Research Lab Platform Engineer

Dell GmbH; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lab access

Training sponsorship

Conference attendance

Certification support

Job summary

Dell GmbH in McLean, VA is seeking a Systems Engineer to design, automate, and evolve high-density lab infrastructure for research. You’ll bridge bare‑metal systems, hypervisors, and containers to provide researchers rapid, secure access to compute environments.

You will automate deployment, maintain identity and core services, and drive reliability and security across Linux and Windows environments. Strong scripting and problem‑solving are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in systems engineering, admin, or DevOps in engineering labs or enterprise settings.
• Experience administering Linux and Windows, with strong networking fundamentals.
• Proven virtualization expertise across Proxmox, VMware ESXi, KVM, or Hyper‑V.
• Ability to script in Bash, Python, or PowerShell for automation.
• Strong AD/LDAP, DNS, DHCP, and network integration knowledge.
• Excellent root‑cause analysis and problem solving in complex infra.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and support hybrid Linux and Windows compute environments across bare metal, hypervisors, and containers.
• Manage enterprise virtualization and build lightweight micro‑environments with Docker, Podman, and LXC.
• Develop automation scripts to reduce manual config and speed up deployment workflows.
• Maintain directory services, DNS, DHCP, and network integrations and security baselines.
• Ensure reliability with backups, DR pipelines, hardening, and continuous monitoring.
• Collaborate with researchers to tailor lab compute environments and resolve complex issues.

Skills

Lab infrastructure

Linux/Windows

Hypervisors

Containers

Automation

Networking

Scripting

Root-cause analysis

Tools

Proxmox

VMware ESXi

KVM

Hyper-V

Docker

LXC

Podman

Job description

Dell GmbH in McLean, VA is seeking a Systems Engineer to design, automate, and evolve high-density lab infrastructure for research. You’ll bridge bare‑metal systems, hypervisors, and containers to provide researchers rapid, secure access to compute environments.

You will automate deployment, maintain identity and core services, and drive reliability and security across Linux and Windows environments. Strong scripting and problem‑solving are essential.