Contract Site Reliability Engineer – AI Accelerator Infrastructure

d-Matrix

Site Reliability Engineer managing AI accelerator infrastructure at d-Matrix. Racking servers and executing hardware bring-ups to support rapid silicon development.

Posted 7/14/2026contractSanta Clara • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $155,000 - $235,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Infrastructure Reliability and Availability, with a strong focus on IaC using Terraform and Ansible, alongside hands-on experience in Linux Systems, Kubernetes, and Monitoring Tools like Prometheus and Grafana. Capable of conducting Incident Response and producing high-quality RCA reports while maintaining comprehensive documentation.

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Infrastructure Reliability ManagementIaC with Terraform and AnsibleKubernetes Operational ExperienceMonitoring with Prometheus and GrafanaIncident Response and RCA Production

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Hard Skills

Linux Systems KnowledgeServer ProvisioningNetwork SetupStorage ManagementPython ScriptingBash ScriptingCapacity PlanningHardware Lifecycle ManagementCluster TroubleshootingVLAN Management

Soft Skills

Documentation SkillsProblem-SolvingCollaborationAdaptabilityAttention to Detail

Tools & Technologies

AWSAzureGCPInfiniBandRoCEDataDogTerraformAnsiblePrometheusGrafana

Industry Keywords

SREInfrastructure EngineeringSystems AdministrationColocationOn-Premises InfrastructureHigh-Speed InterconnectsIncident ResponseRoot Cause AnalysisOperational RunbooksCustomer-Facing Platform Services

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaKubernetesLinuxPrometheusPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own reliability and availability of assigned infrastructure domains: colo server fleets, on-premises lab clusters, cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), and customer-facing platform services.
Perform hands-on infrastructure work: server provisioning, OS configuration, network setup, storage management, hardware troubleshooting from bare metal up.
Support and operate high-speed interconnect environments — InfiniBand, RoCE, or high-speed Ethernet — in lab and colo settings.
Conduct capacity planning and hardware lifecycle management for assigned infrastructure domains.
Own IaC and configuration management (Terraform, Ansible) for your infrastructure domains — all provisioning and changes through code, not manual steps.
Build automation to eliminate toil: host lifecycle management, fleet health checks, auto-remediation workflows, self-service tooling for engineering teams.
Develop networking automations for cluster interconnects, VLAN management, lab network configurations.
Design and maintain monitoring dashboards, alerting, and SLIs (Prometheus/Grafana, DataDog) for your infrastructure domains—ensuring signal quality and actionable alerts.
Participate in on-call rotation; triage and resolve incidents from bare metal to application layer, distinguishing infrastructure faults from software or hardware product issues.
Produce high-quality RCA reports for P0/P1 incidents with root cause analysis and tracked action items.
Support and operate platform services used by external customers for hardware and software deployment collaboration with d-Matrix.
Document platform configurations, access procedures, and operational runbooks for customer environments.
Maintain high-quality runbooks, architecture diagrams, and troubleshooting guides—documentation is part of the job, not an afterthought.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience); 5+ years in SRE, infrastructure engineering, or systems administration.
Strong Linux systems knowledge: networking, storage, systemd, package management, kernel parameters, performance diagnostics.
Hands-on experience with colocation or on-premises server infrastructure — physical hardware, rack networking, bare-metal provisioning.
IaC experience with Terraform and/or Ansible — writing and maintaining production configurations, not just running existing playbooks.
Kubernetes operational experience: cluster troubleshooting, workload management, storage, networking.
Prometheus + Grafana or DataDog: building dashboards, writing alert rules, understanding signal quality.
Python and/or Bash scripting: production-quality automation, not just one-off scripts.
Incident response experience: structured triage, RCA production, follow-through on action items.
Comfort operating in fast-moving startups: own systems, document work, iterate without waiting for perfect requirements.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Offers Equity
Offers Bonus
Medical/Dental/Vision/401k
Inclusive rewards plan that empowers employees to care for themselves and their loved ones