Linux Infrastructure Senior Specialist

**Who are we?**

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 260 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.

Joining our operations team means that you will be at the forefront of all we do, maintaining critical facilities infrastructure as part of a close-knit team delivering best-in-class service to our data center customers. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

**Who are we?**

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 260 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.

Our culture is based on collaboration and the growth and development of our teams. We hire hardworking people who thrive on solving challenging problems and give them opportunities to hone new skills and try new approaches, as we grow our product portfolio with new software and network architecture solutions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

**Job Summary**

We are looking for a Linux infrastructure senior Specialist to work in critical and high-performance environments, focusing on infrastructure support for critical environments and projects, including Artificial Intelligence.

If you are passionate about technology, have a collaborative profile and enjoy challenges, this position is for you

**Responsibilities**
Administering Linux environments (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu and Suse), ensuring high availability and performance

Supporting the infrastructure that serves AI and Machine Learning workloads, including configuring environments with GPU support (NVIDIA, CUDA)

Working with advanced troubleshooting, performance analysis and second and third level technical support

Collaborate with global teams, participating in meetings and technical deliveries in English

Carry out root cause analysis of incidents

Producing documentation related to the environment (RCA, KBs and others)

Acting on incidents relating to their specialty in order to standardize the environment

Acting on requests relating to their specialty in order to meet customer demands

Planning changes to implement corrections, migrations and improvements

Implement corrections, migrations and improvements based on a change plan

Collecting information on managed environments to meet internal demands

Producing and updating documentation related to the client's production environment

Carrying out the operation, maintenance and documentation of customer equipment with a management product (Managed Services) in accordance with the policy

Identifying opportunities for improvement and new business opportunities

Carrying out careful analysis of the production environment in order to propose improvements

Providing telephone support to clients for communications related to Incidents, Requests and the preparation of changes

Supporting first-level service teams with technical guidance or escalating demands

Participating in the planning and implementation of HPC solutions, software integration and system administration for new clients

**Qualifications**

Previous experience in Linux system administration in mission-critical environments with experience in HPC or AI

Experience with AI workload environments, including storage integration and troubleshooting (SAN, etc.)

Experience with NGFW appliances from manufacturers such as Fortinet, Juniper, Cisco, Checkpoint and Sophos

Advanced English (oral and written communication)

Experience with Schedulers such as SLURM, LSF, PBS, etc.

Knowledge of Kubernetes and/or Docker

N2 and N3 service experience, working cross-country

Experience in tshooting connectivity incidents using testing tools

Availability of working hours

**Differentials**

Certifications such as RHCSA, RHCE, LFCS, Docker Certified Associate and CKA.

Knowledge of Fortigate

Knowledge of CUDA

Knowledge of JuniperOS, EMC OS, Cumulus OS

Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes

Infiniband MELLANOX

NVDIA DGX ( A100, H100, GB200)

NVIDIA Base Command Manager (v10, v11)

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