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MARA · 3 weeks ago

Principal Systems Engineer - IaaS/ Hardware

Austin, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

MARA is redefining the future of sovereign, energy-aware AI infrastructure. They are seeking a Principal IaaS Engineer to lead the architecture, standardization, and modernization of their global infrastructure-as-a-service platforms, focusing on hands-on technical leadership and strategic platform vision.

Computer Software

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Architect and evolve the company’s IaaS platform across hybrid environments (on-premise, distributed), enabling secure and scalable compute foundations

Design, build, and maintain infrastructure automation frameworks using Terraform, Pulumi, and Ansible, including development of custom providers and modules

Define and enforce engineering standards for infrastructure provisioning, networking, and observability to ensure reliability, security, and consistency

Lead evaluation and integration of core technologies including OpenShift, Kubernetes, MAAS, and Ceph to optimize performance, cost, and maintainability

Drive multi-tenant PaaS initiatives and private cloud modernization leveraging OpenShift, Juju, and S3-compatible storage (Ceph, MinIO, TrueNAS)

Collaborate with Data, ML, and Platform Engineering teams to align IaaS architecture with emerging workloads—data pipelines, MLflow, and Airflow orchestration

Establish GitOps and CI/CD frameworks (ArgoCD, Helm, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) for consistent infrastructure delivery and configuration management

Lead capacity planning, HA/DR strategy, and monitoring/alerting design using Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki stacks

Partner with InfoSec to embed zero-trust, OIDC/SAML-based IAM, and secret management best practices into infrastructure lifecycle

Mentor engineers and contribute to organization-wide technical enablement through documentation, workshops, and community participation

Qualification

Infrastructure as CodeHybrid cloud platformsGitOps frameworksKubernetesPythonTerraformAnsibleCephNetworkingCross-functional leadershipCommunication skillsMentorship skills

Required

10+ years of experience designing and operating large-scale infrastructure systems across on-prem and cloud environments

Proven expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible) with experience authoring reusable modules and providers

Deep understanding of hybrid and private cloud platforms (OpenShift, Juju, MAAS, OpenStack, VMware, Proxmox)

Strong background in storage (Ceph, TrueNAS, S3, NFS) and networking (VLAN, VXLAN, SDN) for high-availability architectures

Demonstrated experience building GitOps-based deployment pipelines and maintaining production-grade Kubernetes environments

Familiarity with data and ML infrastructure integration—MLflow, Airflow, Databricks, or Spark preferred

Strong proficiency in Python, Go, and Bash for automation and platform tooling

Excellent cross-functional leadership, communication, and mentorship skills

Preferred

Background in HPC, ML infrastructure, or sovereign/regulated environments

Familiarity with energy-aware computing, modular data centers, or ESG-driven infrastructure design

Experience collaborating with European and global engineering partners

Strong communicator who can bridge engineering, business, and vendor ecosystems seamlessly

Company

MARA

MARA (NASDAQ: MARA) deploys digital energy technologies to advance the world's energy systems.

Founded in 2013

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

51-200 employees

https://www.mara.com

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