Senior Systems Engineer (HPC/Server Farm) - San Jose, United States
$143,500 - $266,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 11 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves supporting, managing, and improving the DevOps environment for Cadence's HPC server farm, working directly with R&D software development teams.
What you'll do
- Support user communities across multiple geographical locations.
- Build, deploy, and optimize HPC compute clusters using LSF or Slurm.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues across development, testing, and production environments.
- Operate, manage, and enhance the internal compute farm and associated cloud (Azure).
- Maintain, enhance, monitor, report on, and improve compute farm efficiency.
What you'll need
- 7+ years of technical experience architecting, managing, and improving HPC environments running both Windows and Linux.
- 3+ years working in a global group, coordinating support, strategies, projects, and operations across multiple geographies in a team-oriented approach.
- Solid understanding and operational experience with DevSecOps best practices.
- Experience building and managing CI/CD pipeline in cloud (Azure preferred).
- Strong Linux administration skills.
- Experience working directly with R&D software development teams to collaboratively develop solutions to optimize their working environment.
Nice to have
- Experience in HPC using LSF or Slurm.
Skills: HPC compute clusters, LSF Slurm, IaC, Linux administration, CI/CD pipeline
This role has been open 34 days — well below the 50-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
973
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Median days open
50 d
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Median salary
$235k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Cadence Design Systems | All employers we track in this specialty (973 roles · 85 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 15 | 973 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 134 | 6145 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 34 d | 50 d (−16 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $235k |
Skills observed across this category: HPC compute clusters, LSF Slurm, IaC, Linux administration, CI/CD pipeline
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 289 open roles · median 44 d
- Qualcomm · 61 open roles · median 57 d
- AMD · 57 open roles · median 21 d
- Graphcore · 44 open roles · median 90 d
- Intel Corporation · 40 open roles · median 9 d
- Cerebras · 39 open roles · median 80 d
How we counted: 973 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 85 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 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.