Linux Compute Farm Engineer

Software Placements; Cork; On-site; EUR 92,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive daily rate

Job summary

A global technology company in Cork is seeking an experienced Linux Infrastructure Engineer (DevOps/HPC) for a contract role. Responsibilities include providing daily support for Linux-based Compute Farms, managing system upgrades, and automating tasks to improve efficiency. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Computer Science or related field, 6-8 years of IT experience, and expertise in Linux system administration and cloud architectures. The role offers a competitive daily rate.

Qualifications

• Four Year degree in Computer Science or Information Systems or equivalent work experience.
• 6-8 years of professional experience in Information Technology.
• Hands-on experience troubleshooting user job issues in a Compute farm.
• Knowledge of Linux, LSF, Slurm, ElasticSearch, Jenkins, and source control.
• Ability to learn Agentic AI and automate repetitive tasks.
• Hybrid cloud experience beneficial.
• Strong scripting and DevOps skills.
• Good communication and self‑driven mindset.

Responsibilities

• Provide Day to Day Farm support to Linux based Compute Farm.
• Support system upgrades and workload migrations.
• Automate repeated activities to create bandwidth.
• Leverage virtualization and cloud knowledge as advantages.
• Collaborate with R&D users to improve productivity and resource utilization.
• Automate repeated activities to create bandwidth and efficiency.
• Coordinate with global teams across time zones to achieve goals.

Skills

Linux system admin

Performance fine tuning

Compiler optimization

TCP/IP fine tuning

Scripting skills

DevOps skills

Cloud Computing architecture

Good communication skills

Education

Four Year degree in Computer Science or Information Systems

Tools

Linux

LSF

Slurm

ElasticSearch

Jenkins

Job description

Client

Ourclientisaglobaltechnologycompany

Role

OurclientislookingforanexperiencedLinuxInfrastructureEngineer(DevOps/HPC).

Responsibilities

• Provide Day to Day Farm support to Linux based Compute Farm (OnPrem & Cloud)
• Able to support the system upgrades and workload migrations, acceptance testing, and maintenance.
• Able to understand R&D specific requirements and current technology trends.
• Virtualization & Cloud knowledge would be an advantage.

Specific Ongoing Duties

• Provides system/farm, storage, and networking expertise for timely resolution of R&D user issues in Compute farms.
• Work closely with R&D user community to improve user productivity and farm resource utilization.
• Work with M&A team to bring workload to the Farm.
• Regular knowledge transfer to direct team and cross-functional peers in IT.
• Automate the repeated activities to create bandwidth.
• Work with global teams in different time zones to achieve common goals.

Requirements

• Four Year degree (Computer Science, Information Systems or relational functional field) and/or equivalent combination of education or work experience.
• 6-8 years of professional experience in the field of Information Technology and preferably in EDA industry.
• Experience with Linux system admin, performance fine tuning, compiler optimization, kernel, TCP/IP fine tuning. Knowledge of CPU/memory internals and processes would be an advantage.
• Operating system platform technology knowledge from major vendors and open source solutions, including Linux, LSF, Slurm, ElasticSearch, Jenkins, Source Code Control systems, etc.
• Should be able to learn Agentic AI and create Agent for all repeated and automation tasks.
• Experience with Cloud Computing architecture in a hybrid model will be a significant benefit.
• Should have good scripting knowledge and DevOps skills for automation tasks.
• Hands‑on experience and Good knowledge with troubleshooting various user job issues in a Compute farm.
• Should have good communication skills both verbal and written.
• Should be self‑driven and dynamic in a fast‑paced environment.

The Rewards

This is a contract role and comes with a competitive daily rate.

Contact

Please contact MichaelBrennan at Software Placement on [phone] or email your CV in Word/pdf format to [e-mail].