AI Infra Engineer: Scale Kubernetes & On-Prem ML

DroneShield; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

DroneShield is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to manage a globally distributed Kubernetes infrastructure, operating on bare-metal Linux across multiple data centres. You will contribute to ML pipelines, data engineering, and system resilience while collaborating with AI platform teams.

The role focuses on building scalable, high-performance infrastructure and supporting petabyte-scale data processing in a mixed on-prem and cloud environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS, Software Eng, or equivalent.
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Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and operate multi-node Kubernetes cluster.
• Build and scale on-prem infrastructure including GPU worker banks, storage arrays, and compute nodes.
• Collaborate to build and improve MLOps infrastructure and tooling.
• Resolve complex distributed systems challenges and real-time service integration.
• Maintain hybrid on-prem and cloud environments.

Skills

Kubernetes ops

Automation

Performance tuning

System thinking

Collaboration

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Kubernetes

Linux

GitLab

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Job description

DroneShield is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to manage a globally distributed Kubernetes infrastructure, operating on bare-metal Linux across multiple data centres. You will contribute to ML pipelines, data engineering, and system resilience while collaborating with AI platform teams.

The role focuses on building scalable, high-performance infrastructure and supporting petabyte-scale data processing in a mixed on-prem and cloud environment.