About Graphcore
Graphcore products have set the standard in AI compute hardware and software. We are developing the next generation of artificial intelligence compute with systems that allow AI researchers to develop more advanced models, help scientists unlock new discoveries, and power companies as they put AI at the heart of their business. Graphcore recently joined SoftBank Group, bringing substantial investment from one of the world’s leading backers of AI innovation.
Job Summary
We are looking for an Engineer to join our Cloud Platform Team and help develop and deploy services. Working with Platform Engineering, Datacentre Operations and Product Development, you will deploy services on our fleet of cutting-edge AI systems. This hands-on role requires a solid background in cloud infrastructure, deployment using Infrastructure-as-Code, networking and storage systems. You may have worked in an IT organisation, a datacentre, a cloud provider, or as an operator of orchestration or cloud services.
The Platform Engineering team at Graphcore
We build Graphcore products into large-scale AI solutions for our customers. The Cloud Platform Team provides such systems to internal users via private clouds and to customers via our public clouds. Internal systems may use pre-release hardware and software, so being comfortable with unproven components is vital.
Responsibilities And Duties
* Develop and operate end-user services on our private clouds and support internal users by turning end-user and product requirements into deployed services.
* Help build automation to collect and analyse metrics and other data from cloud services to identify and report issues. Work with users to provide information about product-related issues to Engineering and QA.
* Collaborate with Datacentre Operations Engineers to maintain and operate the AI fleet at peak performance in private clouds.
* Configure and test new Graphcore AI hardware and systems using Continuous Deployment and Infrastructure-as-Code in internal and external datacentres.
* Work with external vendors to integrate 3rd party switches, servers and storage into our Cloud Reference Design.
Skills And Experience
* Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in a relevant subject.
* Solid software/IT engineering experience with a track record of delivering technical output as an individual contributor.
* Experience working in AGILE and SCRUM frameworks, including understanding priorities, risks, issues, impacts and constraints.
* Strong Linux scripting ability (bash, python, awk, sed).
* Strong Linux system administration (Ubuntu, RHEL and variants).
* Experience with a version control system (preferably Git) and managing system configuration or automation.
* Experience with CI or testing pipelines using GitLab, GitHub or similar.
* Solid understanding of cloud services technologies (APIs, virtualization, virtual networks, block storage, resource management and monitoring).
* Experience with IAC tools (Terraform/OpenTofu, Ansible, Packer).
* Experience with container deployment and management (e.g., Docker).
* Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, OpenSearch/ElasticSearch, Loki).
* Good communication and presentation skills, with experience dealing with end-users of IT services.
* Ability to work independently on critical infrastructure with minimal oversight and a focus on end-user availability.
Desirable But Not Required
* Experience with OpenStack cloud platforms.
* Experience managing production Kubernetes clusters and workloads.
* Programming experience with Python3 using classes and inheritance.
Benefits
In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers flexible working, a generous annual leave policy, private medical insurance and health cash plan, a dental plan, pension (matched up to 5%), life assurance and income protection. A generous parental leave policy and an employee assistance programme (health, mental wellbeing, and bereavement support) are provided. We offer healthy food and snacks at our Bristol office and a barista bar. We are committed to an inclusive work environment and an equal opportunity process, with flexible interview options and reasonable adjustments available on request.
Sponsorship
Applicants for this position must hold the right to work in the UK. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support for visa applications at this time.
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