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Senior System Administrator

SambaNova · San Jose, California, United States · San Jose, CA

Infrastructureonsitesenior$160k–$190k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Own the Linux fleet powering global AI compute clusters end to end.
  • Deploy and operate heterogeneous fleet from x86 to AI accelerators.
  • Drive automation to keep fleet healthy as hardware mix evolves.

What they offer

  • Equity
  • 95% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, 77% for dependents
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
  • Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
  • Headspace subscription, Gympass+ membership and One Medical membership
  • Employee Assistance Program counseling services

Ideal candidate

A seasoned Linux operator who thrives at scale in fast-paced environments and loves automating away drift. You take end-to-end ownership of fleet health across data centers and enjoy supporting diverse users.

Requirements

  • 5+ years performing system administration duties at scale
  • Deep working knowledge of Red Hat based distributions
  • Hands-on experience with core infrastructure services, including PXE, kickstart, DNS, DHCP, NTP, NFS, and LDAP
  • System provisioning
  • Ansible and other automation tooling
  • Revision control systems
  • System, application, and network debugging
  • Experience in a high performance computing environment
  • Experience with job schedulers
  • Telemetry and monitoring
  • End user support
  • Basic networking knowledge
  • Basic programming and scripting skills
  • Documentation of systems, procedures, and runbooks
  • Thrives in a fast paced environment
remote policy
Remote considered for an exceptional candidate, subject to time zone review

Lab profile

About SambaNova

Full-stack AI infrastructure with RDU dataflow chips for fast agentic inference.

What they build

  • RDU Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit
  • SambaRack rack-scale hardware
  • Full-stack AI inference platform

Known for

  • Reconfigurable dataflow architecture alternative to GPUs
  • High decode performance for agentic workloads
  • Full-stack hardware-software co-design

Key facts

  • Founded in 2017
  • Headquartered in Palo Alto, California
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