Automation Infrastructure System Administrator

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The Role

Our automation & tools code base runs from pre-silicon environments, prototype lab systems to the fastest supercomputers in existence. Join a team using modern industry best practices across the full stack spectrum. Make a difference by helping us accelerate AMD’s pace of innovation.

As part of the Datacenter GPU/AP Infrastructure team, you will be involved in the development of automation tools, content, and infrastructure to validate datacenter GPU/CPU hardware and software. Your work will enable validation teams to improve their processes through developing new automation features, or by helping debug or co-create their automated test content.

The Person

• Linux Systems Administrator with background with modern best practices and stack understanding
• Detail oriented - close attention to the finer details of systems and processes to identify potential issues and areas for improvement
• Customer service mindset for providing support to lab teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Eagerness to learn, adapt to new technologies, and stay up-to-date with industry trends

Key Responsibilities

• Support in-house automation and infrastructure solutions that can scale across multiple sites and geographies
• Help with capacity planning, performance tuning and optimization of solutions
• Respond to and troubleshoot incidences reported by internal users or infrastructure alerts
• Perform postmortem analysis as well as improve processes or add solutions to prevent future outages

Preferred Experience

• Familiarity with lab environments is an asset
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and processes, like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps,
• Familiarity with Agile to effectively participate in the team's work process
• Basic understanding of Kubernetes and containers
• Familiarity with SRE best practices, such as the Google SRE handbook and other industry standards
• Strong understanding of Linux, Virtualization, and proficiency in Windows
• Experience with Python programming and Ansible
• Azure cloud knowledge for managing infrastructure and services
• Nice to have: certifications in relevant technologies and/or methodologies (e.g., Azure/Cloud, Kubernetes, or SCRUM/Agile)
• Understanding of incident management, including incident response, and postmortem analysis
• Experience with tools and techniques for collecting, analyzing, and monitoring log data, such as ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) or Splunk
• Experience working in a technical support and/or operations role
• Understanding of network, OSI model, and troubleshooting
• Database knowledge of Postgres / MySQL
• Proficiency in using version control systems like Git and Infrastructure as Code
• Awareness of emerging trends and technologies in the reliability and infrastructure space, such AI/ML-based monitoring solutions

Academic Credentials

A background in computer science, engineering, or a related field

LOCATION:

Markham, Ontario

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