Linux DevOps Engineer

Duration - Contract-to-hire- 6-12 months

Position Overview:

Seeking a Senior Linux Dev Ops Engineer for an on-site, 6-12 month contract-to-hire engagement in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This senior-level role supports high-performance computing (HPC) and electronic design automation (EDA) infrastructure within a datacenter organization. The engineer will work independently with minimal ramp-up time across Linux HPC operations, infrastructure automation, SLURM workload management, datacenter migrations, storage, and enterprise identity integration.

Responsibilities:

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.

Create formal Method of Procedure (MOP) documents and runbooks for infrastructure changes and service cutovers.

Coordinate with EDA, storage, and identity and access management teams to deliver platform changes.

Verify storage volumes, application access, authentication, and service continuity after 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 operating system images and installation media using Kiwi NG and related tools.

Enable and maintain bare-metal provisioning workflows through RackN / Digital Rebar Provision for SLES and ESXi deployments.

Provision and configure VMware vSphere virtual machines for HPC service workloads.

Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks and roles for Linux system setup, authentication, and platform configuration across SLES versions.

Manage Git repositories and Artifactory storage, contribute pull requests, conduct code reviews, and support infrastructure repositories.

Integrate enterprise identity platforms and reconcile Linux user and group identity data across authentication domains.

Assess logging strategies, investigate production Linux service issues, and produce technical documentation in Confluence.

Drive production changes through established change-management workflows using Service Now.

Qualifications:

5+ years of experience in Dev Ops, platform engineering, or Linux systems engineering.

Hands-on HPC cluster administration experience with SLURM or an equivalent workload manager.

Demonstrated experience supporting EDA or scientific computing environments.

Strong Ansible automation experience, including production-grade playbook and role development.

Experience with bare-metal provisioning tools such as RackN, Cobbler, or equivalent.

Proven ability to plan and execute datacenter or infrastructure migrations with minimal disruption.

Familiarity with enterprise Linux identity and authentication technologies such as SSSD, LDAP, Active Directory, NIS, or Okta.

Experience with Net App or comparable enterprise storage platforms in HPC environments.

Ability to create formal technical documentation, including MOPs, runbooks, and architecture diagrams.

Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to coordinate across multiple technical teams.

Preferred:

Experience with SLES 12 and/or SLES 15 in an enterprise environment.

Preferred:
Familiarity with RackN / Digital Rebar Provision and Kiwi NG or similar custom image tooling.

Preferred:
Knowledge of VMware vSphere for HPC support virtual machines.

Preferred:
Experience migrating configuration artifacts and binaries to Artifactory.

Preferred:
Background in semiconductor, storage, or high-tech manufacturing IT environments. Tools and Technologies: