The Role
Design, specify, qualify, and maintain server and storage hardware for cloud data centers. Evaluate vendors and new technologies, develop hardware standards, run refresh cycles, monitor performance and reliability, troubleshoot production issues, coordinate with vendors, and collaborate with SRE and software teams to optimize hardware-software integration.
Summary Generated by Built In
Exoscale is the leading Swiss/European cloud service provider.
With services covering the full cloud infrastructure spectrum - from fast deploying virtual machines to S3 compatible object storage - Exoscale provides a simple and scalable experience in order to let its clients focus on their core business.
Join a dynamic working environment with a multi-cultural cutting-edge team distributed across Europe. With headquarters based in Lausanne, Exoscale
strives to create an environment with great working conditions and welcomes diverse applicants. As part of its ongoing efforts to grow its infrastructure footprint Exoscale is hiring a Hardware Engineer.
Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Job purpose:
The Hardware engineer plays a critical role in designing, deploying, and maintaining the physical infrastructure that powers our cloud services. The engineering team at Exoscale works on all aspects from designing & developing products, to their operation and support. The Hardware Engineer works at the intersection of hardware and software. With an expanding customer base and new products to further advance Exoscale's product portfolio, Hardware Engineers ensures our data centers operate with maximum efficiency, reliability, and performance. As users of Exoscale itself,
Hardware Engineers also take active part in improving products This position focuses on specifying, designing and qualifying hardware for cloud data centers, including developping standards and hardware life cyle management.
Some of the challenges you will be working on:
- Design and specify hypervisor and storage chassis and servers, as well as hardware configurations.
- Evaluate and qualify new hardware technologies and vendors for deployment at scale.
- Develop hardware standards and best practices.
- Plan and execute hardware refresh cycles and participate in capacity expansions.
- Analyze hardware utilization and performance data to optimize configurations
- Monitor hardware performance, reliability metrics, and failure rates across the fleet.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex hardware issues in production environments
- Coordinate with vendors, providers and manufacturers.
- Drive cost optimization initiatives through hardware lifecycle management.
- Collaborate with site reliability and software engineers to optimize hardware-software integration.
- Research emerging technologies and technology watch.
Ideal candidates:
- Strong understanding of x86/ARM server architectures, memory hierarchies, and I/O systems.
- Experience working in large scale data center environments.
- Experience with hardware automation and monitoring tools.
- Experience with Linux/Unix operating systems and hardware management tools (IPMI, BMC, etc.)
- Experience with Open Compute Project.
- Understanding of power and cooling systems in data centers, including liquid cooling.
- Familiarity with networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, routing, and switching>
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
- Are curious, autonomous and embrace learning new things everyday.
- Are team players and are comfortable working in a distributed team.
- Have good English communication skills, written and spoken.
What we offer:
- Flexible working hours.
- Autonomous working conditions with a lot of freedom to create and challenge.
- Collaborative culture, working alongside talented engineers in a supportive environment.
- Modern working atmosphere and centrally located office with great public transport connection.
- Team events as well as training and further education.
Candidates who are not familiar with all the topics above but willing to learn are encouraged to apply.
We are looking forward to your application!
Skills Required
- Strong understanding of x86 and ARM server architectures, memory hierarchies, and I/O systems
- Experience working in large-scale data center environments
- Experience with hardware automation and monitoring tools
- Experience with Linux/Unix operating systems and hardware management tools (IPMI, BMC)
- Experience with Open Compute Project (OCP)
- Understanding of power and cooling systems in data centers, including liquid cooling
- Familiarity with networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, routing, switching)
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible)
- Curious, autonomous, and willing to learn
- Team player comfortable working in a distributed team
- Good written and spoken English communication skills
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The Company
What We Do
Exoscale is a European sovereign cloud service provider that offers a comprehensive range of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) solutions, including virtual machines, S3-compatible object storage, scalable Kubernetes clusters, and managed databases. The platform focuses on simplicity, high performance, and strict adherence to European data privacy and sovereignty laws, serving as a secure sanctuary for developers, startups, and global enterprises across the European region.
