Senior DevOps Engineer – HPC / EDA / SLURM

Alpha Consulting Corp. is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer with expertise in HPC and EDA environments. The role involves administering SLURM-based HPC clusters, automating Linux infrastructure, and managing enterprise authentication services.

Responsibilities:

• Administer and support SLURM-based HPC clusters
• Execute HPC/EDA compute and storage migrations across datacenters
• Automate Linux infrastructure using Ansible
• Manage Linux OS deployment, provisioning, and image creation
• Integrate and maintain enterprise authentication services
• Support storage, monitoring, logging, and operational readiness
• Create runbooks, MOPs, and technical documentation

Requirements:

• 5+ years in DevOps, Linux Systems, or Platform Engineering
• Strong experience with HPC environments and SLURM administration
• Experience supporting EDA (Electronic Design Automation) or scientific computing platforms
• Expertise in SUSE Linux (SLES 12/15) administration
• Strong Ansible automation (playbooks, roles, multi-version support)
• Experience with datacenter/infrastructure migrations
• Knowledge of bare-metal provisioning (RackN, Digital Rebar, Cobbler, PXE)
• Enterprise authentication: SSSD, LDAP, Active Directory, Okta, NIS
• Storage experience: NetApp, NFS, AutoFS
• Scripting: Python, Bash (Perl debugging is a plus)
• Source control & DevOps tools: Git, GitHub, Artifactory
• Monitoring & logging: Splunk, Zabbix
• ITSM/documentation: ServiceNow, Confluence, Jira
• Kiwi NG for custom OS image creation
• VMware vSphere / ESXi administration
• Semiconductor, storage, or high-tech manufacturing environment experience