Linux Engineering Lead

Join Graphcore, a pioneering AI technology company, as a Lead Engineer (Support Linux Engineer). In this role, you will lead a small team supporting engineering systems in a fast-paced AI-centered environment. You will be responsible for developing and managing a configuration-as-code environment, leading incident response, driving operational improvements, and setting standards for Linux system management and support. This position requires strong Linux skills, leadership experience, and a focus on automation and DevOps practices. Enjoy a flexible work-life balance, private medical insurance, pension, income protection, and opportunities for progression and development.

• Lead and develop a small group supporting engineering systems in a fast-paced AI-centered environment, focusing on configuration-as-code practices.
• Oversee support for Linux-based systems and engineering environments, ensuring stability, performance, and availability, while driving operational improvements.
• Act as a point of contact for complex technical issues and outages, providing hands-on support when a customer concern arises, and leading incident response efforts.
• The position requires strong Linux skills combined with leadership, automation, and DevOps approaches to maintain systems that are reliable, scalable, and easy to support at scale
• If you're looking to solve interesting problems and see your work deliver real-world results, this is the team for you!
• Demonstrated ability to identify and solve intricate technical problems, including within diverse or distributed settings
• Experience working with configuration-as-code practices and workflows managed through Git
• Demonstrated capability to work autonomously, establish goals, and achieve results
• Strong troubleshooting skills across operating systems, networking, storage, and application layers
• Experience mentoring or supporting the development of other engineers
• Capability to work efficiently across different time zones within a dispersed organization
• Strong understanding of system interoperability across distributed environments
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate closely with engineering, platform, and infrastructure teams
• Experience building, managing, or assisting with CI/CD pipelines for configuration and operational processes
• Extensive background in configuration management or infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, or similar)
• Demonstrated experience managing significant incidents and outages, including directing resolution efforts and participating in Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Extensive background in automation and scripting (e.g., Bash, Python, or similar)
• Experience working within defined standards, governance frameworks, and controlled processes
• Extensive experience managing and maintaining Linux-based systems in complex technical or engineering environments
• Experience managing or coordinating incident response activities
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and logging systems
• Experience working alongside DevOps, platform, or infrastructure engineering teams
• Experience supporting AI/ML or high-performance computing environments
• Understanding of identity and access management concepts
• Experience managing and maintaining Linux-based systems in a technical or engineering environment
• Experience building or scaling operational processes or support functions