Infrastructure Engineer – DevOps, Kubernetes & Automation

TensorWave; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock Options

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Health Savings Account Contributions

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Pet & Legal Insurance

Flexible PTO

Paid Holidays

Parental Leave

In-Office Perks

Job summary

TensorWave is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer – DevOps to deploy, maintain, and improve internal infrastructure automation and Kubernetes platform operations. You will work across Ansible, Kubernetes, Linux systems, Git workflows, CI/CD tooling, and internal platform services to transform manual tasks into repeatable automation and support production deployments.

The role targets candidates with strong Linux fundamentals, automation experience, and a drive to grow into deeper Kubernetes and

Qualifications

• Linux system administration experience.
• Basic to intermediate Kubernetes experience.
• Practical Ansible experience.
• Git workflow familiarity.
• Understanding of CI/CD concepts.
• Basic networking knowledge including DNS, routing, firewalls, subnets, and load balancing concepts.
• Experience troubleshooting services using logs, systemd, command-line tools, and metrics.
• Ability to read and modify YAML, shell scripts, and infrastructure configuration files.

Responsibilities

• Assist with deployment, maintenance, and troubleshooting of Kubernetes clusters.
• Support cluster lifecycle activities including node maintenance, configuration updates, upgrades, and validation.
• Investigate Kubernetes issues related to pods, services, networking, storage, ingress, certificates, and node health.
• Improve Kubernetes deployment patterns, operational runbooks, and standard configurations.
• Support platform services that run on Kubernetes owned by the infrastructure team.
• Write, update, and maintain Ansible roles and playbooks.
• Standardize infrastructure automation across sites, clusters, and environments.
• Execute controlled Ansible deployments using approved rollout patterns.
• Validate idempotency, error handling, and safe rollback behavior.
• Assist with inventory organization and reusable role design.
• Convert manual operational steps into repeatable automation.
• Support Git-based workflows for infrastructure code.
• Assist with CI/CD pipeline improvements for infrastructure automation and deployment processes.
• Maintain deployment scripts, validation tooling, and operational utilities.
• Contribute to automated testing and validation of infrastructure changes.
• Support internal platform tooling used by the DevOps and infra teams.
• Troubleshoot Linux system issues related to services, networking, packages, storage, users, SSH, logs, and systemd.
• Support Ubuntu-based infrastructure systems and GPU node operating environments.
• Assist with baseline configuration, package management, service validation, and host-level remediation.
• Improve runbooks for Linux and infra support tasks.
• Document deployment procedures, troubleshooting steps, and operational standards.
• Contribute to onboarding material for new engineers.

Skills

Linux administration

Kubernetes basics

Ansible

Git workflows

CI/CD concepts

Networking basics

Troubleshooting

YAML & shell scripts

Tools

Ansible

Kubernetes

Linux

Git

CI/CD tooling

Job description

About TensorWave

Our mission is simple: deliver seamless, secure, reliable, and resilient AI compute at scale. We've built a versatile cloud platform that eliminates infrastructure barriers, empowering builders to focus on innovation instead of fighting their stack. Because breakthrough AI should move at the speed of ideas, not infrastructure.

About TensorWave

Our mission is simple: deliver seamless, secure, reliable, and resilient AI compute at scale. We've built a versatile cloud platform that eliminates infrastructure barriers, empowering builders to focus on innovation instead of fighting their stack. Because breakthrough AI should move at the speed of ideas, not infrastructure.

About The Role

The Infrastructure Engineer – DevOps, Kubernetes & Automation will support the infrastructure team by helping deploy, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve internal infrastructure automation and Kubernetes platform operations.

This role will work across Ansible, Kubernetes, Linux systems, Git-based workflows, CI/CD tooling, and internal platform services. The engineer will help convert manual operational work into repeatable automation, assist with production deployments, validate infrastructure changes, and contribute to the operational health of the environment.

This is a hands-on technical role. The ideal candidate has strong Linux fundamentals, practical automation experience, and a desire to grow into deeper Kubernetes, DevOps, and infrastructure engineering responsibilities.

What You’ll Do

Kubernetes Operations

• Assist with the deployment, maintenance, and troubleshooting of Kubernetes clusters.
• Support cluster lifecycle activities including node maintenance, configuration updates, upgrades, and validation.
• Help investigate Kubernetes issues related to pods, services, networking, storage, ingress, certificates, and node health.
• Work with senior engineers to improve Kubernetes deployment patterns, operational runbooks, and standard configurations.
• Support platform services that run on Kubernetes where owned by the infrastructure team.

Ansible & Infrastructure Automation

• Write, update, and maintain Ansible roles and playbooks.
• Help standardize infrastructure automation across sites, clusters, and environments.
• Execute controlled Ansible deployments using approved rollout patterns.
• Validate idempotency, error handling, and safe rollback behavior where applicable.
• Assist with inventory organization, group variables, host variables, and reusable role design.
• Convert manual operational steps into repeatable automation.

DevOps & CI/CD Support

• Support Git-based workflows for infrastructure code.
• Assist with CI/CD pipeline improvements for infrastructure automation and deployment processes.
• Help maintain deployment scripts, validation tooling, and operational utilities.
• Contribute to automated testing and validation of infrastructure changes.
• Support internal platform tooling used by the DevOps and infrastructure teams.

Linux Systems Operations

• Troubleshoot Linux system issues related to services, networking, packages, storage, users, SSH, logs, and systemd.
• Support Ubuntu-based infrastructure systems and GPU node operating environments.
• Assist with baseline configuration, package management, service validation, and host-level remediation.
• Help improve operational runbooks for common Linux and infrastructure support tasks.

Documentation & Operational Process

• Document deployment procedures, troubleshooting steps, and operational standards.
• Contribute to onboarding material for new engineers.
• Maintain clear change notes and implementation records for infrastructure work.
• Help improve consistency across runbooks, READMEs, and internal engineering documentation.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Linux system administration experience.
• Basic to intermediate Kubernetes experience.
• Practical Ansible experience.
• Git workflow familiarity.
• Understanding of CI/CD concepts.
• Basic networking knowledge including DNS, routing, firewalls, subnets, and load balancing concepts.
• Experience troubleshooting services using logs, systemd, command-line tools, and metrics.
• Ability to read and modify YAML, shell scripts, and infrastructure configuration files.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Ubuntu server environments.
• Experience with RKE2, Rancher, Cilium, or similar Kubernetes platforms.
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, or other observability tools.
• Experience with MAAS, PXE, bare metal provisioning, or data center infrastructure.
• Experience supporting GPU, AI, HPC, or large-scale compute environments.
• Familiarity with Python or Go for operational tooling.
• Experience working in production infrastructure environments with change control or staged rollout practices.

What we offer

• Stock Options
• 100% paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance for Employees
• Company Health Savings Account Contributions
• 100% paid Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance for Employees
• Life and Voluntary Supplemental Insurance Options
• Other Insurance Options, such as Pet & Legal Insurance
• Various Supplementary Health Benefits, such as discounted Virtual Healthcare Appointments and Serious Illness Support
• Flexible Spending Account
• 401(k)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible PTO
• Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• Other In-Office Perks

Equal Employment Opportunity

TensorWave is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected status under applicable law.

Reasonable Accommodations

TensorWave provides reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws. If you require accommodation during the hiring process, please contact [e-mail].

Employment Eligibility

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Background Checks

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