MES Systems Administrator for Fremont R&D Center - US-CA-Fremont (1003), United States
$92,000 - $211,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 12 August 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on reinforcing MES delivery capabilities across R&D Lab environments.
About the role
This role involves supporting the deployment and operation of mission-critical MES installations within high-tech R&D Lab environments, ensuring they run securely, efficiently, and at scale. You will bridge complex technical deployments with the performance and reliability expected, enabling fully digital and stable production environments.
What you'll do
- Lead deployments of MES and application environments.
- Execute remote installations of MES environments and applications.
- Validate pre-conditions, dependencies, and compatibility before deployment.
- Manage environment governance and access.
- Optimize and scale MES environments, monitoring resource consumption.
- Troubleshoot complex deployment issues using logs, containers, pods, events, and system traces.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relevant field (or equivalent experience).
- More than 10 years of experience in systems administration.
- Strong experience with Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift, including containerized deployments, pod troubleshooting, and networking.
- Solid background in Linux, covering networking, volumes, and system services.
- Hands-on experience with VMware or Hyper-V for VM provisioning, configuration, and snapshots.
- Strong problem-solving and investigative skills with a methodical, log-oriented approach.
Nice to have
- Experience with Kafka or ClickHouse in distributed deployments.
- Familiarity with the Manufacturing / MES / industrial domain.
- Experience with SQL Server, including backup/restore, high availability, and performance considerations.
- Knowledge of the ITIL framework, particularly related to change, incident, and problem management.
- Exposure to data platforms for operational reporting, analytics, dashboards, or log aggregation.
- Experience working with reverse proxies, TLS certificates, and secure network architectures.
- Understanding of DevOps-adjacent tools, such as CI/CD pipelines, monitoring and observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK), or scripting for automation (PowerShell, Bash).
Skills: MES, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, VMware
This role has been open 66 days — well above the 50-day median for Software Engineering Semiconductor roles.
Software Engineering Semiconductor · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
348
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Median days open
50 d
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Median salary
$148k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Lam Research | All employers we track in this specialty (348 roles · 60 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 8 | 348 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 78 | 6114 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 128 d | 50 d (+78 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $148k |
Skills observed across this category: MES, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, VMware
Who's hiring in this category
- Keysight Technologies · 38 open roles · median 29 d
- KLA Corporation · 29 open roles · median 169 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 28 open roles · median 206 d
- Micron Technology · 27 open roles · median 43 d
- NVIDIA · 25 open roles · median 50 d
- Applied Materials · 23 open roles · median 37 d
How we counted: 348 open Software Engineering Semiconductor (Systems Software) roles from 60 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 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.