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Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

CompanyGroq
LocationPalo Alto, CA, USA
Salary$132100 – $279800
TypeFull-Time
Degrees
Experience LevelSenior

Requirements

  • Experience with Linux / Kubernetes systems and comfort working in a terminal.
  • Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and Git-based workflows (e.g., Terraform, Flux, Kustomize).
  • Ability to write and maintain basic tooling in Go, Python, or Bash.
  • Understanding of networking fundamentals (IPAM, VLANs, DHCP, DNS).
  • Working knowledge of storage concepts (block vs object, NFS, RAID, etc.).
  • Strong sense of ownership and a willingness to dive into hardware, firmware, or low-level provisioning issues.

Responsibilities

  • Support the provisioning and deployment of Kubernetes clusters on bare metal servers.
  • Help build and maintain tooling for bare metal provisioning — including DHCP, DNS, PXE/iPXE/HTTPBoot, and Talos Linux Machine Configuration.
  • Write and maintain scripts and services (Go, Python, Bash) to automate deployment workflows across new and existing sites.
  • Partner with data center operations and networking teams to ensure hardware is correctly configured, connected, and ready for use.
  • Manage infrastructure configuration using tools like Git, Flux, and Terraform.
  • Contribute to system documentation, runbooks, and tooling that makes our infrastructure reliable and repeatable.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience provisioning physical machines in a data center environment.
  • Exposure to Talos Linux, Kubernetes bootstrapping, or Kubernetes platform engineering.
  • Previous collaboration with facilities, hardware, or network teams in an operational role.