Senior Cloud Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Socket.dev; Santa Clara (MA, CA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 322,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

equity (outlined)

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking an experienced software engineer to join the Cloud Foundations Automation team. Build and operate core infrastructure services powering NVIDIA's global AI infrastructure, and architect secure, scalable cloud-native platform services.

The role emphasizes automation, observability, and collaboration with infra and networking teams to deliver production services at scale. Base salary ranges are provided for levels and equity/benefits apply.

Qualifications

• BS or equivalent experience with 8+ years.
• Strong proficiency in Python and Go, with production-grade software.
• Experience building cloud-native microservices and APIs on Kubernetes (FastAPI, gRPC, REST).
• Experience with infrastructure automation (Terraform, Ansible), workflow orchestration (Temporal), and distributed systems using databases, Redis, and messaging platforms (Kafka, NATS, SQS).
• Experience designing, building, and operating production infrastructure services such as DNS, NTP, AAA (RADIUS/OAuth), and observability platforms.
• Strong Linux fundamentals with observability (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, gNMI), networking (BGP, switching, routing, load balancing), and security (VPNs, firewalls, iptables/nftables).
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate core infrastructure services that power NVIDIA's global AI infrastructure.
• Architect and develop secure, scalable and highly available cloud-native platform services.
• Develop software that enables infrastructure orchestration, self-service workflows, and platform automation.
• Own integrations with internal and external platforms to automate infrastructure provisioning and lifecycle management.
• Build observability and security capabilities that improve the reliability and resilience of our infrastructure.
• Partner with infrastructure and networking teams to deliver production services at scale.
• Drive operational excellence through automation, monitoring, incident response, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Python

Go

Kubernetes

Cloud-native

APIs

Linux fundamentals

Observability

Networking basics

Problem solving

Communication

Education

BS or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Temporal

Redis

Kafka

NATS

SQS

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking an experienced software engineer to join the Cloud Foundations Automation team. Build and operate core infrastructure services powering NVIDIA's global AI infrastructure, and architect secure, scalable cloud-native platform services.

The role emphasizes automation, observability, and collaboration with infra and networking teams to deliver production services at scale. Base salary ranges are provided for levels and equity/benefits apply.