2026 Graduate IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Summary
About us
At Graphcore were building the future of AI compute.
Were a team of semiconductor software and AI experts with deep experience in creating the complete AI compute stack - from silicon and software to infrastructure at datacenter scale.
As part of the SoftBank Group backed by significant long-term investment we are delivering key technology into the fast-growing SoftBank AI meet the vast and exciting AI opportunity Graphcore is expanding its teams around the are bringing together the brightest minds to solve the toughest problems in a place where everyone has the opportunity to make an impact on the company our products and the future of artificial intelligence.
The Team
Graphcore is seeking a motivated and curiousGraduate IT Infrastructure Engineerto join our Infrastructure Solutions team. This is an exciting opportunity to develop deep technical expertise while supporting the systems that power next-generation AI workloads across the business.
The Infrastructure Solutions team designs builds and supports the IT environments that enable our engineers to innovate at scale. We work across on-premise infrastructure cloud platforms networking automation and security ensuring performance resilience and reliability throughout the organisation.
As a graduate youll gain exposure to enterprise-scale infrastructure and cutting-edge AI hardware environments while learning from experienced engineers.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Supporting and maintaining internal IT infrastructure (servers storage networking virtualisation)
- Assisting with cloud platform operations (e.g. AWS Azure GCP)
- Contributing to automation and infrastructure-as-code initiatives
- Helping monitor system performance reliability and security
- Troubleshooting technical issues and supporting root cause analysis
- Working collaboratively across engineering and IT teams
- Participating in infrastructure improvement projects
Youll be supported with structured learning mentorship and increasing responsibility as your skills develop.
Candidate Profile
- Bachelors or Masters Degree in Computer Science Maths Machine Learning Data Science or related field.
- Passionate about infrastructure cloud technologies and systems engineering
- Familiar with some of the following (through study projects or internships):
- Linux or Windows server environments
- Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP DNS routing firewalls)
- Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
- Scripting (Python Bash PowerShell)
- Virtualisation or containerisation (VMware Docker Kubernetes)
- Analytical methodical and eager to learn
- Strong communicators who enjoy problem-solving in a team environment
We dont expect you to know everything we value curiosity initiative and a willingness to learn.
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. We have a generous parental leave policy and an employee assistance programme (which includes health mental wellbeing and bereavement support). We offer a range of healthy food and snacks at our central Bristol office and have our own barista bar! We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; were committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes Graphcore a great home for everyone. We offer an equal opportunity process and understand that there are visible and invisible differences in all of us. We can provide a flexible approach to interview and encourage you to chat to us if you require any reasonable adjustments.
Required Experience:
IC