Staff Engineer, Infrastructure Platforms

Staff Engineer, Infrastructure Platforms

Position Summary:

The Staff Engineer, Infrastructure Platforms provides technical leadership for the engineering, automation, security, and operational excellence of Pac Bio's hybrid infrastructure platform supporting enterprise, research, and scientific computing workloads. This role partners closely with Research, Bioinformatics, Software Engineering, Information Security, and IT Operations to design, build, automate, secure, and continuously improve infrastructure platforms spanning enterprise Linux, hybrid cloud, virtualization, enterprise storage, High Performance Computing (HPC), and modern platform services.

The ideal candidate combines deep operational expertise with a platform engineering mindset, balancing day‑to‑day operational ownership with long‑term modernization through Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, infrastructure security, and engineering best practices.

• Provide technical leadership for Pac Bio's enterprise infrastructure platforms.

• Define infrastructure architecture, engineering standards, and operational best practices.

• Lead infrastructure modernization initiatives focused on automation, scalability, resiliency, and operational excellence.

• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements that enhance operational efficiency, security, scalability, and resiliency.

• Develop reusable infrastructure services and engineering standards supporting long‑term platform evolution.

• Own the operational lifecycle of enterprise infrastructure platforms, including planning, deployment, maintenance, lifecycle management, modernization, capacity planning, disaster recovery, and continuous improvement.

• Engineer and support enterprise Linux infrastructure supporting production, engineering, and scientific computing environments.

• Design, implement, and support hybrid cloud and on‑premises enterprise infrastructure.

• Support enterprise storage, virtualization, networking, and HPC platforms supporting research and enterprise workloads.

• Serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex infrastructure issues.

• Lead incident response, root‑cause analysis, and operational improvement efforts.

• Lead Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives using modern automation and configuration management practices.

• Develop automation that reduces manual operational effort while improving consistency, recoverability, and operational resiliency.

• Implement Git Ops and infrastructure CI/CD practices where appropriate.

• Continuously improve operational efficiency through automation and engineering best practices.

• Design infrastructure following Secure‑by‑Design principles.

• Partner with Information Security to ensure infrastructure aligns with enterprise security standards and regulatory requirements.

• Improve operational resiliency by reducing manual processes and eliminating single points of failure.

• Develop and maintain infrastructure documentation, operational runbooks, engineering standards, and knowledge‑sharing materials.

• Support business continuity, disaster recovery, and operational readiness initiatives.

• Partner closely with Research, Bioinformatics, Software Engineering, Information Security, and IT Operations.

• Mentor engineers while promoting collaboration, cross‑training, and operational excellence.

• Lead architecture reviews, infrastructure roadmaps, and technology evaluations.

• Provide technical leadership when working with strategic vendors, consultants, and professional services organizations.

• Foster a culture of documentation, automation, operational ownership, and continuous improvement.

• 10+ years of progressive enterprise infrastructure engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership across complex production environments.
• Deep experience engineering and supporting enterprise Linux environments.
• Extensive experience supporting hybrid cloud and on‑premises enterprise infrastructure.
• Strong experience supporting…