HPC Windows Server Infrastructure Engineer - Milpitas, CA, United States
$136,300 - $199,900 USD yearly
Originally posted 22 September 2026 by the employer.
This role supports the eBeam division in developing advanced semiconductor inspection systems.
About the role
This role involves designing, deploying, and optimizing Windows-based environments for high-performance computing (HPC) platforms within KLA's eBeam division. This position supports systems that power advanced semiconductor inspection systems and AI workloads.
What you'll do
- Configure, deploy, and optimize Microsoft Windows Server environments for HPC and AI workloads.
- Develop and maintain system images, deployment processes, and infrastructure automation.
- Support compute, storage, networking, and GPU-based platforms in semiconductor inspection systems.
- Create and maintain deployment, monitoring, and diagnostic tools using PowerShell and Python.
- Perform hardware integration, qualification, benchmarking, and performance optimization.
- Drive infrastructure refresh and scalability initiatives for future product generations.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 3 to 5 years of experience deploying and administering Microsoft Windows Server (2012-2025) environments.
- Configuration Manager OSD (SCCM), Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), ADK, WinPE, and Windows Deployment Services (WDS).
- Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, and DHCP.
- PowerShell scripting and automation.
- Hyper-V and virtualization concepts.
- TCP/IP networking fundamentals and enterprise infrastructure services.
- Configuration management and deployment automation.
- x86 server hardware, system integration, and performance optimization.
- Storage technologies including RAID, HBA controllers, and JBOD architectures.
- Hardware bring-up, device drivers, and system diagnostics.
- Python for automation and infrastructure management.
Nice to have
- Microsoft certifications (MCSE or equivalent).
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or containerized workloads.
- Configuration management and Infrastructure-as-Code tools.
- CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and Git.
- Monitoring platforms including Grafana and Prometheus.
- PKI, SSL/TLS certificates, and security best practices.
- Workload schedulers such as Slurm.
- Cloud platforms including Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
Skills: windows server, hpc, ai workloads, deployment automation, system images
This role has been open 19 days — well below the 53-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
923
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Median days open
53 d
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Median salary
$229k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | KLA Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (923 roles · 86 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 20 | 923 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 204 | 6028 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 89 d | 53 d (+36 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $229k |
Skills observed across this category: windows server, hpc, ai workloads, deployment automation, system images
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 255 open roles · median 48 d
- Qualcomm · 60 open roles · median 60 d
- AMD · 51 open roles · median 30 d
- Graphcore · 44 open roles · median 86 d
- Cerebras · 39 open roles · median 76 d
- Intel Corporation · 36 open roles · median 15 d
How we counted: 923 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 86 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.