Senior Linux Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

• Provide expert-level administration for enterprise Linux distributions including RHEL, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu, and SLES.
• Unify infrastructure using configuration management to ensure parity between on-premises and cloud environments.
• Architect and maintain Cloud Bursting solutions to allow on-premises HPC schedulers (Slurm/LSF) to scale into public clouds.
• Optimize cloud instance selection for specific EDA tool behaviors, focusing on HPC-optimized instances and specialized networking.
• Implement cost-governance strategies for cloud compute to minimize waste.
• Utilize observability tools to monitor workloads and identify bottlenecks in on-premises or cloud environments.
• Interact with HPC job schedulers (Slurm, PBS, or LSF) to ensure high throughput and fair resource allocation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related STEM field.
• 3+ years of direct Linux system administration experience.
• Experience deploying and managing Linux-based workloads in a major public cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with the compute requirements of EDA tools (e.g., Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor Graphics).
• Experience with cloud-native HPC tools like AWS Parallel Cluster, Azure CycleCloud, or cloud-based NetApp/Lustre storage.
• Advanced proficiency with Terraform for multi-cloud infrastructure deployment.
• Relevant cloud certifications such as AWS Certified SysOps Administrator or Azure Administrator Associate.

About the Company

Qualcomm is a global leader in wireless technology, driving innovation in semiconductor design and high-performance computing to power the next generation of connected devices.