The Institute for Foundation Models (IFM) operates some of the world's largest AI supercomputing environments.
Position Summary
This role provides operational coverage during Abu Dhabi overnight hours and serves as a primary point of contact for infrastructure monitoring, incident triage, researcher support, and production operations.
Responsibilities
• Respond to incidents and perform first-level triage.
• Support researchers and troubleshoot job failures.
• Execute operational runbooks and recovery procedures.
• Validate cluster deployments, upgrades, and maintenance activities.
• Track infrastructure utilization and operational metrics.
• Develop automation and monitoring tools.
• Contribute to documentation and reporting.
Education
Experience
• Strong Linux troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with scripting using Python or Bash.
Preferred Qualifications
• GPU infrastructure.
• AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, or similar tools.
• Containers and Kubernetes.
• AI/ML infrastructure exposure.
• Research computing environments.
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First a passion, then an idea transformed into success – when it comes to pioneering automation and digitalisation technology, the ifm group is the ideal partner. Since its foundation in 1969, ifm has developed, produced and sold sensors, controllers, software and systems for industrial automation and for SAP-based solutions for supply chain management and shop floor integration worldwide. As one of the pioneers of Industry 4.0, ifm develops and implements consistent solutions to digitalise the entire value chain “from sensor to ERP”. Today, the second-generation family-run ifm group has more than 8,750 employees and is one of the worldwide market leaders. The group combines the internationality and innovative strength of a growing group of companies with the flexibility and close customer contact of a medium-sized company.
