Firmus

Network Engineer, AI Cluster Commissioning

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Posted a month ago

The role

This person will deploy, commission, and configure network designs for AI infrastructure projects. They will work with high-performance Ethernet networks, automation, and network security.

What you will do

  • Deploy, test, and commission low-latency, high-throughput interconnects for AI workloads
  • Configure, test, diagnose, remediate, and benchmark performance across multi-node clusters and storage fabrics
  • Work with partners and vendors to resolve network issues during commissioning
  • Analyse logs, run diagnostics, and coordinate with internal teams and vendors
  • Develop and maintain monitoring tools to identify bottlenecks and errors
  • Test configurations, performance, and redundant paths per commissioning test plans
  • Design, monitor and troubleshoot Ethernet fabrics and RDMA-enabled transport layers
  • Develop and maintain automated network configurations using Infrastructure as Code tools
  • Implement CI/CD pipelines for network changes
  • Implement authentication, access control, and zero-trust network architecture

Required qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in network engineering, computer science, or a related technical field
  • 5+ years of experience in network engineering
  • Experience in Linux systems especially host network configuration
  • Experience with high performance Ethernet networks, IPv4, IPv6, BGP, RoCE
  • Strong project management skills and experienced in complex technical projects
  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Willingness to undertake international and/or domestic travel for on-site deployments and commissioning as required

Nice to have

  • Solid understanding of advanced networking technologies, particularly those related to AI
  • Hands-on experience with NVIDIA Spectrum Ethernet Platform and RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE)
  • NVIDIA Infiniband networking technology, subnet manager configuration, UFM, multi-tenancy configurations
  • Network security, firewall configuration and management, network segmentation, secure network design, zerotrust architecture
  • Authentication and acess controls

About the company

Firmus Technologies is a global leader pioneering the development and operation of efficient AI infrastructure across Asia Pacific. They design, build, and operate AI Factories using model-to-grid technology.

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