Sr. Site Reliability Engineer (Compute Platform)

Position: Sr. Site Reliability Engineer (Compute Platform)

Location: Remote

Duration: 500 hrs

Client: Ahead

Job ID: AHD

Job description

seeking a highly experienced Sr Site Reliability Engineer – Compute Platforms to design, implement, and support Kubernetes on BareMetal and hypervisor platforms in a private cloud environment. This role is responsible for the architecture, design, and

standardization of enterprise compute and hypervisor environments spanning bare metal infrastructure, operating systems, hypervisors, private cloud orchestration, and Kubernetes using Infrastructure-as-Code and GitOps practices.

This is a deeply technical role requiring expert-level understanding of compute hardware management, Kubernetes, OpenStack, hypervisors and extensive working knowledge on Linux Operating systems. You will also collaborate with platform and SRE teams to maintain secure, performant, and multi-tenant-isolated services that serve high-throughput, mission critical applications.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the architecture and design of enterprise compute and hypervisor platform solutions across hardware, OS, virtualization, cloud orchestration, and container orchestration layers

• Define standards and automation frameworks for bare metal provisioning and lifecycle management

• Design and implement Bare Metal as a Service (BMaaS) capabilities for scalable infrastructure consumption

• Architect and design Kubernetes platforms on bare metal with QoS and Affinity (ArgoCD)

• Architect and validate automated deployments of operating systems and hypervisors including Ubuntu and Harvester

• Design and maintain PXE-based provisioning environments leveraging Redfish APIs for large-scale server deployments

• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code using Ansible, Terraform, Helm and Git, with Python/Bash automation.

• Implement CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure updates, patching, upgrades, testing, and rollback.

• Design automated workflows for server build, firmware lifecycle management, patching, and hardware validation

• Evaluate and standardize enterprise hardware platforms to meet performance, scalability, and reliability requirements

• Produce detailed high-level and low-level design documentation, build guides, and operational handoff materials

• Perform deep troubleshooting across storage, Kubernetes, hypervisors, networking, and Linux systems

• Partner with operations, network, storage, and platform teams to ensure designs are supportable and production-ready

• Participate in on-call escalation support for complex platform-related issues

• Collaborate globally on change management, documentation, and operational best practices.

Must Have

6+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, or DevOps with a strong focus on Compute system design

Proven experience designing and automating bare metal compute environments at scale

Strong hands-on experience with PXE boot, network-based OS provisioning, and automated server imaging

Experience implementing or supporting Bare Metal as a Service (BMaaS) platforms

Practical experience using Redfish APIs for hardware provisioning, power management, and remote lifecycle operations

Deep expertise with Ubuntu Linux in enterprise environments

Strong Hands-on experience with KVM hypervisors (Suse Harvester, OpenStack).

Experience designing and deploying production-grade Kubernetes clusters

Strong background with enterprise compute hardware platforms, including Cisco UCS, Dell PowerEdge, Supermicro systems & HPE

Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, or similar)

Experience building or supporting CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and platform automation

Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages

Demonstrated ability to produce clear, structured technical design documentation

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent professional experience.

Nice to Have

OpenStack, Ubuntu KVM administration.

BareMetal as a Service (PXE, Redfish).

Kubernetes on BareMetal

CIS/NIST security and infrastructure lifecycle management.

ITIL Foundation/advanced certifications in support of ITSM standard methodology.

Background in telco, edge cloud, or large enterprise environments.

Ubuntu Certifications, CNCF Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)

Master’s degree in computer science, IT, Engineering, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience and relevant industry certifications will also be considered.