AI Automation Engineer - 12 Month Contract (OUTSIDE IR35) - UK Wide (Remote)
Posted Today by Hamilton Barnes
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The AI Automation Engineer role involves designing and implementing automation frameworks for one of the largest NVIDIA-based AI factory platforms in the UK. The position focuses on automating the deployment, configuration, and scaling of GPU clusters and data center environments. This is a remote position with a contract duration of 12 months, classified as outside IR35. The role requires collaboration with architects and engineers to ensure consistent deployments across multiple sites.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design the automation framework for building AI data centre platforms
- Automate server, GPU, OS and firmware provisioning
- Build repeatable deployment pipelines for GPU clusters
- Integrate automation with NVIDIA platforms, storage and networking
- Develop infrastructure as code for data centre and AI platforms
- Support rack and stack and site bring up through automation
- Work with architects and engineers to ensure consistent deployments
- Create runbooks, workflows and handover documentation
Key Skills:
- Strong experience in infrastructure automation and IaC
- Background automating large scale infrastructure or data centre environments
- Experience with Terraform, Ansible, Python or similar tools
- Understanding of GPU, HPC or AI platforms
- Knowledge of Linux, networking and storage provisioning
- Experience building repeatable deployment pipelines
- Exposure to NVIDIA, HPC or high performance compute environments
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
AI Automation Engineer - 12 Month Contract (OUTSIDE IR35) - UK Wide (Remote)
This programme is building one of the largest NVIDIA based AI factory platforms in the UK and needs senior automation architects to ensure the entire environment can be deployed, configured and scaled in a repeatable way across dozens of data centre sites. You will be responsible for designing how GPU clusters, servers, storage and networks are brought online automatically rather than built by hand.
Key Responsibilities:
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Design the automation framework for building AI data centre platforms
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Automate server, GPU, OS and firmware provisioning
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Build repeatable deployment pipelines for GPU clusters
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Integrate automation with NVIDIA platforms, storage and networking
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Develop infrastructure as code for data centre and AI platforms
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Support rack and stack and site bring up through automation
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Work with architects and engineers to ensure consistent deployments
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Create runbooks, workflows and handover documentation
What You Will Ideally Bring:
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Strong experience in infrastructure automation and IaC
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Background automating large scale infrastructure or data centre environments
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Experience with Terraform, Ansible, Python or similar tools
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Understanding of GPU, HPC or AI platforms
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Knowledge of Linux, networking and storage provisioning
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Experience building repeatable deployment pipelines
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Exposure to NVIDIA, HPC or high performance compute environments
Contract Details
Duration: Initial 12 months with strong extension potential
Day Rate: Depending on experience
Location: UK wide with some travel. Remote role - with infrequent travel.
Start Date: Before March 2026, as soon as possible
AI Automation Engineer - 12 Month Contract (OUTSIDE IR35) - UK Wide (Remote)