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From the employer's careers site First seen 11 Nov 2026

Senior Site Reliability Engineer, HPC / Unix Systems

Salary

$186800-$280100 per year

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Description

You will support infrastructure that directly affects how 30,000 people build the chips that power everything.

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, HPC / Unix Systems, you will administer and troubleshoot large-scale Unix/Linux environments supporting business-critical engineering workloads across global development teams.

Responsibilities

  • Administer and troubleshoot large scale Unix/Linux environments supporting business critical engineering workloads across global development teams
  • Support grid and HPC infrastructure running workload schedulers like IBM Spectrum LSF, Slurm, PBS Pro, or Grid Engine for compute intensive engineering jobs
  • Diagnose and resolve complex production issues affecting job execution, scheduling, resource utilization, system performance, and infrastructure availability
  • Maintain and improve reliability of source code and development platforms including GitHub, GitLab, Perforce, and Artifactory used by software engineering teams globally
  • Build automation, scripts, tools, and operational documentation that reduce repetitive work and improve system reliability and scalability
  • Participate in production support and on call rotation covering globally distributed systems, including occasional evening, weekend, or early morning coverage
  • Conduct root cause analysis after significant incidents and drive corrective and preventative actions that prevent recurrence

Requirements

  • 7+ years of hands-on experience administering and troubleshooting Unix/Linux systems in complex production environments
  • Strong knowledge of Unix/Linux operating systems, system administration, performance troubleshooting, and production support for business critical infrastructure
  • Experience supporting large scale infrastructure or server environments used by engineering or software development organizations where reliability and performance directly affect productivity
  • Demonstrated ability to independently diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure problems affecting production systems and technical users
  • Strong scripting and automation capability using shell, Python, Perl, or similar languages for systems administration, troubleshooting, and operational improvement
  • Experience with HPC, grid computing, cluster computing, or large scale engineering compute environments is a strong plus

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and healthcare plans
  • Time away programs
  • Family support programs
  • ESPP
  • Retirement plans
  • Competitive salaries

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