IT DevOps Engineer
About The Position
MACOM is seeking a mid-level DevOps Engineer to join its EDA Infrastructure team. The role maintains and improves CI/CD pipelines, manages EDA tool licenses and environments, and resolves Linux system issues that affect engineering productivity. The engineer collaborates with hardware design, verification, and software teams to keep critical EDA infrastructure reliable. The position covers GitLab administration and CI/CD pipeline development, administration of EDA tools and license servers, and Linux system administration for RHEL workstations and compute servers. It also includes maintaining shared NFS storage, configuring and monitoring LSF compute farm nodes, applying scheduled security patches and operating system updates, and automating system administration tasks.
Requirements
- 3–5 years of DevOps, systems engineering, or EDA infrastructure experience in a hardware design environment.
- Hands-on proficiency with GitLab, including CI/CD pipelines, Runners, API, and webhooks.
- Demonstrated experience administering at least one major EDA suite: Cadence, Siemens EDA, or Keysight.
- Strong Linux systems skills; RHEL preferred, with command-line troubleshooting, scripting, and performance analysis abilities.
- Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Salt.
- Scripting proficiency in Bash and Python.
- Working knowledge of NFS, LDAP/Active Directory integration, and enterprise networking fundamentals.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively with engineering stakeholders.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Only candidates who are U.S. Persons, as defined in the posting, will be considered due to ITAR regulations.
Nice To Haves
- Tcl or Perl experience.
- Experience with all four EDA vendors: Cadence, Ansys, Siemens EDA (Mentor Graphics), and Keysight.
- Experience with cloud-based EDA burst compute using AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
Responsibilities
- Design, maintain, and optimize GitLab CI/CD pipelines for hardware and software builds.
- Manage GitLab repositories, access controls, merge request workflows, and branch protection rules.
- Implement GitLab Runners on Linux hosts and container environments, and tune executor configurations for EDA workloads.
- Monitor pipeline health, diagnose failures, and improve mean time to recovery.
- Install, configure, and upgrade Cadence, Ansys, Siemens EDA (Mentor Graphics), and Keysight EDA tools across multi-user Linux environments.
- Administer FlexLM and RLM license servers, monitor utilization, and troubleshoot license checkout failures.
- Diagnose and resolve Linux system issues, including kernel panics, NFS and storage failures, memory leaks, and network connectivity problems.
- Manage RHEL workstations and compute servers, applying security patches and OS updates on a scheduled cadence.
- Maintain NFS mounts, automounter configurations, and shared storage for EDA project data.
- Configure and monitor LSF compute farm nodes used for EDA batch jobs.
- Automate repetitive system administration tasks with Ansible playbooks and shell or Python scripts.
- Collaborate with hardware design, verification, and software teams to keep EDA infrastructure running reliably.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Employer-sponsored 401(k) plan
- Paid time off
- Professional development opportunities
- Position is eligible for restricted stock unit (RSU) awards and cash bonuses at MACOM’s discretion, subject to individual and company performance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
