Data Center Deployment engineer

We are looking for an experienced deployment engineer to join the HPIL team to accelerate cloud hardware deployments, automate infrastructure, and improve hardware deployment lifecycle efficiency. This role is best suited for someone who has hands-on technical experience in datacenter and cloud technologies and has successfully deployed large scale infrastructure solutions. The successful candidate will also be eager to take advantage of opportunities to improve process through automation and implementation of AI/ML solutions to deliver E2E capacity as quickly as possible to improve customer experience. Core Responsibilities Bare Metal Hardware Deployments Hardware Implementation Designs of physical infrastructure across global data centers Provision and bootstrap servers using PXE, iPXE, HTTP netboot, DHCP, and TFTP Integrate compute, storage, and networking components into private cloud platforms (CCP OpenStack, CCP Containers, RDEI) Implement 3rd Party Vendor Hardware Lifecycle Improvement Assessment/Audit Findings Analyze and apply recommendations to improve lifecycle and reduce time-to-capacity Collaborate w/cross-functional teams to streamline procurement-to-deployment workflows Drive improvements in asset tracking, validation, and deployment metrics Automation Automate hardware lifecycle and deployment improvement findings Develop and integrate playbooks with existing automation further standardize deployments Create training materials and documentation to scale knowledge across team Skills and Experience Bare Metal Provisioning Bare Metal Provisioning/Bootstrapping: Vaquero, Foreman, Tinkerbell, RackN Digital Rebar, Ansible, Kickstart and other technologies such as PXE, iPXE, DHCP Working knowledge of hardware platforms (Dell, Cisco, HP) Very familiar with out-of-band/lights-out server communication methods, such as IPMI, IDRAC, CIMC, iLO and serial console Strong experience and understanding of Linux (CentOS/RHEL, Debian, CoreOS/Flatcar…) Solid networking fundamentals (Layer 1, 2, and 3) Datacenter Demonstrated knowledge of DCIM tools such as DCTrack and Netbox and/or other tools Working knowledge of fiber optics, structured cabling installation, and overall inside plant cabling (ISP) technologies Basic understanding of Datacenter Rack/Stack/Power methodologies Scripting-Automation Experienced scripting in Ansible, Python, Go, shell and/or other language Proficient with Containers and Kubernetes Working knowledge of GIT, and CI/CD tools like Concourse and data visualization tools like Kibana Desired Qualifications 4+ years Linux System Administration 4+ years experience object-oriented Python, software development or relevant scripting languages 4+ years experience writing Ansible automation scripts Experience delivering projects Agile or other iterative methodologies Any Arista, Cisco or Datacenter Certifications Knowledge of VMware and ESXi hypervisor Collaboration Tools: Proficient in GitHub, Jira, SharePoint, Wiki