
Associate Infrastructure Engineer
- Minneapolis, MN
- $100,000-144,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Assist in provisioning and maintaining OpenStack instances under the supervision of more senior engineers
- Help manage infrastructure as code-contribute to Terraform configurations and Ansible playbooks
- Perform routine checks, patching, and updates to ensure system health and compliance
- Help troubleshoot infrastructure issues, perform root-cause analysis, and document solutions
- Contribute to documentation of processes, runbooks, and configuration standards
- Participate in on-call rotations and support deployments or incident resolution as needed
- Shadow and learn from P3/P4/P5 engineers to develop a deeper understanding of the platform
- 1-2 years of hands-on experience with Linux administration in any environment (academic, personal projects, or professional)
- Basic familiarity with OpenStack or other virtualization platforms
- Some exposure to scripting (Python, Shell) for automating simple tasks
- Awareness of container concepts (Docker)
- Strong troubleshooting mindset and willingness to dive into logs and metrics
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- Initial experience with Terraform or Ansible, even if through coursework or self-study
- Interest in observability tools such as Grafana or Prometheus
- Curiosity about public cloud offerings (AWS/GCP/Azure) and eagerness to explore them
- Familiarity with networking fundamentals and security best practices
- Any cloud or automation certifications are a plus (e.g., Linux Foundation Certified SysAdmin)
- Extend offers to candidates without an extensive interview process with a member of our recruitment team and a hiring manager via video or in person.
- Send job offers via email. All offers are first extended verbally by a member of our internal recruitment team whenever possible and then followed up via written communication.