Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Position Summary

The Infrastructure Engineer in Platform Engineering is a strategic role at Ericsson, responsible for designing, optimizing, and managing robust, high-performance infrastructure solutions. The main focus is on enabling scalable, secure, and efficient systems for large-scale platforms such as GitLab and Backstage, and managing the underlying hybrid cloud environments. By leveraging advanced tools, automation frameworks, and deep technical expertise, the engineer ensures Ericsson’s infrastructure consistently meets the demands of global engineering teams while adhering to performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency standards.

This high-impact position requires a proven background in managing enterprise-grade infrastructure systems, especially with GitLab hosting configurations, and supporting complex workflows across distributed development teams.

Core Responsibilities

1. Architect Enterprise-Grade Infrastructure

a. Design and implement scalable, resilient platform infrastructure for tools like GitLab (CI/CD pipeline management) and Backstage (Internal Developer Portals).

b. Develop hybrid cloud architecture utilizing AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform, ensuring seamless integration with on-premise systems for specialized workloads.

c. Establish modular infrastructure components and workflows to support diverse developer needs and seamless scaling.

2. GitLab Infrastructure Hosting

a. Architect, deploy, and administer GitLab infrastructure hosting thousands of repositories, robust CI/CD pipelines, and integrated monitoring systems.

b. Ensure high availability for mission-critical GitLab services through redundancy protocols and failover systems.

c. Optimize resource allocation for cost-efficient GitLab hosting while meeting operational performance targets.

3. Automation and Infrastructure Optimization

a. Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and Kubernetes YAML configurations to streamline provisioning and updates.

b. Implement automated self-healing mechanisms and fault-tolerant configurations for system stability and minimal recovery times.

c. Continuously refine infrastructure performance by monitoring metrics such as error rates, latency, and uptime.

4. Security-First Infrastructure Design

a. Deploy infrastructure in alignment with Ericsson’s global compliance frameworks, including ISO 27001 and GDPR standards.

b. Integrate encryption, IAM (Identity and Access Management), and vulnerability detection across all infrastructure components.

c. Establish disaster recovery (DR) solutions and failover strategies to ensure operational resilience.

5. Collaborate Across Functional Teams

a. Work closely with platform engineers, DevOps, and Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) to align infrastructure priorities with business needs.

b. Engage with platform democracy groups to ensure governance practices address the infrastructure requirements of diverse stakeholders.

c. Mentor teams on best practices for infrastructure management, automation, and performance optimization.

6. Drive Strategic Infrastructure Initiatives

a. Lead efforts to enhance scalability and reliability of existing infrastructure, addressing evolving developer needs.

b. Identify opportunities for cloud cost optimization while maintaining robust performance standards.

c. Ensure adaptability of Ericsson’s infrastructure to future demands through innovative technologies and operational strategies.

Preferred Qualifications

Technical Expertise:

o Extensive experience with GitLab infrastructure hosting, repository management, CI/CD workflows, and pipeline optimization.

o Advanced knowledge of Backstage platform customization, including plugin development, catalog configuration, and data integrations.

o Proficiency in infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform, Kubernetes, AWS CloudFormation, and Ansible.

o Strong programming and scripting skills (Python, Go, Bash) for automation and monitoring solutions.

Infrastructure and Cloud Knowledge:

o Expertise in hybrid cloud platforms, particularly AWS services (EC2, S3, EKS, Lambda, RDS, VPC).

o Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, ELK Stack, or AWS CloudWatch.

Experience:

o Minimum 5-8 years managing enterprise-scale infrastructure, focusing on platform-level needs and high-volume global operations.

o Proven ability to deploy cost-efficient, scalable infrastructure solutions aligned with organizational goals.

Key Skills:

o Strong collaboration skills with platform engineering and governance teams to ensure infrastructure strategies support enterprise priorities.

o Leadership abilities to drive strategic infrastructure initiatives, mentor teams, and lead cross-functional collaboration.

Impact of the Role

1. Ensure Scalable Infrastructure Leadership

a. Establish Ericsson’s infrastructure as a reliable, highly scalable, and secure system supporting global engineering demands.

2. Strategic Alignment with Organizational Goals

a. Lead efforts to optimize costs, enhance efficiency, and future-proof infrastructure systems in line with Ericsson’s long-term digital and operational objectives.

3. Innovation and Operational Excellence

a. Position Ericsson as a benchmark leader in infrastructure engineering, setting standards for secure, scalable, and high-performing developer platforms worldwide

Why join Ericsson?At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

What happens once you apply?Click Here to find all you need to know about what our typical hiring process looks like.Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we champion it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. learn more.

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Req ID: 780377