Senior Cloud Operations Engineer, Staff

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In short

Synopsys is seeking a Senior Cloud Operations Engineer, Staff to manage and maintain Linux infrastructure across Azure, AWS, and GCP. This role involves deploying and managing cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible, monitoring system health, and troubleshooting complex issues to support large-scale EDA compute farms. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of Linux systems administration experience and strong scripting skills.

Responsibilities

Administer and maintain CentOS/ALMA Linux systems across Azure, AWS, and GCP cloud environments.
Deploy and manage cloud infrastructure at scale using Terraform and Ansible.
Monitor system health, capacity, and performance using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic Search, or Splunk.
Troubleshoot complex system, network, and application-level problems using diagnostic tools.
Manage license servers (FlexLM/FlexNet) and batch scheduling systems (LSF, SGE, Slurm, or Altair PBS).
Coordinate tool version upgrades and freeware installs with support teams.
Participate in rotational shift work and on-call weekend coverage.

Requirements

5+ years of hands-on Linux systems administration experience, ideally supporting compute-intensive or EDA environments.
Strong proficiency with CentOS, ALMA, or similar Linux distributions in production cloud environments.
Hands-on experience with Azure (preferred), and working knowledge of AWS or GCP.
Proven experience using Terraform and Ansible to deploy and manage large-scale compute and storage infrastructure.
Strong scripting skills in Bash and Python for automation, troubleshooting, and workflow optimization.
Experience managing batch scheduling systems such as LSF, SGE/Univa Grid Engine, Slurm, or Altair PBS.

Desired Qualifications

Familiarity with license management tools like FlexLM or FlexNet.
Familiarity with monitoring/logging platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic Search, or Splunk is a plus.
Ability to troubleshoot network connectivity issues using tcpdump, netstat, traceroute, and dig.
Proficiency in writing scripts to automate repeated tasks.
Ability to translate complex infrastructure failures into clear updates for various teams.
Comfort coordinating across network, security, CAD, and DevOps teams.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical and healthcare plans.
ETO and FTO Programs for time away.
Maternity and paternity leave, parenting resources, adoption and surrogacy assistance.
ESPP (Purchase Synopsys common stock at a 15% discount).
Retirement Plans.
Competitive salaries.

Skills

LinuxBashPythonTerraformAnsibleCentOSALMA LinuxAzureAWSGCPPrometheusGrafanaElastic SearchSplunktcpdumpnetstatjournalctlFlexLMFlexNetLSFSGESlurmAltair PBS

#Cloud Operations#Linux Systems Administration#Infrastructure as Code#Automation#Monitoring#Troubleshooting#Azure#AWS#GCP#EDA Compute Farms

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