Staff Bare-Metal Provisioning Software Engineer
Hierarch Soft Technologies, Inc.
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Job Details
Skills
- 5+ years building bare-metal provisioning software
- hardware lifecycle engines
- or fleet automation at a bare-metal cloud (Equinix Metal/Packet
- CoreWeave
- Crusoe)
- hyperscaler
- or large-scale HPC/AI fleet
- Production Go & Python: Proven track record writing custom provisioning daemons
- BMC/Redfish API clients
- and declarative state machines in Go and Python.
- Deep Boot & OOB Internals: Mastery of UEFI/BIOS
- iPXE/PXE
- HTTP/TFTP boot
- Ignition/cloud-init
- IPMI
- Redfish
- and Linux kernel/NUMA/PCIe tuning.
- Autonomous Local Infra: Hands-on experience integrating NetBox APIs
- local DHCP/DNS
- and bare-metal Kubernetes without relying on public cloud managed service
Summary
Position: Senior / Staff Bare-Metal Provisioning Software Engineer
Location: San Jose, CA.
Duration: Longterm
We are seeking a software-first Bare-Metal Provisioning Engineer to architect and build the zero-touch hardware lifecycle control plane for our AI Inference Cloud (NVIDIA GPU, Intel x86, and SambaNova clusters over a Juniper fabric).
Modeled after bare-metal cloud architectures (e.g., Equinix Metal / Tinkerbell), you will write Go and Python microservices that take raw servers from rack power-on to immutable Linux and Kubernetes readiness without human intervention.
What You’ll Own
OOB Hardware & Firmware Control Plane: Build and maintain Go/Python controllers (using bmclib, Redfish, IPMI, or metal-toolbox) to automate power states, BIOS/UEFI settings (PCIe bifurcation, SR-IOV, NUMA, C-states), and firmware updates across multi-vendor GPU/ASIC servers.
Zero-Touch Network Boot & OS Lifecycle: Architect automated iPXE/PXE provisioning pipelines (Tinkerbell, Matchbox, Ironic, or Metal3) to stream and boot immutable Linux and bare-metal Kubernetes (Talos, RKE2, Kubeadm).
Inventory & DDI Reconciliation: Automate hardware discovery, burn-in attestation, and state sync against NetBox (DCIM/IPAM plan of record) to dynamically drive local Kea DHCP (Option 66/67) and Split-Horizon CoreDNS.
Air-Gap-Survivable GitOps: Implement pull-only provisioning workflows (Argo CD, Flux, ansible-pull) with local GPG/Cosign signature verification, local Harbor OCI registry mirrors, and TPM 2.0 / Vault at-boot secret injection.
Must-Have Stack & Experience:
5+ years building bare-metal provisioning software, hardware lifecycle engines, or fleet automation at a bare-metal cloud (Equinix Metal/Packet, CoreWeave, Crusoe), hyperscaler, or large-scale HPC/AI fleet.
Production Go & Python: Proven track record writing custom provisioning daemons, BMC/Redfish API clients, and declarative state machines in Go and Python.
Deep Boot & OOB Internals: Mastery of UEFI/BIOS, iPXE/PXE, HTTP/TFTP boot, Ignition/cloud-init, IPMI, Redfish, and Linux kernel/NUMA/PCIe tuning.
Autonomous Local Infra: Hands-on experience integrating NetBox APIs, local DHCP/DNS, and bare-metal Kubernetes without relying on public cloud managed service
- Dice Id: 91003569
- Position Id: 9136274
- Posted 2 hours ago
Company Info
About Hierarch Soft Technologies, Inc.
Hierarch Soft Technologies Inc. is a technology-driven software development company delivering innovative digital solutions across IT, Healthcare, Engineering, Automotive, Manufacturing, and Construction sectors. With a global footprint in the US, Australia, and India, we specialise in full-cycle software development — from design and architecture to deployment and support. Our expertise includes web and mobile app development, cloud computing, cybersecurity, DevOps, infrastructure design, and data engineering. Guided by our core values of Transparency, Authenticity, and Responsiveness (TAR), we combine industry best practices, deep technical knowledge, and AI-powered methodologies to deliver secure, scalable, and impactful solutions. We support a wide range of domains, including: Enterprise Applications & Cloud Platforms Cybersecurity, Blockchain & eCommerce Banking, Finance, Insurance & Payments Pharma, Biotechnology & Healthcare IT Energy (Oil, Gas, Solar, Wind), Utilities & Logistics Aerospace, Defense & Government Projects Our diverse team enables innovation and digital transformation for businesses of all sizes. At Hierarch, we don’t just develop software — we build technology that powers progress.
