System Administrator – HPC​/EDA Infrastructure

System Administrator – HPC / EDA Infrastructure

We are seeking a highly skilled System Administrator to design, administer, and optimize large-scale Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)-based High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Electronic Design Automation (EDA) infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Linux system administration, workload orchestration, virtualization, storage integration, performance tuning, and infrastructure automation within a regulated enterprise data center environment. This role supports engineering workloads and compute-intensive environments used for semiconductor design, simulation, and verification.

Administer and maintain large-scale RHEL-based HPC environments

Perform system tuning for high CPU, memory, and I/O workloads

Manage OS patch lifecycle, upgrades, and security compliance

Implement system hardening aligned with CIS security baselines

Configure and manage IBM LSF or Slurm workload schedulers

Monitor cluster performance and optimize job scheduling efficiency

Implement resource allocation policies and quota management

Manage VMware clusters, including HA, DRS, and resource pools

Support VDI environments for engineering workloads (CPU/GPU)

Maintain golden images and provisioning workflows for VDI users

Deploy and maintain EDA tool environments including Cadence, Synopsys, and Siemens

Perform tool performance tuning and patch compatibility validation

Manage license servers (FlexLM / RLM) including triad redundancy configurations

Configure and maintain NFSv4 and parallel file systems

Ensure proper file permissions, locking, and secure access to design data

Support high-throughput storage infrastructure for compute workloads

Develop automation workflows using Ansible, shell scripting, or Python

Automate system provisioning, patching, and monitoring tasks

Support emerging container technologies (Docker / Podman) for EDA workloads

Monitor infrastructure health and perform capacity planning

Analyze system logs and resolve performance or reliability issues

Manage backup policies and validate recovery procedures

Conduct disaster recovery (DR) and high availability (HA) testing

Provision user environments and manage access lifecycle

Support engineers using shared compute infrastructure

Maintain documentation and follow enterprise change management processes

5+ years of Linux system administration experience in enterprise environments

Strong expertise in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

Experience with HPC cluster management or large compute farms

Hands-on experience with LSF, Slurm, or similar job schedulers

Experience with VMware virtualization

Knowledge of NFS storage environments

Scripting experience (Bash, Python, or similar)

Strong troubleshooting and performance optimization skills

RHCSA or RHCE

Experience supporting EDA environments

MCSE or equivalent Microsoft infrastructure experience

AWS certification

VMware certification (VCP or higher)

Experience with GPU computing or VDI platforms

Familiarity with container environments (Docker / Podman)

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Excellent documentation and communication skills

Ability to work in cross-functional engineering environments

Experience working in regulated or compliance-driven environments