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Infrastructure Systems Engineer – Linux, Storage & Automation

Cerebras· Datacenter
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Hybrid (Sunnyvale, CA)Full-timePosted today

About the role

Hands-on engineer to deploy, automate, troubleshoot, and maintain Linux-based compute and data storage infrastructure, with emphasis on Linux fundamentals, Python, Ansible, shell scripting, virtualization, and storage experience.

Responsibilities

  • Deploy, configure, and maintain Linux servers across physical and virtual environments.
  • Deploy and support data storage systems, including block, file, and object storage.
  • Configure and troubleshoot storage connectivity, volumes, filesystems, permissions, and access from Linux hosts and virtual machines.
  • Monitor storage capacity, performance, and availability; investigate latency, throughput, and connectivity issues.
  • Develop Python and Bash scripts to automate provisioning, configuration, validation, and routine operational tasks.
  • Build and maintain Ansible playbooks and roles for consistent, repeatable infrastructure deployments.
  • Troubleshoot issues across operating systems, applications, networking, storage, and virtualization platforms.
  • Investigate logs, analyze system behavior, and resolve performance, availability, and configuration problems.
  • Manage virtual machines and troubleshoot hypervisor, virtual networking, and storage integration issues.
  • Support server provisioning, operating system installation, patching, upgrades, and configuration management.
  • Support data protection and recovery through snapshots, replication, backups, and restore validation.
  • Implement monitoring, health checks, and alerts to identify problems early.
  • Collaborate with engineering, networking, storage vendors, and data center operations teams to deploy and support infrastructure.
  • Document configurations, troubleshooting procedures, and operational runbooks.

Qualifications

  • Strong hands-on experience administering and troubleshooting Linux systems.
  • Proficiency in Python and shell scripting, particularly Bash.
  • Practical experience with Ansible for automation and configuration management.
  • Experience with virtualization platforms such as KVM, VMware, or Proxmox.
  • Hands-on experience administering enterprise or distributed storage systems.
  • Working knowledge of block, file, and object storage concepts, with practical experience in protocols such as NFS, SMB, iSCSI, or S3.
  • Familiarity with Linux storage management, including disk configuration, RAID, LVM, filesystems, and mount management.
  • Ability to troubleshoot storage performance using metrics such as IOPS, throughput, and latency.
  • Strong debugging skills and a methodical approach to root cause analysis.
  • Working knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing, VLANs, and network troubleshooting.
  • Familiarity with Linux services, permissions, processes, package management, and system logs.
  • Experience using Git for version control and collaborative development.
  • Ability to own technical problems through resolution and communicate findings clearly.

Skills

Required:Linux system administrationPythonShell scripting (Bash)AnsibleVirtualizationStorage systems administrationStorage concepts (block/file/object)Networking basicsGitDocumentation

Benefits

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Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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