Senior Cloud Network Engineer

AboutGraphcore

How often do you get the chance to build a technology that transforms the future of humanity

Graphcoreproducts have set the standard in made-for-AIcomputehardware and software gaining global attention and industry acclaim. Now we are developing the next generation of artificial intelligence compute with systems that will allow AI researchers to develop more advanced models help scientists unlock exciting new discoveries and power companies around the world as they put AI at the heart of their business.

Graphcorerecently joined SoftBank Group bringing large and ongoing investment from one of the worlds leading backers of innovative AI companies.

Job Summary
We are looking for aSeniorNetworkEngineerto join our CloudPlatformTeamand help develop and deploy clouds and services. Working closely with our colleagues inSoftwarePlatform Datacentre Operations and Product Development teams you willdeploy services onour fleet ofcutting-edgeAI systems. As part of ourSoftwarePlatform organisation you will be involved in the cloud integration validation performance benchmarking optimisation and development of our high-performance AI solutions.These include in-house AI systems alongside off-the-shelf high-performance serversswitchesand storage solutions.This is a hand-ontechnicalrolerequiring a solid background inthe use of cloudinfrastructure deployment using Infrastructure-as-Codeobservabilityhigh-performancenetworkingand storage systems.You may have been working in an IT organisation a datacentre a cloud provider or as a developer of orchestration or cloudservices.

The Software Platform team atGraphcore

We buildGraphcoreproducts into large-scale AI solutions for our customers and the CloudPlatformTeamis responsible forproviding such systemsto bothinternal users via private cloudsand customers via our own public clouds.Often the internal systems will be using and developing pre-release hardware and software soitsvital you are comfortable with unproven components.

Responsibilitiesand Duties

• Developandoperatehigh-performance ethernet infrastructureon our private clouds and support internal users in their use.You will turnend-user and product requirements into deployed services.

• Help tobuild automation tocollect and analyse metrics and other datafrom thenetworkinfrastructureto supportclearidentification andreporting of any issues.Work with users to provide informationof any product-related issuesto Engineeringand QA departments.

• Work with our Datacentre Operations Engineers tomaintain tuneandoperatethe fleet of AI systems at peak performance in our private clouds.
• Work with external vendors of off-the-shelf switchesserversand storage solutions to integrate 3rdparty products into our Cloud Reference Design with a focus on network performanceautomationand resilience.

Skills and Experience (all required)

• Bachelors degree or equivalent practical experience in a relevant subject.
• Significant hands-on experience with 1 or more vendors high-end(100Gb/s)ethernetswitchsolutions.
• Experiencemanagingon-premisesor private-cloud environments.
• Solid softwareengineering or IT experience with a proventrack recordof delivering technicaloutput as an individual contributor.
• Experienceworkingin an AGILEand SCRUMframework includingunderstanding ofprioritiesrisks issuesimpactsand constraints.
• Strongproven Linux scripting ability(bash python awksed).
• 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.
• A solid hands-on understanding of the technologies underpinning cloud services (APIsvirtualisation of CPUs IO systems)and how they relate to high-performance networking.
• Experience withIACautomation tools (Terraform/OpenTofu Ansible).
• Experience with container deployment and managementtools (e.g. docker).
• Experience with solutions for monitoring and observability. e.g.GrafanaPrometheusOpenSearch/ElasticSearch Loki.
• Goodcommunication and presentation skillsand experience dealing with end-usersof IT services.
• An ability to work independently on critical infrastructurewith minimaloversight and with a focus on end-user availability.

Desirable but not required:

• Experience withOpenstackcloud platforms.
• Experience with High Performance Computing(HPC)environmentsusing SLURM or similar batch workload solutions.
• Experience with hardware offloading on RDMA-capable NICs and how that integrates withvirtual networking onOpen V-switch KVM/QEMU.
• Experience withmanaging productionKubernetesclusters and workloadswith an automation tool such asArgoCD.

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.

Sponsorship

Applicants for this position must hold the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately at this time we are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support for visa applications.