IT Infrastructure Engineer

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING 

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you'll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world's most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond.  Together, we advance your career.  

THE ROLE:

AMD mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences. Our technology enables our customers to accelerate their applications, often improving performance by orders of magnitude compared to other approaches.

AMD IT provides a globally available, scalable infrastructure for engineering and business teams. The IT Platforms Engineering team is responsible for managing our Engineering, Business and Accelerated computing infrastructure. Our mission is to provide a cloud like experience for employees to access High Performance Compute (HPC), Enterprise data platforms and Elastic Cloud for creating breakthrough FPGA/Converged silicon.

THE PERSON:

You have a passion for learning. You are ready to understand how IT infrastructure works and delivers value to Tech companies. You like taking responsibility for end-to-end outcomes of your efforts. You want to create great IT services from hardware, software, people and processes within a high-tech organization.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Install/Configure/Support Linux OS and data infrastructure.
• Design and deploy Linux/Engineering infrastructure automation.
• Design and develop automation software in python or other equivalent scripting language.
• Help install/configure hardware/software within lab/datacenter spaces.
• Work with internal customers in managing incident tickets to achieve operational excellence.
• Work with global team to provide support and complete IT projects.
• Help build application services for IT, using cloud technologies. 

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

Systems Engineer Linux general experience of Unix/Linux system administration with:

• 5+ years of experience in Unix/Linux systems administration, Continuous deployment
• Demonstrated experience with passion to learn, ownership and getting things done.
• Strong programming experience with automation using Python, Ansible, Puppet, Perl, or Bash/Shell scripting.
• Working knowledge of HPC environments including cloud providers like Azure, GCP, AWS
• Experienced in deploying multiple Storage solutions to public/private clouds.
• Candidate with additional experience/skills will set you apart:
• Experience with VDI technologies like Citrix & ETX
• Experience with Virtualization such as: KVM, Xen & VMware
• Experience with NAS (NFS & CIFS) storage like NetApp, Isilon & Nasuni
• Large cluster management tools such as: Puppet, CFengine
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Nagios, ELK stack, Kibana/Prometheus

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor's Degree in arts, Science or Engineering.

LOCATION:

Penang, Malaysia

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AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.   We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants' needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.