Night-Shift SRE for High-Impact HPC & Automation

Ltd Global; Berkeley (CA); Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Ltd Global is seeking a sharp, self-motivated SRE to support a national HPC facility in Berkeley, CA. The role covers real-time monitoring, automation, and cross-team coordination to keep compute, storage, and facility systems running smoothly.

The candidate should be comfortable with the Owl shift (12am–8am), have strong Linux/CLI skills, and experience in Python or C-family languages. Hybrid onsite work is required in Berkeley, CA.

Qualifications

• Comfort working Owl shift (12am-8am), 5 days/week, hybrid onsite in Berkeley, CA.
• Solid Linux/command-line (SSH) chops.
• Programming/scripting experience: Python, C, C++, Perl, or Java.
• Self-starter mindset, eager to pick up Kubernetes, Prometheus/VictoriaMetrics, Alertmanager, and building management/cooling systems.
• Network security fundamentals (ACLs, firewalls).
• Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and triage alerts across compute, storage, network, and facility systems in real time
• Build automation that prevents issues before they become outages
• Develop new tools and integrations across the monitoring pipeline (APIs - alerts - action)
• Walk the data center floor to keep power, cooling, and environmental systems humming
• Coordinate maintenance activities across teams and keep incidents accurately tracked
• Dig into complex, ambiguous problems and drive them to resolution

Skills

Linux CLI

Python

C/C++/Java

Tools

Kubernetes

Prometheus

VictoriaMetrics

Alertmanager

SSH

Job description

Ltd Global is seeking a sharp, self-motivated SRE to support a national HPC facility in Berkeley, CA. The role covers real-time monitoring, automation, and cross-team coordination to keep compute, storage, and facility systems running smoothly.

The candidate should be comfortable with the Owl shift (12am–8am), have strong Linux/CLI skills, and experience in Python or C-family languages. Hybrid onsite work is required in Berkeley, CA.