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# System Engineer II, Scientific Systems

- **Company:** Allen Institute
- **Location:** Seattle, United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $112,950.0 - $139,750.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Application Lifecycle Management, Configuration Management, Linux, Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), NetApp Applications, OpenStack, Ansible, Scientific Computating, Systems Integration, Virtualization Technology, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Slurm, Isilon, Docker, Vmware
- **Published:** August 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/6435b2b4-1eed-4244-aa2a-8edf389a4d91

## About the Role

As a key member of the IT Infrastructure Team, you are an experienced Linux System Engineer who enjoys solving problems and building systems using a combination of creativity and technical rigor. This role will be involved with cloud-based integrations, server patching, cybersecurity management and designing and deploying IT infrastructure. You don't have to know everything (that's why you're on a team), but we do expect good judgement and a desire to learn., * Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of degree and experience required

 * At least one year of professional UNIX/Linux system administration experience
 * History of supporting highly available IT services in a 100+ server environment
 * Operational automation skills using shell or Python
 * Associate-level AWS certification (CloudOps Engineer or Solutions Architect)

Preferred Education and Experience

 * Four or more years of professional system administration experience preferred
 * Experience managing centralized storage systems such as Isilon, VAST Data, or NetApp
 * Familiarity with virtualization frameworks such as OpenStack and VMware
 * Experience using and managing Docker containers in a Kubernetes environment
 * Understanding of TCP/IP networking fundamentals
 * Familiarity with configuration management systems such as Salt and Ansible
 * Knowledge of high-performance computing (HPC) schedulers such as Slurm
 * Customer-focused mindset
 * Excellent communication and collaboration skills
 * Ability to balance competing priorities, * Occasional lifting to 30 pounds
 * Fine motor movements in fingers/hands to operate computers and other office equipment;
 * Push/pull up to 50 lbs
 * Stooping, bending, crouching, reaching

## Description

* Manage a Linux-based research environment with over 350 servers and workstations and 20 PB of storage
 * Help design, deploy, and upgrade IT infrastructure products and services supporting scientific computing
 * Engage in hardware and software lifecycle management
 * Manage patch deployment and troubleshooting on workstations and servers
 * Participate in the development of system standards, policies, and procedures
 * Manage scientific systems cybersecurity software agents and monitoring systems
 * Monitor system performance and plan for future scaling
 * Manage infrastructure resources in public cloud

Note: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.


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