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Hardware Systems Engineer

Cloudflare· Infrastructure
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Bengalurufull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Hardware Systems Engineer for Cloudflare's Infrastructure group, focusing on troubleshooting, maintaining, and automating firmware for Cloudflare's global fleet of storage and compute servers across in-house data centers.

Responsibilities

  • Work with software teams to validate bug fixes and assess performance of new firmware revisions
  • Validate and deploy firmware updates to the fleet, monitoring the progress of the rollout for compliance and reliability
  • Work with server and component vendors to obtain, debug, and maintain the latest updates
  • Work with Site Reliability Engineering teams to triage hardware problem reports
  • Support Data Centre Engineering teams in resolving hardware issues
  • Develop and maintain automation tools to update firmware on servers and components in Cloudflare’s fleet
  • Communicate your results and updates through blog posts, internal talks, and tickets

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science
  • Desire to learn about Cloudflare hardware used by 20% of all websites
  • Desire to learn how a diverse server fleet is managed at scale
  • Desire to learn the tools Cloudflare uses to maintain and monitor our hardware
  • Knowledge of bash and python and basic Linux task automation
  • Knowledge of x86 server hardware including motherboards, CPUs, memory, storage and firmware updates; knowledge of arm is a bonus
  • Knowledge of configuration management principles, in particular Salt to manage fleet
  • Knowledge of Redfish, IPMI and server remote management protocols
  • Knowledge of running production mission critical systems

Skills

Required:Firmware validation and deploymentScripting and automationServer hardware knowledgeRemote management protocols
Nice to have:Configuration management

Benefits

  • Fraud Alert: Do not fall victim to recruitment fraud. Cloudflare never charges application fees or requires candidates to purchase third-party certifications or training as a condition of employment. All official communication comes strictly from cloudflare.com email addresses.
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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