About this role

The University of Chicago's Research Computing Center is seeking an Infrastructure Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and operate the core infrastructure supporting advanced research. This hands-on role involves automating systems from bare metal up, managing private cloud platforms, integrating services, and ensuring the reliability of high-performance computing resources for researchers.

What we are looking for

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Design, provision, and operate infrastructure from bare metal upward
Automate systems lifecycle using configuration management and CI/CD
Perform Linux system administration and data center activities
Deploy and integrate community and third-party research services
Maintain observability, respond to incidents, and troubleshoot issues
Experience with private cloud platforms (e.g., OpenStack) and IaC

Skills mentioned

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PythonKubernetesLinuxCI/CD