Linux Infrastructure Senior Specialist

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Job Summary

We are looking for a Linux infrastructure senior Specialist to work in critical and high-performance environments, focusing on infrastructure support for critical environments and projects, including Artificial Intelligence.

If you are passionate about technology, have a collaborative profile and enjoy challenges, this position is for you!

Responsibilities
Administering Linux environments (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu and Suse), ensuring high availability and performance

Supporting the infrastructure that serves AI and Machine Learning workloads, including configuring environments with GPU support (NVIDIA, CUDA)

Working with advanced troubleshooting, performance analysis and second and third level technical support

Collaborate with global teams, participating in meetings and technical deliveries in English

Carry out root cause analysis of incidents

Producing documentation related to the environment (RCA, KBs and others)

Acting on incidents relating to their specialty in order to standardize the environment

Acting on requests relating to their specialty in order to meet customer demands

Planning changes to implement corrections, migrations and improvements

Implement corrections, migrations and improvements based on a change plan

Collecting information on managed environments to meet internal demands

Producing and updating documentation related to the client's production environment

Carrying out the operation, maintenance and documentation of customer equipment with a management product (Managed Services) in accordance with the policy

Identifying opportunities for improvement and new business opportunities

Carrying out careful analysis of the production environment in order to propose improvements

Providing telephone support to clients for communications related to Incidents, Requests and the preparation of changes

Supporting first-level service teams with technical guidance or escalating demands

Participating in the planning and implementation of HPC solutions, software integration and system administration for new clients

Qualifications

Previous experience in Linux system administration in mission-critical environments with experience in HPC or AI

Experience with AI workload environments, including storage integration and troubleshooting (SAN, etc.)

Experience with NGFW appliances from manufacturers such as Fortinet, Juniper, Cisco, Checkpoint and Sophos

Advanced English (oral and written communication)

Experience with Schedulers such as SLURM, LSF, PBS, etc.

Knowledge of Kubernetes and/or Docker

N2 and N3 service experience, working cross-country

Experience in tshooting connectivity incidents using testing tools

Availability of working hours

Differentials

Certifications such as RHCSA, RHCE, LFCS, Docker Certified Associate and CKA.

Knowledge of Fortigate

Knowledge of CUDA

Knowledge of JuniperOS , EMC OS , Cumulus OS

Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes

Infiniband MELLANOX

NVDIA DGX ( A100, H100, GB200)

NVIDIA Base Command Manager (v10, v11)

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