Infrastructure Engineer (Datacenter & Cloud)
- Calgary, AB, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
Infrastructure Engineer (Datacenter & Cloud)CMG is looking for a hands-on engineer to run our datacenter, Linux/HPC and Microsoft infrastructure, and to modernize it with Terraform, Packer and cloud. You will report to the VP of IT and Information Security and work with IT, Infosec and the engineering teams that depend on our compute and storage.
Responsibilities
- Run datacenter hardware: rack and cable gear, manage firmware, track capacity, and work vendor support cases.
- Administer Linux servers and HPC compute nodes, including Entra ID authentication with Himmelblau.
- Operate our Proxmox virtualization platform and the storage behind it (Dell PowerScale, TrueNAS).
- Build infrastructure as code with Terraform and golden images with Packer, across on-premises systems, Azure and AWS.
- Lead the retirement of VMware and Citrix Hypervisor (XenServer), moving workloads to Proxmox or the cloud.
- Support Active Directory, Entra ID, Microsoft 365 and Windows servers alongside the wider IT team.
- Keep systems hardened and patched, own infrastructure vulnerability remediation, and run regular backup and restore tests.
- Handle tier 3 incidents and take part in an on-call rotation.
- Within 90 days you handle routine hardware and Linux work independently.
- Within 12 months you own datacenter operations and infrastructure as code, VMware and Xen are well on their way out, and restore tests run on a schedule.
- This role is based in Calgary with regular on-site datacenter time and an after-hours on-call rotation.
Qualifications
- 5+ years in systems or infrastructure engineering across Linux and Windows.
Required Skills
- Hands-on datacenter hardware experience.
- Strong Linux administration and scripting (PowerShell plus Bash or Python).
- Practical Terraform and Git experience, including public cloud.
- Packer image builds and production virtualization experience (VMware, Xen or Proxmox), including migrating VMs between platforms.
- A practical grounding in security hardening: least privilege, MFA, patching and logging.
Preferred Skills
- HPC scheduler experience (Slurm, PBS) and scale-out storage.
- Azure DevOps pipelines, Ansible, Intune or NinjaOne.
- Security or cloud certifications (Security+, AZ-104, Terraform Associate, RHCSA).
More about this job
Responsibilities
Operate datacenter hardware, Linux and HPC systems, Proxmox virtualization, and storage, while supporting Microsoft infrastructure and handling tier 3 incidents and on-call duties. Modernize infrastructure with Terraform, Packer, and cloud services; lead VMware and XenServer workload migrations, and maintain security, patching, vulnerability remediation, and backup and restore testing.
Requirements
Requires at least five years of systems or infrastructure engineering experience across Linux and Windows, hands-on datacenter hardware experience, and strong Linux administration and scripting skills. Candidates should have practical Terraform, Git, public cloud, Packer, and production virtualization experience, plus a grounding in security hardening; HPC, scale-out storage, automation tools, and relevant certifications are preferred.
Skills
- Datacenter Hardware
- Linux Administration
- Windows Server Administration
- PowerShell
- Bash
- Python
- Terraform
- Git
- Public Cloud
- Packer
- Virtualization
- VM Migration
- Security Hardening
- HPC
- Storage Administration
- Infrastructure as Code
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Categories
- Technology
- Engineering
- Security & Safety
Keywords
- Datacenter
- Linux
- HPC
- Microsoft Infrastructure
- Entra ID
- Himmelblau
- Proxmox
- Dell PowerScale
- TrueNAS
- Terraform
- Packer
- Azure
- AWS
- VMware
- Citrix Hypervisor
- XenServer
- Active Directory
- Microsoft 365
- Windows Server
- PowerShell
- Bash
- Python
- Git
- Virtual Machine Migration
- Security Hardening
- Vulnerability Remediation
- Backup and Restore Testing
- Slurm
- PBS
- Azure DevOps