Cloudera

Cloudera

Sr. Infrastructure Solutions Engineer (Compute & Storage)

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About the role

  • At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights.
  • Powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community, Cloudera advances digital transformation for the world's largest enterprises.
  • The Cloudera IT team is looking for a talented, motivated, and passionate Sr Infrastructure Solutions Engineer (Compute & Storage) to join our Technical Operations organization.

Responsibilities

  • Design, document, and maintain standard hardware configurations ("reference builds") for common workload profiles such as build/CI, virtualization, big data and analytics, databases, and GPU/AI/ML, evolving them as platforms and engineering needs change.
  • Own the lifecycle of on-premise compute and storage hardware, including capacity planning, procurement support, rack/power/cooling planning, deployment, firmware/BIOS/BMC updates, warranty and support case management, refresh, and decommissioning.
  • Design, implement, and administer enterprise storage platforms, including Dell PowerStore and Pure Storage arrays, ensuring capacity, performance, data protection, and high availability for critical workloads.
  • Partner with the Sr Platform Operations Engineers to integrate new hardware into bare-metal provisioning, virtualization, and Infrastructure-as-Code workflows (e.g., Foreman/MaaS, Ansible, Terraform) so systems are delivered ready for automated deployment.
  • Implement hardware- and firmware-level security best practices, including BMC/iDRAC hardening, Secure Boot, TPM, firmware patching, and supply-chain integrity, ensuring compliance and resilience from the ground up.
  • Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for complex hardware, firmware, and storage performance issues, working with OEM support to drive resolution.
  • Serve as a technical Subject Matter Expert (SME), working with IT Systems, CloudOps, Security, and Engineering teams to design and implement robust, scalable, and optimal solutions.
  • Participate in a shared on-call rotation to support mission-critical IT services (with clear documentation and runbooks provided).
  • Create and maintain accurate documentation for hardware standards, configurations, asset inventory, operational audits, and compliance.
  • Proactively identify and drive improvements in hardware performance, utilization, monitoring, and operational processes through automation and observability.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or 8+ years of equivalent experience in a large-scale enterprise environment.
  • Strong Linux systems administration experience (e.g., Red Hat, Rocky, Ubuntu), including hardware validation, driver and firmware management, and performance diagnostics from the OS.
  • Solid experience with on-premise virtualization and bare-metal platforms (e.g., VMware, KVM, OpenStack), enough to size and tune hardware for them.
  • What You'll Bring (Required Qualifications):

Nice to have

  • Certifications such as Dell Technologies (PowerEdge, PowerStore), Pure Storage, NVIDIA, CompTIA Server+, or Red Hat (RHCE).
  • Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible), version control (GitHub/Git), and bare-metal provisioning tools (e.g., Foreman, MaaS, PXE).
  • Experience with GPU and accelerator platforms for AI/ML and high-performance workloads (e.g., NVIDIA HGX/DGX, InfiniBand or RoCE fabrics, high-density power, liquid cooling).
  • Knowledge of data center facilities planning, including power, cooling, rack elevations, and DCIM tools.
  • Experience with vendor management, total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis, and hardware budgeting.
  • Knowledge of enterprise security principles, cryptography, PKI, and operational security practices.
  • Experience operating in regulated/high-governance/compliance environments (e.g., FedRAMP, PCI, ISO27001, SOC2, etc.).
  • Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools, including hardware telemetry and alerting.

Benefits

  • Automate hardware management, health monitoring, and fleet inventory using out-of-band management tools and APIs (e.g., iDRAC, Redfish, OpenManage Enterprise, racadm) and scripting.

Company info

  • Business Area: IT Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level Job Description: At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights.
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