Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Aptly Technology; Bellevue, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Aptly Technology in Bellevue, WA is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join the compute and operations buildout team. This role focuses on enterprise compute infrastructure, cloud-scale data center operations, and production support across Azure and private cloud environments.

You will deploy, validate, and manage hardware across Dell PowerEdge, coordinate with networking, perform firmware updates, incident response, and document runbooks and SOPs while driving automation and continuous

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Equivalent hands-on infrastructure, data center, or cloud operations experience may also be considered.

Responsibilities

• Deploy server and network infrastructure at cloud scale in collaboration with data center, software teams and platform engineering teams.
• Hardware operations and server lifecycle management: guidance for hardware troubleshooting and lifecycle support for Dell PowerEdge and coordinate with OEM vendors.
• Firmware, BIOS, driver and patch management: upgrades and validation for infrastructure patching.
• Day2 operations and live-site support: triage hardware, compute, capacity, deployment, and platform health issues.
• Network and rack-level coordination: coordinate compute deployment dependencies with network teams during rack turn-up and validation.
• Incident management and operational governance: use incident management tools to track ownership, status, mitigation, and closure.
• Documentation and knowledge management: create and maintain SOPs, runbooks, checklists, and handoff documents.
• Automation and continuous improvement: create scripts for validation, patching checks, health checks, inventory collection, and reporting.

Skills

Azure infra fundamentals

VM lifecycle management

Linux server administration

Server hardware health

Education

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

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

Job Title: Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Job Description:

We are seeking a skilled Compute and Operations Buildout Infrastructure Engineer with around 5 years of experience in enterprise compute infrastructure, cloud-scale data center operations, server hardware lifecycle, and production support. This role focuses on supporting large-scale infrastructure buildouts, compute node onboarding, hardware validation, firmware lifecycle management, incident response, and operational support for Azure and private cloud environments.

Responsibilities:

• Infrastructure Deployment & Support : Deploy server and network infrastructure equipment at cloud scale in collaboration with data center , software teams and platform engineering teams
• Hardware Operations & Server Lifecycle Management : Engineering guidance for Hardware Troubleshooting and Lifecycle support for Dell PowerEdge and co-ordinate with OEM Vendors
• Firmware, BIOS, Driver and Patch Management : Hypervisor, Firmware and Node upgrades as managed services to support Infrastructure Patching
• Day2 Operations & Live-site support : Triage hardware, compute, capacity, deployment, and platform health issues.
• Network and Rack-Level Coordination : Coordinate compute deployment dependencies with network teams during rack turn-up and infrastructure validation
• Incident Management and Operational Governance : Use incident management tools such as IcM or equivalent systems to track ownership, status, mitigation, and closure
• Documentation and Knowledge Management : Create and maintain technical documentation, SOPs, TSGs, runbooks, checklists, and operational handoff documents.
• Automation and Continuous Improvement : Create scripts for validation, patching checks, health checks, inventory collection, and operational reporting.

Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• Equivalent hands-on infrastructure, data center, or cloud operations experience may also be considered.

Technical Experience:

• Around 5 years of experience in compute infrastructure, data center operations, systems administration, cloud operations, or infrastructure buildout.
• Assist in server rack bring-up, hardware validation, host discovery, power-on validation, and compute node readiness checks
• Experience using Azure DevOps, pipelines, work item tracking, release planning, or infrastructure rollout processes
• Hands‑on experience troubleshooting real‑world compute hardware issues across Dell PowerEdge platform in large‑scale cloud or data center environments.
• Execute firmware, BIOS, driver, RAID, and BMC update activities across compute nodes
• Support LSI and CRI handling by gathering logs, validating impact, coordinating mitigation, and documenting recovery steps
• Validate server‑side NIC status, cabling, link state, SFP compatibility, and port connectivity

Specialized Skills:

• Experience with : Azure infrastructure fundamentals, VM lifecycle management, Linux server administration, Server hardware health checks,
• Certifications : Dell administration certificate, Microsoft Azure fundamentals, ITIL Foundation, Linux Foundation or Red Hat Certification

Soft Skills:

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting ability with organizational skills to focus on meeting deadlines and achieving project goals
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams