Responsibilities

1. Infrastructure Stability & Operations

• Own day-to-day health of the entire infrastructure
• Build and maintain monitoring systems (node health, iDRAC checks, network alerts, etc.)
• Standardize firmware, BIOS, and iDRAC configurations across all servers
• Audit end-to-end and implement automation across the entire fleet
• Implement bulletproof backup architecture for VPS customers
• Drive incident response and post-mortems

2. Documentation & Knowledge Capture

• Build a dependable runbook library
• Document standard procedures: Squid restart, Proxmox node deployment, iDRAC bootstrap, network failover
• Capture tribal knowledge from the existing team and integrate it into documentation
• Standardize onboarding procedures for technical hires

3. Automation & Tooling

• Write Ansible playbooks for repeatable infrastructure deployments
• Build AI-enabled monitoring agents that page the right person at the right time
• Identify manual processes and automate them with AI
• Reduce toil systematically

4. Network & Hardware Coordination

• Work alongside the network engineers on network architecture (BGP, transit, IX peering)
• Coordinate hardware procurement, installation, and decommissioning
• Manage the relationship with remote hands at our datacenter POPs
• Visit datacenters personally when issues require on-site eyes

5. Growth Trajectory

• In the first 6–12 months: prove ownership as a strong senior IC
• In the next 12–24 months: hire and mentor junior engineers and interns
• Long-term: grow into Head of Engineering / CTO as the company scales

If interested, please share your resume.