Position Overview: As our Founding IT Systems, Infrastructure & Asset Management Specialist, you will wear multiple hats to own, scale, and secure our entire operational footprint. You will bridge the gap between day-to-day corporate IT logistics and high-performance GPU computing.

In this role, you will balance tracking high-value physical and software assets with deep hands-on infrastructure tasks like configuring network fabrics, tuning Linux kernels, and ensuring our core GPU stacks run at maximum utilization. This is an autonomous role built for a highly organized, technical problem-solver who thrives in a fast-paced workplace.

Key Responsibilities:

Asset Management, Procurement & Logistics (35%)

- Hardware Lifecycle Management: Track, audit, and manage the full lifecycle of high-value physical hardware, including GPU server nodes, development laptops, switches, and peripheral accessories.
- Vendor & RMA Logistics: Own vendor relationships, negotiate procurement pricing, handle international/domestic shipping logistics, and manage RMA processes for faulty hardware component replacements.
- SaaS & License Governance: Audit and optimize enterprise software usage (e.g., Slack, GitHub, IDE licenses, Cloud compute credits) to eliminate cost inefficiencies and maximize seats.
- Compliance & Inventory Audits: Maintain precise infrastructure inventories and hardware asset registers, preparing the company for imminent security compliance benchmarks (such as SOC 2 Readiness).

Startup IT & Network Operations (35%)

- Identity & Access Control: Provision, manage, and deprovision secure user access frameworks across Google Workspace, Okta, Microsoft 365, and localized SSH keys.
- Office & Lab Networking: Set up, secure, and monitor office/lab local networks, managing Wi-Fi access points, physical routers, firewalls, and reliable VPN networks for remote engineers.
- Device Deployment: Deploy and maintain Mobile Device Management (MDM) setups to automatically configure, encrypt, and secure employee endpoints (Mac, Linux,



Windows).

GPU Server & Linux System Administration (30%)

- GPU Environment Isolation: Maintain host OS layers (Ubuntu Server, Rocky Linux) and manage the core AI compute runtime stack, including NVIDIA base drivers, CUDA toolkits, and the NVIDIA Container Toolkit via Docker.
- High-Performance Storage: Configure and manage local network storage (NAS/NFS solutions) to reliably feed training datasets to GPU infrastructure without bottlenecks.
- Telemetry & Alerts: Deploy simple, lightweight monitoring hooks (such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Node Exporter) to track critical hardware health metrics, preventing data corruption or server thermal throttling.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

- The Ultimate Generalist: 3-5+ years of combined experience spanning enterprise IT support, Linux systems administration, and basic hardware asset/inventory tracking.
- Linux Proficiency: High comfort operating inside a Linux shell environment (SSH, package management, bash automation scripting).
- GPU Awareness: Hands-on experience resolving dependencies, broken driver paths, or container device mappings for NVIDIA hardware runtimes.
- Organizational Skills: Meticulous tracking habits. You enjoy creating a clean inventory out of chaos and implementing organized operational systems.
- Startup Mentality: Extreme autonomy. You are comfortable running point on critical physical/virtual tasks without an existing employee manual.

Preferred & Bonus Assets:

- Prior experience designing asset registers for SOC 2 or ISO 27001 standard approvals.
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) or Configuration Management tools (Ansible).
- Experience configuring shared clusters via lightweight job schedulers (such as Slurm)

Application Question(s):
- We're operational from Kolkata, WB. Are you comfortable working in-person for the same?

Experience:
- Linux: 3 years (Required)
- Ubuntu: 3 years (Required)
- Windows: 3 years (Required)
- MacOS: 3 years (Required)

Language:
- English (Required)
- Hindi (Required)
- Bengali (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

📌 Infrastructure & Asset Management Specialist (Kolkata)
🏢 Kofuku Technologies
📍 Kolkata