System Administrator - Santa Clara, ca

Job Description

Job Title:System Administrator

Location:Santa Clara, CA ***Must work onsite daily***

Duration:6 months likely to extend

We are looking for a (2) System Administrators (Lab Admins) with experience working in a data center and who are comfortable with both the programming piece as well as the physical aspects of swapping components, reseating GPUs, etc. These roles will be responsible for operating a lab of DGX servers that are in the initial development phase so the servers are unstable and need a lot of manual intervention.

Skillset

• Unix administration for data center server systems (understanding of how to remotely operate and triage issues using iLO/ipmi/BMC)
• Understanding of network configuration for systems in a data center
• Exposure to updating firmwares for servers / perform maintenance tasks
• Scripting knowledge (shell scripting)
• Collection of logs, basic troubleshooting knowledge for servers

Nice to have

• Basic VM configuration knowledge
• Ansible, python exposure
• Configuration / maintenance of DHCP server

Job Requirements

• Install OS on DGX machines
• Update firmware
• Recover firmware with special flashing tools / instructions
• Write / maintain monitoring scripts to make sure all machines are up and running
• Basic triaging of issue with systems, re-seating CPU and GPU trays
• Swapping of main components, for more involved reworks or updates, we will take help of HW team
• Keep track of machine configurations, current state, maintenance downtimes,
• Work with hardware team in coordinating resolving system issues, upgrades or reworks
• Work with data center team in planning and execution of system installation and removing systems from rack when required.

Qualifications

Job Title:System Administrator

Location:Santa Clara, CA ***Must work onsite daily***

Duration:6 months likely to extend

We are looking for a (2) System Administrators (Lab Admins) with experience working in a data center and who are comfortable with both the programming piece as well as the physical aspects of swapping components, reseating GPUs, etc. These roles will be responsible for operating a lab of DGX servers that are in the initial development phase so the servers are unstable and need a lot of manual intervention.

Skillset

• Unix administration for data center server systems (understanding of how to remotely operate and triage issues using iLO/ipmi/BMC)
• Understanding of network configuration for systems in a data center
• Exposure to updating firmwares for servers / perform maintenance tasks
• Scripting knowledge (shell scripting)
• Collection of logs, basic troubleshooting knowledge for servers

Nice to have

• Basic VM configuration knowledge
• Ansible, python exposure
• Configuration / maintenance of DHCP server

Job Requirements

• Install OS on DGX machines
• Update firmware
• Recover firmware with special flashing tools / instructions
• Write / maintain monitoring scripts to make sure all machines are up and running
• Basic triaging of issue with systems, re-seating CPU and GPU trays
• Swapping of main components, for more involved reworks or updates, we will take help of HW team
• Keep track of machine configurations, current state, maintenance downtimes,
• Work with hardware team in coordinating resolving system issues, upgrades or reworks
• Work with data center team in planning and execution of system installation and removing systems from rack when required.

Additional Information

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