PCAI And AI Factory Expert

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing

Career development

Unconditional inclusion

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Subject Matter Expert to manage and optimize PCAI and AI Factory infrastructure. The role focuses on AI/ML workloads, large-scale private cloud operations, and automation across compute and containerized environments.

You will work in a hybrid setting, collaborating with global teams to ensure reliability, scalability, and rapid incident response while enabling cutting-edge AI platforms and software operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or an equivalent field.
• Experience in AI/HPC or GPU-based environments is desirable.
• Strong automation and orchestration skills across bare metal and containerized infra.

Responsibilities

• Administer HPE PCAI and AI Factory environments for uptime and performance.
• Manage GPU clusters, DL380a/DL325/Cray XD670 hardware and InfiniBand networks.
• Operate virtualization and container platforms: vSphere, RHEL, Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise, Kubernetes, Rancher Harvester.
• Lead lifecycle management, patching, and configuration across compute and storage stacks.
• Develop runbooks, incident logs, and perform RCA for continuous improvement.

Skills

Platform Administration

GPU clusters

InfiniBand

vSphere

Kubernetes

Automation (Ansible)

Observability

Security IAM

AI/ML Platform Ops

NVIDIA AI Enterprise

Education

Bachelor/Master in CS/IT or equivalent

Tools

Ezmeral Runtime

NVIDIA AI Enterprise

vSphere

RHEL

Kubernetes

Rancher Harvester

KubeSphere

Morpheus

AWX

NetQ

Grafana

DCGM

SLURM

Job description

Who We Are

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description

HPE Operations is our innovative IT services organization. It provides the expertise to advise, integrate, and accelerate our customers’ outcomes from their digital transformation. Our teams collaborate to transform insight into innovation. In today’s fast paced, hybrid IT world, being at business speed means overcoming IT complexity to match the speed of actions to the speed of opportunities. Deploy the right technology to respond quickly to market possibilities. Join us and redefine what’s next for you.

What You’ll Do

We are seeking a Subject Matter Expert (SME) – Admin, Operate & Manage (HPE PCAI & AI Factory Solutions) to manage and optimize HPE’s next-generation AI infrastructure platforms. The ideal candidate will have deep hands‑on expertise in AI, HPC, and GPU-accelerated environments, with strong knowledge of HPE Ezmeral, NVIDIA AI Enterprise, Containerized workloads, and Automation frameworks. This role focuses on the operational stability, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement of large-scale Private Cloud for AI (PCAI) and AI Factory deployments.

Key Responsibilities

• Platform Administration
• Administer and maintain HPE PCAI and AI Factory environments, ensuring optimal uptime and performance.
• Manage compute nodes (HPE DL380a, DL325, Cray XD670), GPU clusters (NVIDIA L40S/H100/H200), and InfiniBand NDR networks.
• Administer virtualization and container platforms such as vSphere, RHEL/RHOS, Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise, Kubernetes, and Rancher Harvester.
• Perform configuration, patching, version upgrades, and firmware updates across hardware and software layers.
• Operational Monitoring & Incident Management
• Proactively monitor system health using DCGM, NetQ, Grafana, and Exivity dashboards.
• Handle alerts, performance anomalies, and incidents across GPU, network, and storage layers.
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and corrective action plans to prevent recurring issues.
• Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and incident logs.
• Lifecycle & Configuration Management
• Manage cluster lifecycle through Ansible, AWX, HPE Performance Cluster Manager (HPCM), and SLURM.
• Oversee automation for provisioning, scaling, and patch management of Compute and Containerized workloads.
• Manage configuration changes, infrastructure templates, and version baselines in production and staging environments.
• AI Platform & Software Operations
• Operate HPE Ezmeral Unified Analytics, Data Fabric, and AI Essentials platforms.
• Support NVIDIA AI Enterprise (NVAIE) components including NIMs, NeMO frameworks, and RAPIDS runtime.
• Manage and monitor AI/ML workloads (LLM, NLP, Computer Vision, Chatbots) on containerized clusters.
• Ensure smooth operation of development tools like Jupyter, Spark, Airflow, MLflow, Kubeflow, and Ray.
• Storage & Data Operations
• Administer VAST, WEKA, and Alletra MP storage solutions for file, object, and distributed storage.
• Monitor storage performance, replication, and capacity utilization.
• Coordinate with storage engineering teams for performance optimization and capacity planning.
• Security, IAM & Compliance
• Implement and maintain Keycloak for authentication and role-based access control.
• Ensure adherence to compliance, audit, and governance standards for AI workloads.
• Support user and service account provisioning, credential management, and access reviews.
• Continuous Improvement & Knowledge Enablement
• Optimize automation workflows to reduce manual intervention and improve service response time.
• Drive service health reviews, operational dashboards, and SLA compliance reporting.
• Conduct enablement sessions for L1/L2 teams and act as the final escalation point for operational issues.
• Collaborate with HPE Engineering for patch validation, release readiness, and operational feedback.
• Required Skills & Technical Expertise: Core Infrastructure Skills
• Administration of HPE DL380a, DL325, Cray XD670, and GPU-based Compute environments.
• Strong knowledge of NVIDIA GPU stack, InfiniBand NDR, and Spectrum-X switches.
• Experience in managing VAST, WEKA, or Alletra MP storage systems.
• Software & Platform Operations
• Virtualization: vSphere, RHEL, Ezmeral Runtime Enterprise
• Containers: Kubernetes, Rancher Harvester, KubeSphere, Morpheus
• Automation: Ansible, AWX, NetBox, HPCM, SLURM
• Observability: Grafana, NetQ, Exivity, DCGM
• Security: Keycloak, IAM integrations
• AI/ML Platform Administration
• Experience in HPE Ezmeral Unified Analytics and Data Fabric operations
• Familiarity with NVIDIA AI Enterprise, NIMs, NeMO, and Triton Inference Server
• Working knowledge of TensorFlow, PyTorch, Spark, Kubeflow, MLflow, and Jupyter

Preferred Certifications

• HPE ASE / Master ASE (Compute, Storage, or Ezmeral)
• NVIDIA Certified Professional / NVAIE Certification

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting capabilities.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across global teams.
• Ability to lead operations improvement initiatives and mentor support engineers.
• Focused on reliability, scalability, and service excellence.

For Internal Job Movement

• Approval of the employee's current manager is required.
• Employees are expected to notify their manager prior to an interview.
• Employees in Performance Improvement Plan are not eligible to apply.
• Minimum level should be EXP if applying as part of Internal Job Posting.

Why Join Us

• Work on next-generation AI infrastructure operations and automation
• Be part of a global team managing HPE’s AI Factory and PCAI platforms supporting large-scale AI workloads.
• Opportunity to contribute to service innovation and continuous improvement initiatives in AI infrastructure management

What You Need To Bring

Bachelor’s / Master’s Degree in Computer Science, IT, or equivalent field.

• 8+ years of IT infrastructure administration experience, including 3+ years in AI/HPC or GPUbased environments.
• Proven experience in platform operations, monitoring, and lifecycle management of enterprise-grade AI and HPC environments.
• Hands‑on experience in automation and orchestration across bare metal and containerized infrastructure.

What We Can Offer You

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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