Senior Infrastructure Engineer (OpenStack Ironic Specialist)

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About Nscale

Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.

We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.

About the Role

We’re hiring an Infrastructure Engineer (OpenStack Ironic Specialist) to design, operate, and continuously improve the bare metal provisioning platforms that underpin Nscale’s infrastructure.

This role sits within the Infrastructure Engineering team , which is responsible for the design, implementation, operation, and ongoing improvement of the infrastructure stack supporting both internal and customer-facing services. You’ll work closely with network, compute, data centre, support, and pre-sales teams , while also serving as a specialist escalation point for advanced provisioning and hardware issues.

This is a high-impact role focused on OpenStack Ironic , automated hardware lifecycle management, and the reliable operation of large-scale physical infrastructure. You’ll also help connect Nscale to the broader upstream OpenStack community , ensuring our bare metal platforms evolve in line with real operational needs and industry direction.

What you'll be doing

Bare Metal Provisioning & Lifecycle Management

• Design scalable and resilient bare metal provisioning platforms with a strong focus on OpenStack Ironic .
• Own the full lifecycle of physical infrastructure, including discovery, enrolment, provisioning, cleaning, deprovisioning, and hardware state management.
• Build and maintain provisioning workflows for a wide range of hardware profiles, including GPU-enabled and high-performance server platforms.
• Support platform upgrades, lifecycle management, and operational improvements across Ironic and its dependencies.

Automation & Platform Integration

• Manage and improve integrations between Ironic and related OpenStack services such as Nova, Neutron, Glance, Keystone, and Placement .
• Drive automation for hardware onboarding, firmware and BIOS configuration, deployment workflows, validation, and recovery.
• Implement infrastructure automation using infrastructure-as-code and configuration management approaches.
• Ensure provisioning platforms and operational processes align with security, compliance, and operational standards.

Troubleshooting, Reliability & Operational Support

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Equal Opportunities Statement

We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.

The responsibilities outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and are intended to provide a general overview of the position. The employee may be required to perform additional duties, tasks, and responsibilities as assigned by management, consistent with the skills and qualifications required for the role.

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Salary Range

The range below reflects the base salary for the position. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related factors such as skill set, experience, education, and location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and/or commission programs. Nscale may offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan participation.

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