Senior Site Reliability Engineer - 24/7 HPC Ops

Bay Systems; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) in Berkeley seeks a Site Reliability Engineer to join the 24x7 Operations Technology Group. The role focuses on monitoring the HPC facility, triaging alerts, building automation, and coordinating cross-group activities to maintain high availability and security for thousands of scientific users.

The engineer will develop and maintain monitoring tools, respond to incidents, and work with teams across NERSC to ensure smooth, continuous

Qualifications

• Experience in or willingness to work within a 24/7 onsite team environment.
• Experience on Linux shell and a command-line environment.
• Experience with developing tools using languages such as C, C++, Perl, Java, or Python or scripting.
• Interest in technologies like Kubernetes, Prometheus/VictoriaMetrics, Alertmanager, building management software, and power utilization.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the HPC facility during a 5-day onsite schedule (Owl shifts midnights-8am).
• Triage alerts from systems, storage, network, and related facilities.
• Automate responses and improve monitoring to prevent recurrences.

Skills

Linux shell

Programming languages

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

ServiceNow

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Alertmanager

VictoriaMetrics

Job description

National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) in Berkeley seeks a Site Reliability Engineer to join the 24x7 Operations Technology Group. The role focuses on monitoring the HPC facility, triaging alerts, building automation, and coordinating cross-group activities to maintain high availability and security for thousands of scientific users.

The engineer will develop and maintain monitoring tools, respond to incidents, and work with teams across NERSC to ensure smooth, continuous