Site Reliability Engineer - Research Compute for AI

Astera Institute; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading research foundation in the United States seeks a Site Reliability Engineer to manage its digital infrastructure, ensuring reliable access to compute resources for research. The role involves automating processes, enhancing resource visibility, and managing access efficiently. Candidates should have strong experience with technologies like Kubernetes and Docker, and a keen understanding of systems operations. This position is on-site in Emeryville, with potential visa sponsorship for qualified applicants.

Qualifications

• Comfortable being accountable for cluster health and capacity.
• Understanding of schedulers, containers, and networking interactions.
• Values observability, reproducibility, and clear operational boundaries.
• Can support experimental workloads and adapt to project needs.

Responsibilities

• Ensure easy access to compute resources for researchers.
• Provide visibility into resource utilization and cluster health.
• Enable automatic scaling of compute resources.
• Manage access to resources effectively.
• Drive towards reproducible research environments.
• Automate operational processes to increase efficiency.

Skills

Ansible

Kubernetes

Docker

Python

Grafana

Prometheus

Tailscale

Talos Linux

Job description

A leading research foundation in the United States seeks a Site Reliability Engineer to manage its digital infrastructure, ensuring reliable access to compute resources for research. The role involves automating processes, enhancing resource visibility, and managing access efficiently. Candidates should have strong experience with technologies like Kubernetes and Docker, and a keen understanding of systems operations. This position is on-site in Emeryville, with potential visa sponsorship for qualified applicants.