Senior System Administrator
About the role
SambaNova is scaling from rack-scale systems to global AI compute clusters, and the Linux fleet underneath that growth has to be provisioned, upgraded, and kept running without drift. We're looking for a Senior System Administrator to own that layer end to end, across our own data centers and the environments we run for customers.
Responsibilities
In this role you'll deploy and operate a heterogeneous fleet that runs from x86 servers to several different AI accelerators, and keep it healthy as the hardware mix changes. You'll administer multiple infrastructures serving different business functions, each with its own users, workloads, and uptime expectations. Across all of it, you'll use automation to make the environment more efficient and more responsive, so that fleet changes are repeatable rather than applied by hand.
Required Qualifications
5+ years performing system administration duties at scale
Deep working knowledge of Red Hat based distributions
Hands-on experience with core infrastructure services, including PXE, kickstart, DNS, DHCP, NTP, NFS, and LDAP
System provisioning
Ansible and other automation tooling
Revision control systems
System, application, and network debugging
Experience in a high performance computing environment
Experience with job schedulers
Telemetry and monitoring
End user support
Basic networking knowledge
Basic programming and scripting skills
Documentation of systems, procedures, and runbooks
Thrives in a fast paced environment
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with emerging and maturing hardware
Debian based distributions
Containerization experience (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
Virtualization experience
Infrastructure as code
Security
Advanced networking knowledge
Familiarity with network based storage solutions such as NetApp
Hyperscaler experience
Location
SF Bay Area strongly preferred
Remote considered for an exceptional candidate, subject to time zone review
Base Salary Range:
Base Pay Range
$160,000—$190,000 USD