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Sustainable Talent · 1 month ago

Senior Datacenter Systems Architect

Hillsboro, OR

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Sustainable Talent is seeking a high-level UNIX/Linux Systems Engineer to architect and operate their next-generation private cloud and GPU compute infrastructure. The role involves designing, scaling, and optimizing a world-class HPC/GPU datacenter environment while ensuring operational excellence and leading automation efforts.

ConsultingHuman ResourcesInformation Technology

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Architect, scale, and optimize complex UNIX/Linux-based compute clusters, GPU farms, and high-density datacenter systems

Own the design and strategy for on-prem HPC/GPU compute environments including OS architecture, distributed storage, network tuning, and interconnects

Perform deep-dive troubleshooting across all layers — kernel, network stack, RPC/NFS, storage protocols, firmware, drivers, bootloaders, and orchestration systems

Lead automation efforts using Python, Bash, Ansible, and IaC to eliminate manual processes and improve system reliability

Drive configuration standards for compute, network, and storage layers across bare-metal systems

Collaborate with architects, system software teams, networking teams, and hardware engineering to ensure platform scalability

Own operational excellence: uptime, performance tuning, incident response processes, and long-term platform strategy

Mentor and technically lead junior engineers and datacenter technicians

Qualification

UNIX/Linux systems engineeringHPC/GPU architectureAutomation PythonAutomation BashAutomation AnsibleNetworking fundamentalsRoot-cause analysisDistributed storage systemsCertifications RHCECertifications CCNPMentoring junior engineers

Required

8–15+ years in UNIX/Linux systems engineering, system administration, or HPC/compute infrastructure roles

Expert-level knowledge of Linux internals (kernel, storage subsystems, networking stack, groups, system, NUMA, etc.)

Proven experience architecting and running large-scale compute clusters or farms (HPC, HCI, GPU clusters, or bare-metal automation environments)

Deep understanding of compute, network, and storage architectures end-to-end

Demonstrated skill in root-cause analysis at multiple layers, including: NFSv3/v4 deep troubleshooting, Packet-level analysis, Kernel performance tuning, Distributed storage (NetApp, Ceph, Lustre, BeeGFS, etc.)

Strong networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, VLANs, BGP, LACP, RoCE/RDMA, NIC offloading

Strong automation skills: Python, Bash, Ansible, Terraform, or IaC tools

Experience with PXE provisioning, Kickstart, bare-metal deployments, and OS image pipelines

Preferred

Certifications strongly preferred: UNIX/Linux certs (RHCE, RHCSA, Linux Foundation), Networking certs (CCNP, CCIE, JNCIP, etc.), Storage certs (NetApp NCIE/NCDA or similar)

Experience designing GPU clusters or accelerator-dense environments

Deep experience with distributed filesystems, block storage tuning, or NFS debugging

Strong background in systems and platform performance engineering

Ability to continuously evaluate emerging technologies and build long-term architectural recommendations

Experience leading and mentoring infrastructure teams