Senior Linux Systems Engineer - HPC, KVM, Kubernetes

Tech Mahindra; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Ampere seeks a Senior Linux Systems Engineer to support diverse infrastructure across multiple Linux distributions, virtualization platforms, and HPC environments. The role demands 6+ years of hands-on Linux experience and strong automation skills.

Responsibilities include managing RHEL/Ubuntu/Rocky Linux servers, deploying KVM/XEN/VMware, designing storage using SAN/NAS, and building containerized apps with Docker/Kubernetes. Active mentoring and on-call duties are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Minimum 6 years of professional experience administering Linux systems (RHEL, Ubuntu, Rocky Linux).
• Strong expertise in virtualization technologies (KVM, XEN, VMware).
• Experience with storage technologies including SAN, NAS, and distributed file systems like Ceph.
• Proficiency with DevOps tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with HPC environments, job schedulers (Slurm, LFS), and parallel file systems (Lustre, GPFS) is desirable.
• Advanced scripting skills in Bash, Python, or similar languages.

Responsibilities

• Manage, maintain, and troubleshoot Linux servers running RHEL, Ubuntu, and Rocky Linux.
• Deploy and administer virtualization platforms such as KVM, XEN, VMware, or similar hypervisors.
• Design, implement, and support storage solutions including SAN, NAS, and distributed storage systems.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts and configuration management using Ansible, Terraform, or similar.
• Build, deploy, and manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes (or OpenShift).
• Provide HPC cluster support including job scheduling, performance tuning, and parallel file system management.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to streamline CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code.
• Monitor system performance, security, and availability; perform updates and patching.
• Document system configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
• Mentor junior engineers and participate in knowledge sharing.
• Participate in on-call rotation and respond to incidents.

Skills

Bash

Python

SAN

Linux

KVM

VMware

NAS

XEN

Docker

Kubernetes

RHCE

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

Ceph

Job description

Ampere seeks a Senior Linux Systems Engineer to support diverse infrastructure across multiple Linux distributions, virtualization platforms, and HPC environments. The role demands 6+ years of hands-on Linux experience and strong automation skills.

Responsibilities include managing RHEL/Ubuntu/Rocky Linux servers, deploying KVM/XEN/VMware, designing storage using SAN/NAS, and building containerized apps with Docker/Kubernetes. Active mentoring and on-call duties are expected.