SRE Network Engineer (MAAS) Remote US

Job Description

Location: Fully remote LATAM timezone
Start date: ASAP
Languages: Fluent English is mandatory
Industry: Cloud Computing / AI European SaaS

Pragmatike is recruiting on behalf of a European deep-tech company developing a decentralized energy-efficient alternative to traditional cloud providers. Their platform operates on distributed bare-metal infrastructure with advanced automation delivering sovereign high-performance compute for modern workloads.

Professional Background:

Were looking for an SRE / Network Engineer engineer with deep expertise in Metal-as-a-Service (MAAS) and bare-metal automation. You should have a strong Linux background and direct experience managing large-scale on-prem and cloud-adjacent infrastructures hundreds of nodes across multiple sites.

Startup or hyper-growth experience is a strong plus. Autonomy speed and problem-solving are essential.

Your Responsabilities:

• Maintain and support core infrastructure systems with deep knowledge of Linux (Debian/Ubuntu preferred).

• Work close to the metal: BIOS IPMI RAID setups and hardware-level diagnostics are part of your comfort zone.

• Design and maintain scalable networks using VLANs L2/L3 routing VPNs and especially UniFi equipment.

• Automate infrastructure provisioning and operations with Ansible Bash/Python and Git-based workflows.

• Set up and manage observability stacks including Prometheus/Grafana for metrics and Graylog ELK or Loki for log centralization.

• Build tooling for server discovery config auto-generation automated OS deployments PXE/Preseed/Cloud-init and strong MAAS-based provisioning.

• Integrate and/or develop internal APIs for tracking compute and GPU resource allocation as well as external APIs (billing monitoring OpenStack etc.).

• Deploy and maintain virtualization and orchestration systems such as OpenStack (preferably with Kolla-Ansible) Proxmox VE or VMware ESXi.

• Support container-based workloads and isolate services efficiently.

What You Bring:

• Expert-level Linux administration (preferably Debian/Ubuntu).

• Strong MAAS / Ironic / bare-metal automation experience (mandatory).

• Excellent networking fundamentals: VLANs routing VPNs.

• Infrastructure as Code (Ansible) scripting (Bash/Python) GitOps.

• Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus Grafana ELK/Graylog.

• Comfort with custom deployment automation (PXE Preseed MAAS/Ironic).

• Familiarity with resource tracking API integrations and dashboard development.

• Proven experience with OpenStack Proxmox VMware and container orchestration.

Nice To Have

• Familiarity with firewall rules access control and security policies.

• Experience with Cloudflare API for DNS management and tunnel setups.

• IT asset management or software license tracking exposure is a plus.

Why Join Us:

Our client is shaping the future of cloud infrastructure through decentralization and advanced automation. Their mission is to deliver a sovereign energy-efficient high-performance alternative to traditional cloud providers.

Expect a dynamic fast-paced environment valuing autonomy ownership and problem-solving where your contributions directly influence the success of an ambitious and forward-thinking project.

Pragmatike is dedicated to a fair transparent and inclusive recruitment process. We ensure that no applicant is discriminated against based on age disability gender gender identity or expression marital or civil partner status pregnancy or maternity race religion or belief sex or sexual accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) your personal data will be processed lawfully fairly and securely. We collect and use your personal data solely for recruitment purposes including sharing it with our client(s) for employment consideration. You have the right to request access correction or deletion of your data at any time. We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality and security of your information throughout the recruitment process.

Required Experience:

IC