Senior DevOps Engineer – HPC​/EDA​/SLURM

Dev Ops, Platform Engineering, Linux,HPC cluster administration, bare-metal provisioning tools (RackN, Cobbler, or equivalent),enterprise Linux identity and authentication stacks (SSSD, LDAP, AD, NIS, Okta)

Job-11911

Job Description

If you're a seasoned Linux and HPC infrastructure professional who thrives in complex, high-impact environments, this is an outstanding opportunity to bring your expertise to a well-established team. This 12-month engagement offers the chance to work on meaningful datacenter migrations, hands-on SLURM cluster administration, and enterprise-grade automation - all within a collaborative, senior-level role that respects your experience and lets you hit the ground running from day one.

• Start Date:
  
  November
• Duration: 12 Months
• Location:
  
  Not specified
• Compensation: $60 per hour (W2) plus benefits

We are looking for a Senior Dev Ops Engineer to join a high-performance computing and electronic design automation infrastructure team on a 12-month contingent engagement. This role operates within an IT datacenter organization and is designed for an experienced professional who can work independently with minimal ramp-up time. You'll play a central role in platform operations, infrastructure automation, datacenter migrations, and enterprise identity integration.

• Support and administer SLURM-based HPC compute environments, including partition configuration and migration planning
• Plan and execute HPC and EDA compute and storage infrastructure migrations across datacenters
• Develop migration strategies and evaluate implementation options, risks, dependencies, and operational tradeoffs
• Author formal Method of Procedure (MOP) documents and runbooks for infrastructure changes and service cutovers
• Coordinate cross-functionally with engineering teams, storage teams, and identity management groups to deliver coordinated platform changes
• Verify storage volumes, application access, and service continuity following migrations or infrastructure changes
• Define HPC storage service tiers and gather performance and capacity requirements for EDA workloads

• Administer SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 and SLES 15 systems in a production HPC environment
• Build and maintain custom Linux OS images and installation media using Kiwi NG and related tooling
• Enable and maintain bare-metal provisioning workflows via RackN / Digital Rebar Provision for SLES and ESXi deployments
• Provision and configure VMware vSphere virtual machines for HPC service workloads
• Troubleshoot production issues in Linux HPC operational scripts, services, and system daemons

• Develop, maintain, and extend Ansible playbooks and roles for Linux system setup, authentication, and platform configuration
• Ensure multi-version Ansible playbook compatibility across SLES 12 and SLES 15
• Manage Git repositories and Artifactory artifact storage; migrate large binaries and configuration artifacts out of source control
• Contribute Git Hub pull requests, conduct code reviews, and manage inner-source infrastructure repositories
• Drive production environment changes through change management workflows using Service Now

• Integrate and configure enterprise identity systems including Okta, Active Directory, LDAP, NIS, VAS, and SSSD for Linux and 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

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

Category | Skills / Tools
HPC / EDA Platforms | SLURM, HPC compute/storage administration, EDA infrastructure, datacenter migrations
Linux / OS | SLES 12, SLES 15, ESXi 8.0, Kiwi NG ISO creation, Linux system services, acct/pacct, dracut
Provisioning / Automation | Ansible (playbooks, roles, multi-version), RackN / Digital Rebar Provision, VMware vSphere
Identity / Auth | SSSD,…