Position: Senior DevOps Engineer – HPC / EDA / SLURM
Engagement Type: 12-Month Contract (Contingent Worker)
Workplace Arrangement: Hybrid / On-Site
Role Overview & Key Responsibilities:
- Support and administer SLURM-based HPC compute environments, including partition configurations and cluster migrations.
- Plan and execute complex HPC/EDA compute and storage infrastructure migrations across datacenters.
- Author formal Method of Procedure (MOP) documents, cutover runbooks, and Confluence technical architecture guides.
- Administer SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES 12 and SLES 15) systems in a high-performance production environment.
- Build custom Linux OS images using Kiwi NG and enable bare-metal provisioning via RackN / Digital Rebar Provision.
- Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks and roles for Linux provisioning, identity management, and system setup.
- Integrate enterprise identity stacks (SSSD, Okta, Active Directory, LDAP, NIS, VAS) and reconcile Linux UID/GID datasets.
- Configure NetApp SVMs, NFS mounts, AutoFS, and evaluate storage performance/capacity for EDA workloads.
- Manage changes via ServiceNow, maintain Git/Artifactory repositories, and configure monitoring via Zabbix and Splunk.
Required Qualifications & Skills:
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Linux Systems Engineering roles.
- Hands-on HPC cluster administration experience with SLURM or equivalent workload managers.
- Demonstrated experience supporting Electronic Design Automation (EDA) or scientific computing environments.
- Expertise in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES 12/15) and custom OS deployment (Kiwi NG, RackN / Digital Rebar).
- Advanced Ansible automation skills for enterprise Linux systems and identity infrastructure (SSSD, AD, LDAP, Okta).
- Proficiency with NetApp NFS storage, Python/Bash scripting, Git, Artifactory, and ServiceNow ITSM processes.
