Systems/Software Engineer

Payrate:

$60.00 - $65.00/hr.

 

Summary:

This role will work directly within the IT Datacenter (ITDC) organization and is expected to operate independently at a senior level with minimal ramp-up time. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on experience with Linux HPC environments, infrastructure automation, SLURM workload management, and the Azure cloud environment.

 

Key Responsibilities:

• HPC / EDA Platform Operations:

• Support and administer SLURM-based HPC compute environments, including partition configuration and migration planning using Terraform and Ansible
• Author formal Method of Procedure (MOP) documents and runbooks for infrastructure changes and service cutovers
• Coordinate cross-functionally with EDA/TD NAND teams, storage teams, and IDAM to deliver coordinated platform changes
• Administer Azure EDA user environment utilizing Thinlinc (VNC)
• Automation & Infrastructure as Code
• Develop, maintain, and extend Ansible playbooks and roles for Linux system setup, authentication, and platform configuration
• Ensure multi-version Ansible playbook compatibility across SLES 15
• Contribute GitHub pull requests, conduct code reviews, and manage inner-source infrastructure repositories

• Drive production environment changes through change management workflows using ServiceNow

• Identity & Access Management:

• Integrate and configure enterprise identity systems including Okta, Active Directory, LDAP, and SSSD for Linux/HPC environments
• Audit and reconcile Linux user and group identity data (UID/GID) across multiple directory and authentication domains
• Validate authentication methods and access behavior across HPC compute and storage environments

• Extend SSSD-based corporate authentication to new compute environments and author corresponding Ansible automation

• Monitoring, Logging & Operational Readiness:

• Assess and implement log management strategies, including evaluation of Splunk integration for HPC system logs
• Investigate and remediate operational issues in production Linux services (VNC, AutoFS, Datadog, etc.)
• Produce technical documentation, architecture diagrams, implementation guides, and end-user instructions in Confluence

Required Skills:

• Core Technical Skills
• Category
• Skills / Tools
• HPC / EDA Platforms
• SLURM, HPC compute/storage administration, EDA infrastructure, datacenter migrations
• Linux / OS
• SLES 15, Ubuntu
• Provisioning / Automation
• Ansible (playbooks, roles, multi-version)
• Identity / Auth
• SSSD, Okta, Active Directory, LDAP, cross-domain identity management
• Storage / Filesystems
• NetApp SVM, NFS, AutoFS, RootSquash, storage tier design, IOPS/capacity planning
• DevOps / Source Control
• Git, GitHub, Artifactory, inner-source repository management
• Monitoring / Logging
• Splunk integration, Datadog, operational script hardening, log management
• Scripting / Languages
• Ansible (YAML), Python, Perl (debugging), Bash
• ITSM / Documentation
• ServiceNow (change requests), MOP authoring, Confluence, Jira, technical diagramming

Experience Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in a DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Linux Systems Engineering role
• Hands-on HPC cluster administration experience, including SLURM or equivalent workload managers
• Demonstrated experience supporting EDA or scientific computing environments
• Strong Ansible & Terraform automation skills with production-grade playbook and role development
• Demonstrated usage and understanding of the Azure cloud compute environment.
• Familiarity with enterprise Linux identity and authentication stacks (SSSD, LDAP, AD, Okta)
• Experience with NetApp or comparable enterprise storage platforms in HPC contexts
• Ability to author formal technical documentation (MOPs, runbooks, architecture diagrams)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; capable of coordinating across multiple teams
• Terraform and Ansible

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 and/or 15 in an enterprise environment
• Experience migrating configuration artifacts and binaries to Artifactory
• Background in semiconductor, storage, or high-tech manufacturing IT environments

Pay Transparency: *The typical base pay for this role across the U.S. is: $60.00 - $65.00 /hr . Non-exempt positions are eligible for overtime at a rate of 1.5 times the base hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a work week, or …