Slingshot Hardware System Administrator

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

About the role

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. As Systems Administrator you will have the opportunity to be part of the team that brings High Performance Computing networking ASICs to the latest HPE supercomputers. In this role you will be responsible for hardware and software installation and updates, as well as monitoring system status to ensure maximum uptime across various development systems supporting validation of networking ASICs and software for Slingshot-based supercomputers.

Responsibilities

• Debug and fix prototype and Slingshot system issues as they occur to maximize uptime.
• Work closely with Slingshot ASIC, hardware (PC board), and software teams to enable silicon validation and bring-up testing.
• Maintain daily updates of development software stack on systems.
• Maintain and improve existing system status reporting infrastructure.
• Help debug system issues to isolate root cause of failures.
• Build compute node images with latest OS versions and software stack updates.
• Help administer compute cluster for system validation team.
• Collaborates and communicates with management and internal partners regarding design status, project progress, and issue resolution.
• Provides guidance and mentoring to less-experienced staff members.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent.
• Typically 4-6 years experience as a system and/or network administrator and lab technician.

Skills

• Experience working with servers, networks, filesystems, Linux based operating systems.
• Experience with batch compute clusters desired (e.g. LSF, Slurm).
• Scripting ability: Shell/Bash, Python.
• Experience working in a hardware lab environment, including experience with proper safety and electrical procedures.
• The ability to work well in a cooperative and transparent development environment, both within and across teams.
• A willingness to work in a fast-paced environment and embrace new challenges.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and an appetite for learning.
• Mastery in English and local language.
• Ability to effectively communicate product architectures, design proposals and negotiate options at management levels.

Benefits

• Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive suite of benefits that supports physical, financial and emotional wellbeing for team members and their loved ones.
• Personal & Professional Development: Specific programs catered to helping reach career goals, whether to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply skills to another division.
• Unconditional Inclusion: Celebrates individual uniqueness and values varied backgrounds. Flexibility to manage work and personal needs.

Pay

The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level.

• United States of America: Annual Salary USD 111,000 - 211,000 in Colorado.
• United States of America: Annual Salary USD 105,500 - 243,000 in Minnesota, Texas, and Wisconsin.

Variable incentives may also be offered.

The estimated job application period closure is October 26, 2026; this timeline is provided for transparency and internal planning purposes.