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# Director of IT Infrastructure & Operations

- **Company:** Auradine, Inc.
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $250,000 - $300,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Backup Devices, Cloud Computing, Information Systems, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data Centers, Data Security, Linux, Programming Tools, Multi-Factor Authentication, Identity and Access Management, Internet Protocol, Internet Protocol Security (IP SEC), Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Python (Programming Language), Open Source Technology, Role-Based Access Control, Ansible, Software Engineering, Software Systems, Software Vulnerability Management, Software Organization, Data Logging, Google Cloud, High Performance Computing, AI Platforms, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Data Management, Slurm, Physical Design, Terraform, Software Version Control
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/director-of-it-infrastructure-operations-santa-clara-ca--72786fef-5d88-430d-a5eb-65914fe1b042

## About the Role

Information Technology & Information Systems, Information Technology & Information Systems, Computer Systems, IP (Internet Protocol), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Negotiation Skills, Vendor/Supplier Management, Demand Forecasting/Planning, Software Engineering, Access Control, * 10+ years in IT infrastructure, including 5+ leading infrastructure and operations teams.

 * You've scaled an IT environment through rapid organizational growth and can talk candidly about what worked and what didnt.
 * Strong Linux and engineering-compute background; real depth in at least one major cloud (Azure, GCP or AWS) and comfort operating all.
 * Hands on expertise in enterprise networking (firewalls, VPNs, segmentation) and enterprise storage, virtualization, and DR.
 * Hands-on experience implementing IAM, MFA, endpoint management, logging, and enterprise security controls.
 * A track record of building the operational layer: service desk, asset management, budgets, vendor contracts, capacity planning

Especially interesting to us: semiconductor, EDA, hardware, or AI-infrastructure experience; supporting a hardware organization and a software organization; software supply-chain security; familiarity with Cadence / Synopsys / Siemens EDA flows and HPC environments; having supported real tape-out deadlines; securing design IP and foundry data access, or working inside SOC 2, ISO 27001, or NIST frameworks; hardware lab or high-availability data center experience; infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible, Python); CISSP, CISM, CCNP, or a cloud architect certification

## Description

* Engineering compute. Partner with engineering leadership to forecast and optimize infrastructure for compute-intensive EDA workloads - RTL, verification, physical design, simulation, tape-out. Manage Linux HPC environments, workload schedulers (LSF, Slurm, or equivalent), and large-scale shared storage. Make sure infrastructure is ready ahead of design freezes and tape-outs, silicon bring up, and customer SDK releases, not during them.
 * Software infrastructure. Own CI/CD at scale, self-hosted runners, and cross-compilation and build farms across multiple target architectures; container and artifact registries, package and dependency mirroring, and reproducible build environments; Kubernetes for internal services and developer tooling; and source control that holds up at 200+ people, with large artifacts and deep submodule trees.
 * Hybrid infrastructure. Architect and operate Azure, Google Cloud, AWS, on-prem servers, virtualization, storage, backups, and both corporate and lab networks. Build the capacity-planning discipline for compute, storage, bandwidth, licenses, and cloud resources - and make the build-vs-buy and cloud-vs-on-prem calls.
 * IP security. Stand up the program that protects RTL, physical-design databases, foundry data, and customer information: IAM with SSO, MFA, RBAC and privileged-access controls; endpoint security, DLP, encryption, vulnerability management; secure remote access; clear boundaries for employees, contractors, and partners. Lead us through customer security reviews and toward SOC 2 / ISO 27001 readiness - you own the outcome and decide the right mix of internal hires, MSPs, and specialist security firms to get there. Own the security controls around what we ship: open-source license compliance and SBOM generation for anything we redistribute, code signing and artifact provenance for SDK and OTA payloads, and secure key handling for signed images.
 * IT Infrastructure and facilities technology. Own the IT infrastructure - including secure segmentation from corporate and engineering environments, lab access controls, test systems, and data collection, and reliable secure remote access for a distributed engineering team - and coordinate with operations on power, cooling, rack space, cabling, and UPS.
 * Employee technology. Build onboarding and offboarding that survives large hiring waves: standard images, role-based access profiles, day-one readiness. Run a service desk with real SLAs that engineers, executives, and lab users all find responsive.
 * Budget and team. Own IT OpEx and CapEx, cloud FinOps (tagging, chargeback, commitments), vendor selection and contracts, and asset management. Lead and grow the existing IT team, and decide the right mix of internal staff, MSPs, and specialists., This is an opportunity to help build foundational technology at a time when the industry is undergoing fundamental change. You will work alongside experienced leaders, architects, engineers, and operators who have delivered industry-defining products across mobile, cloud, semiconductor, and AI platforms. If you enjoy solving difficult problems, working across disciplines, and helping shape the future of Physical AI, we would love to hear from you.