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.