Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) Engineer – Build, Certification & Infrastructure

Kadel Labs; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Kadel Labs in Pune, India seeks an experienced Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) Engineer to lead end-to-end build, release management, and hardware certification for an enterprise-grade HCI platform.

The role spans embedded systems, cloud-native integrations, and performance tuning across compute, storage, and networking, with emphasis on secure, scalable builds using Kubernetes and IaC tooling.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, embedded systems, or hardware certification.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Strong programming skills in C, C++, Go, and Shell scripting.
• Experience with Linux kernel internals, performance tuning, and driver development.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including CSI/CNI driver development, Operators, Helm, and container runtimes.
• Knowledge of storage technologies such as NVMe, NVMe-oF, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, and distributed storage systems.
• Understanding of networking technologies, including VLANs, SDN, SR-IOV, DPDK, and NIC offloads.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, and GitHub Actions.
• Familiarity with Ansible, Terraform, and Pulumi.
• Experience with hardware integration, including PCIe devices, BIOS/UEFI, firmware upgrades, BMC, iLO, and iDRAC.
• Knowledge of debugging and security tools such as GDB, logic analyzers, JTAG, Snyk, Trivy, and SonarQube.

Responsibilities

• Build and Release Management: Maintain, monitor, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for HCI software components.
• Troubleshoot build failures and ensure build reliability and availability.
• Perform vulnerability scans and integrate security checks into the build process.
• Collaborate with development teams to resolve build issues and maintain secure coding practices.
• HCI Hardware Certification and Validation: Validate HCI platforms across server, storage, and network hardware vendors.
• Perform interoperability, firmware compatibility, and compliance testing.
• Certify performance and reliability across OEM platforms such as Dell, HPE, and Cisco.
• Execute benchmarking, regression, chaos, and resiliency testing for enterprise workloads.
• Infrastructure and Platform Engineering: Enhance and maintain the HCI stack across compute, storage, and networking.
• Develop and optimize high-performance I/O paths, storage acceleration, and networking offloads.
• Integrate custom hardware with Kubernetes using CRDs, CSI/CNI drivers, and Operators.
• Perform scalability and performance tuning under production-like workloads.
• Use Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and Pulumi for consistent deployments.
• Collaboration and Support: Collaborate with Product Management to define technical requirements and customer use cases.
• Support QA and Support teams in troubleshooting and resolving escalations.
• Participate in Proof of Concept (PoC) deployments and customer-facing solution validation.
• Coordinate with hardware vendors and certification bodies to ensure compliance.
• Documentation and Code Quality: Document build processes, certification procedures, and infrastructure deployments.
• Participate in technical design discussions, code reviews, and architecture improvements.
• Maintain high code quality through unit, integration, and automation test coverage.

Skills

C

C++

Go

Shell scripting

Linux kernel

Kubernetes

CSI/CNI drivers

Operators

Helm

Container runtimes

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Ansible

Pulumi

PCIe

BMC/iLO/iDRAC

GDB/Diagnostics

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science/IT

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Pulumi

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

CSI/CNI drivers

Operators

Helm

Kubernetes

PCIe hardware tools

BIOS/UEFI

Job description

At Kadel Labs – Startup Studio we built an ecosystem for early-stage founders to help them take their ideas to the next level. The ecosystem consists of in-house product teams, engineers, designers, data scientists, sales & marketing teams, legal experts, taxation, finance and operation heads. We aim to build a cohesive ecosystem, so that your startup runs as a full-fledged business from day 1!

Job Description

Job Description – Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) Engineer

Location: Pune, India

Experience: 6–8 Years

Employment Type: Full-Time

About Kadel Labs

Kadel Labs is a deep-tech IT services company established in 2017, specializing in Data Analytics, Data Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure Operations, Information Security, Software Development, Modernization, and Generative AI solutions. We help organizations build scalable, secure, and reliable technology solutions.

Job Summary

We are looking for a skilled Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) Engineer to take end-to-end ownership of build and release management, hardware certification, and infrastructure engineering for an HCI platform.

The role combines embedded systems development, cloud-native integrations, build and release ownership, and hardware-software validation. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience across compute, storage, networking, and hardware acceleration, ensuring reliable, secure, and enterprise-ready builds.

Key Responsibilities

1. Build and Release Management

Maintain, monitor, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for HCI software components.

Troubleshoot build failures and ensure build reliability and availability.

Perform vulnerability scans and integrate security checks into the build process.

Collaborate with development teams to resolve build issues and maintain secure coding practices.

2. HCI Hardware Certification and Validation

Validate HCI platforms across server, storage, and network hardware vendors.

Perform interoperability, firmware compatibility, and compliance testing.

Certify performance and reliability across OEM platforms such as Dell, HPE, and Cisco.

Execute benchmarking, regression, chaos, and resiliency testing for enterprise workloads.

3. Infrastructure and Platform Engineering

Enhance and maintain the HCI stack across compute, storage, and networking.

Develop and optimize high-performance I/O paths, storage acceleration, and networking offloads.

Integrate custom hardware with Kubernetes using CRDs, CSI/CNI drivers, and Operators.

Perform scalability and performance tuning under production-like workloads.

Use Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and Pulumi for consistent deployments.

4. Collaboration and Support

Collaborate with Product Management to define technical requirements and customer use cases.

Support QA and Support teams in troubleshooting and resolving escalations.

Participate in Proof of Concept (PoC) deployments and customer-facing solution validation.

Coordinate with hardware vendors and certification bodies to ensure compliance.

5. Documentation and Code Quality

Document build processes, certification procedures, and infrastructure deployments.

Participate in technical design discussions, code reviews, and architecture improvements.

Maintain high code quality through unit, integration, and automation test coverage.

Required Skills and Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

6+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, embedded systems, or hardware certification.

Strong programming skills in C, C++, Go, and Shell scripting.

Experience with Linux kernel internals, performance tuning, and driver development.

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including CSI/CNI driver development, Operators, Helm, and container runtimes.

Knowledge of storage technologies such as NVMe, NVMe-oF, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, and distributed storage systems.

Understanding of networking technologies, including VLANs, SDN, SR-IOV, DPDK, and NIC offloads.

Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, and GitHub Actions.

Familiarity with Ansible, Terraform, and Pulumi.

Experience with hardware integration, including PCIe devices, BIOS/UEFI, firmware upgrades, BMC, iLO, and iDRAC.

Knowledge of debugging and security tools such as GDB, logic analyzers, JTAG, Snyk, Trivy, and SonarQube.

Good to Have

Familiarity with service mesh technologies such as Istio and Linkerd.

Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.

Knowledge of compliance frameworks such as FIPS, FedRAMP, and PCI-DSS.

Experience with secure Kubernetes operations and OPA/Gatekeeper.

Exposure to chaos testing and infrastructure validation automation frameworks.

Experience with multi-cluster management platforms such as Spektra, Rancher, Anthos, or OpenShift.

Strong communication and mentoring skills.

Certifications such as CKA or CKAD.

Contributions to open-source projects involving Kubernetes, the Linux kernel, or storage.

Familiarity with hardware debugging tools and testing frameworks.

What We Offer

The opportunity to own end-to-end build management, infrastructure engineering, and hardware certification.

Exposure to embedded systems and cloud-native orchestration technologies.

The opportunity to contribute to enterprise-grade HCI platforms for mission-critical workloads.

Collaboration with experts in systems programming, Kubernetes, and hardware-software integration.