Senior Linux Systems Engineer - EDA Infrastructure (Equity)

Nvidia Corporation in; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 357,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA in Santa Clara is seeking a Senior Linux Systems Engineer to join the Infrastructure Engineering team, supporting high‑performance EDA compute farms with enterprise Linux environments.

You will automate deployments with Ansible and Terraform, build tooling in Python/Go, and ensure scalable, highly available infrastructure for demanding workloads. Applicants should have 8+ years of Linux experience on RPM-based distributions and experience with AWS/GCP and CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Linux Internals: 8+ years of deep systems engineering experience working with RPM-based Linux distributions.
• Infrastructure as Code: Automate end-to-end multi-tier infrastructure configurations and manage central deployments; experience with multiple configuration management systems is a plus.
• Virtualization and Container Architecture: Understanding of virtualization and container internals (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, MicroVMs); ability to design and build scalable container infra from scratch, including registry management, image development, and layer optimization.
• Scripting & Tooling: Proficiency in at least one modern language (Python, Bash, or Go) for automation, tooling development, and API integrations.
• Networking Fundamentals: Deep knowledge of OSI layers, TCP states, MTU optimization, packet captures, and modern networking (SDN).

Responsibilities

• Maintain, tune, and secure Linux operating systems across production and non-production environments.
• Lead infrastructure configuration management and CI/CD workflows using Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Terraform).
• Write high-quality code in Python, Bash, or Go to automate tasks and integrate telemetry.
• Manage LDAP/SSSD and networked storage (NFS, Autofs) to support high-performance EDA workloads.

Skills

Linux internals

Infrastructure as Code

Container orchestration

Scripting languages

Networking fundamentals

CI/CD experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Podman

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

AWS

GCP

Job description

NVIDIA in Santa Clara is seeking a Senior Linux Systems Engineer to join the Infrastructure Engineering team, supporting high‑performance EDA compute farms with enterprise Linux environments.

You will automate deployments with Ansible and Terraform, build tooling in Python/Go, and ensure scalable, highly available infrastructure for demanding workloads. Applicants should have 8+ years of Linux experience on RPM-based distributions and experience with AWS/GCP and CI/CD pipelines.