Software Engineering Technical Leader | AI Cluster Orchestrator & Automation Engineer | 15+ years

Engg; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco in Bengaluru seeks a Software Engineering Technical Leader for AI Cluster Orchestrator and Automation. You will design end-to-end automation for AI clusters, bringing up compute, network, and storage, and ensuring reliable operations across the stack.

You will build idempotent workflows, automate PXE, NVIDIA BCM, DHCP, Redfish, BIOS, and Kubernetes/Slurm integration, and document runbooks and APIs while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Experience with Linux systems and AI/GPU cluster architecture knowledge.
• Proficient in Python and automation/API development.
• Experience with PXE, DHCP, Kubernetes, Slurm, BIOS/firmware, networking, and storage integration.
• Troubleshooting distributed provisioning failures and system dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end automation for AI cluster bring-up, configuration, validation, lifecycle management, and teardown across compute, network, and storage domains.
• Build idempotent orchestration workflows for GPU nodes, service nodes, network fabrics, and storage.
• Coordinate dependencies across compute, Cisco networking, storage/Vast, GPU platforms, and service nodes.
• Implement health checks, configuration drift detection, validation gates, rollback, failure recovery, and operational observability.
• Document runbooks, APIs, interfaces, and support handoffs.

Skills

Linux systems

Python

Automation

AI cluster design

Networking

Education

Bachelor's degree + 12 years related experience

Master's degree + 8 years related experience

Tools

Kubernetes

Slurm

PXE

DHCP

Redfish

Job description

Meet the Team

We are a small, agile, and highly collaborative team at the forefront of AI Infrastructure Automation and Benchmarking & Certification . We partner closely with leading hardware and software vendors to design, validate, and deliver curated AI infrastructure solutions to our customers - all built on proven reference architectures that reduce risk and accelerate time-to-value.

We move fast, communicate openly, and lean on each other's expertise daily, making this a great environment for engineers who want to work across the full stack of AI infrastructure rather than being siloed into one narrow function.

Your Impact

As a Software Engineering Technical leader for AI Cluster Orchestrator & Automation, you will design and implementation of repeatable, end-to-end automation for AI cluster bring-up, configuration, validation, lifecycle management, and teardown across compute, network, and storage domains.

• You will: Build idempotent orchestration workflows for GPU nodes, service nodes, network fabrics, and storage.
• Automate PXE, NVIDIA BCM, DHCP, Redfish, BIOS, firmware, OS, Kubernetes/operators, and Slurm integration.
• Coordinate dependencies across compute, Cisco networking, storage/Vast, GPU platforms, and service nodes.
• Implement health checks, configuration drift detection, validation gates, rollback, failure recovery, and operational observability.
• Document runbooks, APIs, interfaces, and support handoffs.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors + 12 years of related experience, or Masters + 8 years of related or equivalent related work experience.
• Experience with Linux systems and AI/GPU cluster architecture knowledge.
• Coding experience using Python and automation/API development
• Prior experience with PXE, DHCP, Kubernetes, Slurm, BIOS/firmware, networking, and storage integration.
• Experience troubleshooting distributed provisioning failures and system dependencies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with REST/Redfish and infrastructure-as-code concepts.
• 1024-GPU-class lab operations, Supermicro systems, Cisco UCS, NVIDIA platforms, Vast storage, and Cisco switching.
• NVIDIA BCM, Cisco network automation, storage automation, and GPU server platforms such as Supermicro and Cisco UCS.
• Experience automating multi-plane/ToR network designs and large-scale cluster lifecycle operations.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, configuration management, logging, and telemetry systems.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.