Minimum Qualifications
- 6+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, or DevOps with a strong focus on Compute system design
- Proven experience designing and automating bare metal compute environments at scale
- Strong hands-on experience with PXE boot, network-based OS provisioning, and automated server imaging
- Experience implementing or supporting Bare Metal as a Service (BMaaS) platforms
- Practical experience using Redfish APIs for hardware provisioning, power management, and remote lifecycle operations
- Deep expertise with Ubuntu Linux in enterprise environments
- Strong Hands-on experience with KVM hypervisors (Suse Harvester, OpenStack).
- Experience designing and deploying production-grade Kubernetes clusters
- Strong background with enterprise compute hardware platforms, including Cisco UCS, Dell PowerEdge, Supermicro systems & HPE
- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, or similar)
- Experience building or supporting CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and platform automation
- Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages
- Demonstrated ability to produce clear, structured technical design documentation
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent professional experience.
Skills and Attributes
- Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving: Demonstrated ability to translate complex, cross-domain requirements into scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure and automation solutions.
- Collaboration & Teamwork: Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a proven track record of effective collaboration across multidisciplinary teams, including developers, operations, security, and product stakeholders.
- Mentorship & Leadership: Passionate about knowledge-sharing and mentorship, with experience guiding junior engineers and fostering a team culture of continuous learning, innovation, and technical excellence in cloud engineering and DevOps practices.
Work Location: This role is hybrid. 3 days a week (T, W, TH) in our San Ramon office is required.
As part of our continued commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, Five9 supports pay transparency during the entire recruitment process. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate including, but not limited to: skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the job across the United States. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation package during your hiring process.
Additionally, the total compensation package for this position may also include an annual performance bonus, stock, and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans.
Our total reward package also includes
- Health, dental, and vision coverage, beginning on the first day of employment. Five9 covers 100% of the employee portion of the health, dental and vision coverage and shares a high portion of the dependent cost. We also offer Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance, and a 401k saving plan with employer matching.
- Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.
- Generous employee stock purchase plan.
- Paid Time Off, Company paid holidays, paid volunteer hours and 12 weeks paid parental leave.
All compensation and benefits are subject to the requirements and restrictions set forth in the applicable plan documents and any written agreements between the parties.
The US base salary range for this role is below.
$90,700—$252,200 USD
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