Server Lab Infrastructure Engineer

Job Overview

Join Arm’s Customer Quality & Reliability Engineering team to build and operate the lab, compute, network and cloud infrastructure used for server development and validation.

This role is primarily on site at the co-located data centre and Arm’s Austin office, with some remote working by agreement. Travel to offsite colocation facilities is required as needed.

Responsibilities

• Prepare lab, network, provisioning and access requirements for server board bring-up and testing.
• Coordinate hardware procurement and deployment for lab and offsite colocation environments.
• Install, commission and maintain server and networking equipment, including racking, cabling, power, connectivity and remote access. Replace hardware, troubleshoot issues and coordinate remote hands support.
• Run server and lab validation tests, monitor execution and triage failures. Analyse logs and report on test scope, results, issues and follow-up actions.
• Manage lab IT and networking, including switches, VLANs, DNS, DHCP and connectivity validation. Work with Enterprise IT to resolve network issues and support firewall provisioning.
• Operate and improve GitLab CI/CD runners, pipelines, secret management and lab integrations.
• Plan and carry out backups, recovery procedures, scheduled maintenance and service reliability improvements.
• Maintain lab and public cloud landing zones, including security, compliance, incident response and escalations.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues, document procedures, and train and support internal users.

Required Skills and Experience

• Experience in systems infrastructure, data centre operations, or lab and hardware bring-up, supported by a relevant degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience administering Linux systems and using shell scripting, such as Bash or Python.
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals, including VLANs, subnets, routing, DNS and DHCP.
• Experience managing CI/CD systems, including runners, secrets and pipeline scaling.

Nice-to-Have Skills and Experience

• Experience with automated provisioning tools such as MAAS, PXE, Ansible or Terraform.
• Experience installing and maintaining server and network equipment in offsite colocation facilities.
• Experience with server hardware bring-up, BIOS and firmware validation, board-level diagnostics and provisioning workflows.
• Experience running automated or scripted tests, analysing logs and writing technical reports, or working with lab orchestration and hardware test frameworks.
• Experience with backup and recovery, maintenance planning and service availability commitments.
• Experience supporting cloud environments and security escalations, or familiarity with public cloud landing zones and security tooling.
• Ability to write operating procedures and runbooks and work with technical and non-technical teams.

In Return

You’ll work with server hardware and infrastructure software and have the opportunity to shape lab infrastructure used across engineering teams. The role also offers opportunities for professional growth and technical leadership, alongside competitive compensation and benefits.

Additional Information

Please note that no relocation package is available for this role.

Salary Range:

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Hybrid Working

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Equal Opportunities

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