Graphcore is building the future of AI compute and is looking for a Staff Cloud Engineer to join its Cloud Platform Team. The successful candidate will help develop and deploy clouds and services, working closely with colleagues in Software Platform, Datacentre Operations and Product Development teams. This is a hand-on technical role requiring a solid background in cloud infrastructure, deployment using Infrastructure-as-Code, observability, high-performance networking and storage systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a relevant subject
- Solid infrastructure or IT experience with a proven track record of delivering technical output as an individual contributor
- Experience managing or operating on-premises or private-cloud environments
- Strong proven Linux scripting ability (bash and python required)
- Strong proven Linux system administration (Ubuntu, RHEL and variants)
- Experience with a version control system (preferably Git) and using it to manage system configuration or automation
- Experience with Continuous Integration or testing pipelines using GitLab, GitHub or similar
- Hands-on experience deploying services into public or private clouds using Infrastructure-as-Code (IAC)
- A solid understanding of the technologies underpinning cloud services (APIs, virtualisation of CPUs, IO, systems), virtual networks, block storage, resource management and monitoring
- Experience with IAC automation tools (e.g. Terraform/OpenTofu, Ansible, Packer)
- Experience with container deployment and management tools (e.g. docker, podman, apptainer)
- Experience with solutions for monitoring and observability. e.g. Grafana, Prometheus, OpenSearch/ElasticSearch, Loki, Mimir, OpenTelemetry, Fluentd,Kafka
- Good communication and presentation skills, and experience dealing with end-users of IT or cloud services
- An ability to work independently on critical infrastructure without oversight, and with a focus on end-user availability
Benefits
- Flexible working
- Generous annual leave policy
- Private medical insurance and health cash plan
- Dental plan
- Pension (matched up to 5%)
- Life assurance and income protection
- Generous parental leave policy
- Employee assistance programme
- Healthy food and snacks
- Barista bar
