Senior DevOps Engineer

Overview

Senior DevOps Engineer responsible for developing new solutions for HPC/VDI and providing operational support to users running jobs on HPC clusters, working closely with IT teams and R&D designers.

What you'll do

• Develop automation for maintenance and operation of the High-Performance Computing environment.
• Improve and maintain software and middleware used in HPC (Python, Shell scripts).
• Provide support for an enterprise High Performance Computing environment.
• Install, test, and configure HPC clusters/servers and software.
• Analyze workload and optimize clusters for performance and throughput in alignment with stakeholders.
• Resolve operational problems quickly and effectively.
• Maintain global HPC clusters and provide support to end users.
• Coordinate with vendors and internal teams to resolve hardware and software problems.
• Document routine and complex tasks.
• Maintain and monitor the security of HPC systems and servers.
• Improve existing HPC utilities/tools and implement new tools.
• Solve moderately complex problems and tasks independently.
• Work in a global and international team.
• Support NUCs and RPI for lab infrastructure physically in office premises.

What you'll need

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Industrial Engineering or similar.
• Proven experience as a technology expert in a complex, security-driven and technologically diversified environment, preferably in the high-tech arena.
• Strong motivation to apply and promote End-to-End thinking.
• Proven track record of analysing, structuring, and simplifying complex landscapes with multiple technology layers.
• Working experience in environments where users are savvy in (Information) Technology.
• 5 to 7 years of IT experience designing and implementing IT solutions in a multi-national environment.
• Business English is a must.
• Good experience developing tools for IT infrastructure automation as a DevOps Engineer.
• Strong command in Python, Salt, shell scripting and Ansible (experience writing code for a Linux environment).
• Experience of cloud technology (such as Amazon).
• Software and automation, including writing documentation and specifications.
• Create automated tests.
• Mindset to drive automation.
• Linux administration.
• Knowledge of Git/GitLab or other version control systems; develop CI/CD pipelines.
• Good verbal and written communication skills to interact with global users in English.
• Knowledge of Agile Scrum and ITIL processes.

Nice to have

• Strong knowledge of IBM LSF.
• Experience of Ansible, SaltStack and other DevOps tools.
• IBM LSF supporting tools such as RTM, Platform Analytics and IBM Explorer; job scheduling.
• Data analytics.
• Docker / Kubernetes / OpenShift.
• Data analytics tools, Splunk and ELK.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad, India.