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Infrastructure Engineer
About the role
We are looking for an Infrastructure Engineer to join our team. You will provision and maintain servers, storage and network services.
Responsibilities
- Provision and maintain servers, storage and network services.
- Automate builds and configuration.
- Plan capacity and upgrades.
- Respond to incidents and run reviews.
- Support disaster recovery tests.
Required
- Servers, storage and networking
- Infrastructure as code (Terraform or Ansible)
- Cloud or data center experience
- Monitoring and incident response
- Linux or Windows Server
Preferred
- Kubernetes
- VMware
- Python or PowerShell
- Load balancers and firewalls
- Disaster recovery planning
Tools and stack
Terraform and Ansible, VMware or a cloud console, Monitoring and alerting tools, Load balancers, Storage arrays or cloud storage, Ticketing systems
Employment type: [Contract / W2 / C2C / Full-time]
Location: [City, ST / Remote]
Duration: [months]
Work authorization: [accepted types]Responsibilities explained
Each responsibility maps to something a candidate should be able to describe.
- Provision and maintain servers, storage and network services.
- Automate builds and configuration.
- Plan capacity and upgrades.
- Respond to incidents and run reviews.
- Support disaster recovery tests.
Required skills
Treat these as the screen. If a candidate cannot speak to them, they are rarely a fit.
- Servers, storage and networking
- Infrastructure as code (Terraform or Ansible)
- Cloud or data center experience
- Monitoring and incident response
- Linux or Windows Server
Preferred skills
Use these to rank candidates who meet the required list.
- Kubernetes
- VMware
- Python or PowerShell
- Load balancers and firewalls
- Disaster recovery planning
Other titles this role appears under
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- Infrastructure Engineer
- IT Infrastructure Engineer
- Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
- Platform Infrastructure Engineer
Seniority guide
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- Mid: runs a component.
- Senior: designs and automates platforms.
- Lead: owns reliability and roadmap.
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