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Senior Infrastructure Engineer — IDC Bare-Metal Kubernetes

Binance

Job Location:

Tokyo - Japan

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 23 July 2026 (30+ days ago)

Application Deadline: 20 October 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the worlds largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. We are trusted by 300 million people in 100 countries for our industry-leading security user fund transparency trading engine speed deep liquidity and an unmatched portfolio of digital-asset products. Binance offerings range from trading and finance to education research payments institutional services Web3 features and more. We leverage the power of digital assets and blockchain to build an inclusive financial ecosystem to advance the freedom of money and improve financial access for people around the world.

About the Role

We are building our own IDC infrastructure from the ground up. As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer you will lead the architecture buildout and operations of our colocation data center from rack layout to the on-prem Kubernetes platform. You build it you own it. This is a true greenfield role with no legacy baggage and a high degree of architectural ownership.

Your core expertise will center on three pillars: building physical infrastructure from zero running production-grade self-hosted Kubernetes and hybrid-cloud interconnect. As the platform matures youll help drive the next phase of cross-cloud and scale-out buildout.

Responsibilities

Design rack layout network topology and overall configuration for colocation
Design and implement an isolated Out-of-Band (OOB) management network (BMC IPMI Redfish) with full security hardening
Coordinate with colocation and hardware vendors servers switches cross-connects uplinks remote hands and cage/rack administration
Build bare-metal automation for fleet-wide zero-touch OS provisioning (MAAS / Tinkerbell / Cluster API)
Set up production-grade self-hosted Kubernetes clusters from scratch and maintain the core stack: Cilium (CNI) GitOps (ArgoCD) etc.
Own cluster lifecycle: upgrades scaling node maintenance incident response
Write SOPs runbooks and post-mortems; participate in 247 on-call rotation
Establish hybrid-cloud interconnect between IDC and public cloud (VPN / Direct Connect / peering)
Pave the way for scale-out: GPU workloads (NVIDIA GPU Operator passthrough MIG) and VM workloads running alongside containers (KubeVirt or similar)

Requirements

5 years in data center / infrastructure / platform engineering
Hands-on experience building physical infrastructure from scratch: rack layout network topology server commissioning and coordinating cross-connects and remote hands with colo / vendors
Practical experience designing and operating OOB management networks (BMC IPMI Redfish)
Have stood up production-grade self-hosted Kubernetes from scratch and can independently debug cluster-level issues (CNI CSI storage)
Strong Linux systems administration and performance tuning (kernel networking storage I/O)
Bare-metal automation experience with at least one of: MAAS Tinkerbell Cluster API
Proficient with Terraform Ansible and at least one scripting language (Python / Go / Bash)
Experience with Cisco network and related techniques (VLAN LACP/LAG BGP ACL etc)
Experience with Palo Alto firewall configuration
Experience with storage systems (NetApp Dell EMC Pure Storage)
Fluent in English or Mandrain

Nice to Have

High-density racks (30kW) and 400G networking experience
Familiarity with immutable OS (Talos Linux / Flatcar / Bottlerocket)
Proficiency across both AWS and GCP; cross-cloud data migration experience
Experience building storage or Bigdata / offline data clusters
Virtualization experience (KubeVirt or similars)
Exposure to NVIDIA GPU Operator and K8s GPU workloads
CKA / CKS certification
CCNP / CCIE certification
Professional-level Japanese

Why Binance

Shape the future with the worlds leading blockchain ecosystem

Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure

Tackle unique fast-paced projects with autonomy in an innovative environment

Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning

Competitive salary and company benefits

Work-from-home arrangement (the arrangement may vary depending on the work nature of the business team)

Binance is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We believe that having a diverse workforce is fundamental to our success.

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Required Experience:

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About Company

Binance

Binance is a blockchain ecosystem comprised of Exchange, Labs, Launchpad, Info, Academy, Trust Wallet, and Blockchain Charity Foundation (BCF). Binance Exchange is one of the fastest and most popular cryptocurrency exchange platforms in the world, capable of processing over 1.4 millio ... View more

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