Infrastructure Engineer Job at Telnyx

Telnyx is an industry leader that's not just imagining the future of global connectivity—we're building it. From architecting and amplifying the reach of a private, global, multi-cloud IP network, to bringing hyperlocal edge technology right to your fingertips through intuitive APIs, we're shaping a new era of seamless interconnection between people, devices, and applications.

We're driven by a desire to transform and modernize what's antiquated, automate the manual, and solve real-world problems through innovative connectivity solutions. As a testament to our success, we're proud to stand as a financially stable and profitable company. Our robust profitability allows us not only to invest in pioneering technologies but also to foster an environment of continuous learning and growth for our team.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Infrastructure Engineer

Job Location: Nigeria

Job Description

• You will deploy and maintain our edge data centers for compute, AI and storage, contribute to the installation, migration, updates and integration of hypervisor services and modules.
• Maintain and optimize active projects. Participate in the development process of new projects and document the architecture and components.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage highly available, scalable, and secure infrastructure solutions which include: OpenStack, Proxmox and Ceph
• Design and maintain OpenStack and Proxmox platforms for engineering team consumption
• Ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of our edge data centres
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure issues, ensuring optimal performance and reliability
• Ensure that hardware design meets business and technical requirements, including performance, scalability, and reliability
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies and tools to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of virtualization solutions
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC) modules and configuration management to automate deployment, management, and monitoring processes.

Essential Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science / Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience in developing Ansible roles and playbooks with idempotency.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Familiarity with KVM/QEMU virtualization.
• Proficiency in creating Terraform/Tofu modules.
• Strong GitOps mindset.
• In-depth knowledge of Linux networking
• Understanding of Ceph storage solutions.

Preferred:

• Experience with VXLAN, software-defined networking, and SR-IOV for smart NICs.
• Familiarity with the BGP protocol and configuring FRR.
• Experience with Terragrunt.
• Proficiency in using Ansible Tower or AWX.
• Proficiency in Python.