Staff Cloud Engineer

About the role

Graphcore is seeking a Staff Cloud Engineer to join its Cloud Platform Team. In this hands‑on position you will design, deploy and operate cloud services that support both internal users and external customers using Graphcore’s high‑performance AI hardware.

Key responsibilities

• Operate and extend existing OpenStack‑based cloud services.
• Develop and run end‑user services on private and public clouds, translating product requirements into deployed solutions.
• Build automation for metrics collection, observability and issue reporting.
• Collaborate with Datacentre Operations Engineers to keep AI systems running at peak performance.
• Configure and test new Graphcore AI hardware using Continuous Deployment and Infrastructure‑as‑Code.
• Support internal users, provide feedback to Engineering and QA, and drive corrective actions.

Required profile

• Strong background in cloud infrastructure and deployment using Infrastructure‑as‑Code.
• Experience working in IT organisations, datacentres, cloud providers or orchestration teams.
• Comfort with unproven hardware and software components in a fast‑moving AI environment.
• Ability to work closely with cross‑functional teams including Software Platform, Datacentre Operations and Product Development.

Required skills

• OpenStack
• Infrastructure‑as‑Code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)
• Cloud infrastructure design and operation
• Observability and metrics collection
• High‑performance networking
• Storage systems for AI workloads
• Continuous Deployment pipelines