Junior Infrastructure Engineer (Bare Metal)

About Telnyx

Telnyx is an industry leader thats not just imagining the future of global connectivitywere building it. From architecting and amplifying the reach of a private global multi-cloud IP network to bringing hyperlocal edge technology right to your fingertips through intuitive APIs were shaping a new era of seamless interconnection between people devices and applications.

Were driven by a desire to transform and modernize whats antiquated automate the manual and solve real-world problems through innovative connectivity solutions. As a testament to our success were proud to stand as a financially stable and profitable company. Our robust profitability allows us not only to invest in pioneering technologies but also to foster an environment of continuous learning and growth for our team.

Our collective vision is a world where borderless connectivity fuels limitless innovation. By joining us you can be part of laying the foundations for this interconnected future. Were currently seeking passionate individuals who are excited about the opportunity to contribute to an industry-shaping company while growing their own skills and careers.

We are currently seeking engineers passionate about bare metal infrastructure Kubernetes-native systems distributed storage and high-performance networking technologies.
You will help deploy and maintain our edge data centers for compute AI and storage workloads contribute to Kubernetes infrastructure operations and participate in the development of next-generation distributed infrastructure platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in deploying operating and maintaining Kubernetes-based bare metal infrastructure platforms.
• Support Rook-managed Ceph storage environments and distributed storage operations.
• Assist in operating GPU-enabled infrastructure for AI and high-performance compute workloads using NVIDIA and AMD datacenter hardware.
• Participate in maintaining high-performance networking infrastructure leveraging RoCE InfiniBand NVLink Mellanox SR-IOV and virtual functions (VFs).
• Support NVMe-oF (NVMe over Fabrics) storage environments and low-latency distributed storage systems.
• Help build and maintain Kubernetes-native infrastructure platforms using KubeVirt software-defined networking (SDN) WireGuard and networking technologies such as Calico Flannel and Cilium with eBPF.
• Assist with implementing Kubernetes network policies to isolate workloads and secure cluster communications.
• Contribute to Kubernetes Operators controllers and infrastructure automation tooling.
• Develop and improve internal tooling and automation for infrastructure operations.
• Participate in Linux systems troubleshooting performance tuning and hardware enablement tasks.
• Assist with deployment and lifecycle management of GPU networking and hardware drivers within Kubernetes environments.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues across compute networking storage and Kubernetes layers.
• Participate in documenting infrastructure architecture operational procedures and platform designs.
• Collaborate with senior engineers on infrastructure design operational improvements and platform reliability initiatives.

Essential Qualifications:

• 13 years of experience in infrastructure engineering systems engineering platform engineering or related technical roles.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts and containerized workloads.
• Understanding of Linux systems administration and networking fundamentals.
• Interest in distributed systems bare metal infrastructure and infrastructure automation.
• Familiarity with infrastructure programming concepts such as idempotency reconciliation loops and declarative systems management.
• Experience writing software or automation tooling for infrastructure or operational workflows.
• Exposure to Kubernetes Operators controllers or Kubernetes APIs is a plus.
• Familiarity with container networking technologies such as Calico Flannel or Cilium is a plus.
• Basic understanding of virtualization and Kubernetes-native virtualization technologies such as KubeVirt.
• Familiarity with Git-based development workflows and version control systems.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Strong willingness to learn complex infrastructure systems and modern Kubernetes ecosystems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Exposure to Ceph or Rook-managed storage environments.
• Familiarity with GPU-enabled infrastructure and AI/HPC platforms.
• Familiarity with high-performance networking technologies such as RoCE InfiniBand SR-IOV or NVMe-oF.
• Familiarity with SDN and WireGuard networking concepts.
• Exposure to eBPF-based networking or observability tooling.
• Experience contributing to open-source projects or infrastructure tooling.
• Familiarity with Linux kernel concepts and low-level systems troubleshooting.
• Experience working in production Linux environments.

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