Principal Site Reliability Engineer, Unix Systems
Supporting grid computing and workload schedulers including IBM Spectrum LSF, Slurm, PBS Pro, and Grid Engine for global semiconductor engineering teams.
Originally posted 5 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Administer and troubleshoot large scale Unix/Linux environments supporting business critical engineering workloads across global development teams. You will maintain grid computing, HPC platforms, and development infrastructure that support semiconductor engineering teams globally.
What you'll do
- Support grid and HPC infrastructure running workload schedulers like IBM Spectrum LSF, Slurm, PBS Pro, or Grid Engine for compute-intensive engineering jobs.
- Diagnose and resolve production issues affecting job execution, scheduling, resource utilization, system performance, and infrastructure availability.
- Maintain and improve the reliability of source code and development platforms including GitHub, GitLab, Perforce, and Artifactory.
- Build automation, scripts, tools, and operational documentation using shell, Python, or Perl to eliminate repetitive work and improve scalability.
- Conduct root cause analysis after significant incidents to drive corrective and preventative actions that prevent recurrence.
- Participate in production support and on-call rotation covering globally distributed systems.
What you'll need
- 7+ years of hands-on experience administering and troubleshooting Unix/Linux systems in complex production environments.
- Strong knowledge of Unix/Linux operating systems, system administration, performance troubleshooting, and production support for business critical infrastructure.
- Experience supporting large scale infrastructure or server environments used by engineering or software development organizations.
- Demonstrated ability to independently diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure problems affecting production systems and technical users.
- Strong scripting and automation capability using shell, Python, Perl, or similar languages.
Skills: Unix/Linux, HPC, LSF, Slurm, Grid Computing, SRE
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 55-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
1009
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Median days open
55 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$236k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Synopsys | All employers we track in this specialty (1009 roles · 94 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 16 | 1009 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 41 | 6559 · 156 employers |
| Median days open | 20 d | 55 d (−35 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $236k |
Skills observed across this category: Unix/Linux, HPC, LSF, Slurm, Grid Computing, SRE
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 321 open roles · median 57 d
- Qualcomm · 59 open roles · median 59 d
- Graphcore · 48 open roles · median 99 d
- AMD · 45 open roles · median 36 d
- Intel Corporation · 39 open roles · median 22 d
- Arm Holdings · 36 open roles · median 9 d
How we counted: 1009 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 94 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 6 Nov 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.