Binance is hiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer - IDC / Bare-Metal Kubernetes in Engineering — Asia. The overview below is synthesized from the employer posting on jobs.lever.co: factual requirements and scope are preserved, but prose is rewritten with editorial context. Verify details and apply via the employer link.
Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. We are trusted by 300+ million people in 100+ countries for our industry-leading security, user fund transparency, trading engine speed, deep liquidity, and an unmatched portfolio of digital-asset products.
Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. We are trusted by 300+ million people in 100+ countries for our industry-leading security, user fund transparency, trading engine speed, deep liquidity, and an unmatched portfolio of digital-asset products.
About the Role
Day-to-day scope for the Senior Infrastructure Engineer - IDC / Bare-Metal Kubernetes as described in the posting:
We are building our own IDC infrastructure from the ground up. As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you will lead the architecture, buildout, and operations of our colocation data center — from rack layout to the on-prem Kubernetes platform.
Your core expertise will center on three pillars: building physical infrastructure from zero, running production-grade self-hosted Kubernetes, and hybrid-cloud interconnect. As the platform matures, you'll help drive the next phase of cross-cloud and scale-out buildout.
About the Role
Day-to-day scope for the Senior Infrastructure Engineer - IDC / Bare-Metal Kubernetes as described in the posting:
We are building our own IDC infrastructure from the ground up. As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you will lead the architecture, buildout, and operations of our colocation data center — from rack layout to the on-prem Kubernetes platform.
Your core expertise will center on three pillars: building physical infrastructure from zero, running production-grade self-hosted Kubernetes, and hybrid-cloud interconnect. As the platform matures, you'll help drive the next phase of cross-cloud and scale-out buildout.
Responsibilities
Day-to-day scope for the Senior Infrastructure Engineer - IDC / Bare-Metal Kubernetes as described in the posting:
- Design rack layout, network topology, and overall configuration for colocation
- Design and implement an isolated Out-of-Band (OOB) management network (BMC, IPMI, Redfish) with full security hardening
- Coordinate with colocation and hardware vendors — servers, switches, cross-connects, uplinks, remote hands, and cage/rack administration
- Build bare-metal automation for fleet-wide zero-touch OS provisioning (MAAS / Tinkerbell / Cluster API)
- Set up production-grade self-hosted Kubernetes clusters from scratch and maintain the core stack: Cilium (CNI), GitOps (ArgoCD), etc.
- Own cluster lifecycle: upgrades, scaling, node maintenance, incident response
- Write SOPs, runbooks, and post-mortems; participate in 24×7 on-call rotation
- Establish hybrid-cloud interconnect between IDC and public cloud (VPN / Direct Connect / peering)
- Pave the way for scale-out: GPU workloads (NVIDIA GPU Operator, passthrough, MIG) and VM workloads running alongside containers (KubeVirt or similar)
Requirements
Experience and skills the team lists as required:
- 5+ years in data center / infrastructure / platform engineering
- Hands-on experience building physical infrastructure from scratch: rack layout, network topology, server commissioning, and coordinating cross-connects and remote hands with colo / vendors
- Practical experience designing and operating OOB management networks (BMC, IPMI, Redfish)
- Have stood up production-grade self-hosted Kubernetes from scratch, and can independently debug cluster-level issues (CNI, CSI, storage)
- Strong Linux systems administration and performance tuning (kernel, networking, storage I/O)
- Bare-metal automation experience with at least one of: MAAS, Tinkerbell, Cluster API
- Proficient with Terraform, Ansible, and at least one scripting language (Python / Go / Bash)
- Experience with Cisco network and related techniques (VLAN, LACP/LAG, BGP, ACL, etc)
- Experience with Palo Alto firewall configuration
- Experience with storage systems (NetApp, Dell EMC, Pure Storage)
- Fluent in English or Mandrain
Nice to Have
Additional experience noted as a plus:
- High-density racks (30kW+) and 400G+ networking experience
- Familiarity with immutable OS (Talos Linux / Flatcar / Bottlerocket)
- Proficiency across both AWS and GCP; cross-cloud data migration experience
- Experience building storage or Bigdata / offline data clusters
- Virtualization experience (KubeVirt or similars)
- Exposure to NVIDIA GPU Operator and K8s GPU workloads
- CKA / CKS certification
- CCNP / CCIE certification
- Professional-level Japanese
Why Binance
- Shape the future with the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem
- Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure
- Tackle unique, fast-paced projects with autonomy in an innovative environment
- Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning
- Competitive salary and company benefits
- Work-from-home arrangement (the arrangement may vary depending on the work nature of the business team)
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