Hybrid Cloud & GPU AI Systems Engineer

Vanderbilt; Nashville (TN); Vor Ort; USD 110.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The Systems Engineer position at Vanderbilt University’s Wicked Problems Lab focuses on designing and operating a hybrid cloud and on‑prem research computing environment, spanning AWS and GPU/AI compute with strict security and reproducibility. You will provision infrastructure, implement IaC, manage Linux servers, and support researchers in a fast-paced, national security research setting.

Responsibilities include building secure data pipelines, database management, and network monitoring while

Qualifikationen

• 4+ years hands-on systems/infrastructure administration.
• Experience operating GPU compute for AI/ML (CUDA stack).
• Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/Ansible), scripting (Bash/Python), database administration (PostgreSQL/NoSQL).
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain/maintain a U.S. security clearance preferred.

Aufgaben

• Design, architect, and operate the Lab's hybrid cloud and on-prem infrastructure (AWS EC2/VPC/S3/IAM) with cost, performance, and data sensitivity in mind.
• Administer Linux servers end-to-end; manage configuration as code and access lifecycle across a distributed fleet.
• Stand up, secure, tune, and back up databases; build reliable ETL and data-transfer pipelines.
• Harden systems, enforce compliance, patch management, and threat monitoring; ensure security requirements are met.
• Serve researchers as first point of contact for systems needs and tooling; stay current with cloud, GPU/AI, and security trends.
• Configure networking and analyze traffic; deploy IDS/IPS and monitor anomalous activity.

Kenntnisse

AWS

Linux admin

GPU compute

Scripting Bash/Python

Infrastructure-as-code

Database administration

ETL pipelines

Security knowledge

Networking analysis

Ausbildung

Bachelor's in Computer Science/Engineering

AWS/Linux/security certifications

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CUDA

Jobbeschreibung

The Systems Engineer position at Vanderbilt University’s Wicked Problems Lab focuses on designing and operating a hybrid cloud and on‑prem research computing environment, spanning AWS and GPU/AI compute with strict security and reproducibility. You will provision infrastructure, implement IaC, manage Linux servers, and support researchers in a fast-paced, national security research setting.

Responsibilities include building secure data pipelines, database management, and network monitoring while