Lab Platform Engineer - Research Infra & Hybrid Compute

Dell GmbH; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Dell GmbH is seeking a Systems Engineer to design and automate high-density lab infrastructure in McLean, VA. You’ll bridge bare-metal systems, hypervisors, and container orchestration to deliver secure, scalable compute environments for research engineers.

You will automate deployment workflows using Bash, Python, and PowerShell, and collaborate with researchers to rapidly deliver tailored lab compute environments across Linux and Windows ecosystems.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in systems engineering, administration, or DevOps supporting enterprise or lab environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and support hybrid Linux and Windows compute environments across bare metal, hypervisors, and containers.

Skills

Linux administration

Windows administration

Virtualization

Containerization

Scripting (Bash/Python/PowerShell)

Directory Services & LDAP/AD

Networking fundamentals

Troubleshooting & root cause analysis

Tools

Proxmox

VMware ESXi

KVM

Hyper-V

Docker

Podman

LXC

Job description

Dell GmbH is seeking a Systems Engineer to design and automate high-density lab infrastructure in McLean, VA. You’ll bridge bare-metal systems, hypervisors, and container orchestration to deliver secure, scalable compute environments for research engineers.

You will automate deployment workflows using Bash, Python, and PowerShell, and collaborate with researchers to rapidly deliver tailored lab compute environments across Linux and Windows ecosystems.