Senior Linux Systems Engineer — HPC, Kubernetes & Automation

Ampere; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Ampere in Santa Clara is seeking a Senior Linux Systems Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain Linux infrastructure, including virtualization, storage, containers, and HPC components.

You will mentor junior staff, ensure high availability, security, and performance, and drive automation with Ansible and Terraform, plus container orchestration with Kubernetes/OpenShift and HPC schedulers like Slurm/LSF.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and maintaining Linux infrastructure.
• Strong automation skills with Ansible and Terraform.
• Experience with virtualization, storage, and HPC components.
• Familiarity with container orchestration tools (Kubernetes/OpenShift).

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Linux infrastructure across environments.
• Mentor junior staff and enforce high availability, security, and performance.
• Advance automation and scale HPC workloads using Slurm/LSF.

Skills

Linux

Automation

Virtualization

Containers

HPC

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Ansible

Terraform

Slurm

LSF

Job description

Ampere is seeking a Senior Linux Systems Engineer to join our Santa Clara team. You will design, deploy, and maintain Linux infrastructure, including virtualization, storage, containers, and HPC components.

Mentor junior staff and ensure high availability, security, and performance across our systems. The role emphasizes automation with Ansible and Terraform, container orchestration with Kubernetes/OpenShift, and experience with HPC schedulers (Slurm/LSF).