as a Service (BMaaS) capabilities for scalable infrastructure consumption
- Architect and design Kubernetes platforms on bare metal with QoS and Affinity (ArgoCD)
- Architect and validate automated deployments of operating systems and hypervisors including Ubuntu and Harvester
- Design and maintain PXE-based provisioning environments leveraging Redfish APIs for large-scale server deployments
- Develop Infrastructure-as-Code using Ansible, Terraform, Helm and Git, with Python/Bash automation
- Implement CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure updates, patching, upgrades, testing, and rollback
- Design automated workflows for server build, firmware lifecycle management, patching, and hardware validation
- Evaluate and standardize enterprise hardware platforms to meet performance, scalability, and reliability requirements
- Produce detailed high-level and low-level design documentation, build guides, and operational handoff materials
- Perform deep troubleshooting across storage, Kubernetes, hypervisors, networking, and Linux systems
- Partner with operations, network, storage, and platform teams to ensure designs are supportable and production-ready
- Participate in on-call escalation support for complex platform-related issues
- Collaborate globally on change management, documentation, and operational best practices
Skills
- • 6+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, or DevOps with a strong focus on Compute system design
- • Proven experience designing and automating bare metal compute environments at scale
- • Strong hands-on experience with PXE boot, network-based OS provisioning, and automated server imaging
- • Experience implementing or supporting Bare Metal as a Service (BMaaS) platforms
- • Practical experience using Redfish APIs for hardware provisioning, power management, and remote lifecycle operations
- • Deep expertise with Ubuntu Linux in enterprise environments
- • Strong Hands-on experience with KVM hypervisors (Suse Harvester, OpenStack)
- • Experience designing and deploying production-grade Kubernetes clusters
- • Strong background with enterprise compute hardware platforms, including Cisco UCS, Dell PowerEdge, Supermicro systems & HPE
- • Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, or similar)
- • Experience building or supporting CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and platform automation
- • Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages
- • Demonstrated ability to produce clear, structured technical design documentation
- • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent professional experience
- • OpenStack, Ubuntu KVM administration
- • BareMetal as a Service (PXE, Redfish)
- • Kubernetes on BareMetal
- • CIS/NIST security and infrastructure lifecycle management
- • ITIL Foundation/advanced certifications in support of ITSM standard methodology
- • Background in telco, edge cloud, or large enterprise environments
- • Ubuntu Certifications, CNCF Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist
- Master's degree in computer science, IT, Engineering, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience and relevant industry certifications will also be considered
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement
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