Senior Systems Engineer (Codex, Distributed Systems)

Salary: $142,000 - 194,000 per year Requirements:

• At least 5 years of experience in software operations, systems administration, or infrastructure automation, with proficiency in Python and Bash.
• Strong Linux administration experience and knowledge of host-level networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, routing, DNS, network interfaces, and connectivity troubleshooting.
• Understanding of peer-to-peer, node-to-node, and service-to-service communication in distributed systems.
• Experience supporting data center operations or large-scale infrastructure.
• Production troubleshooting experience across GPU hosts, operating systems, hardware, networking, drivers, and dependent services.
• Experience using shell scripts and operational tools to reduce manual work and improve reliability.
• Strong operational ownership, incident management, and problem-solving skills in production environments.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring, deployment, configuration, and operational support tools.
• Preferred: Hands-on experience with GPU infrastructure, including NVIDIA- and AMD-based systems, and familiarity with GPU shapes or instance families.
• Minimum education and experience: 8 years in computer network administration, database management, systems architecture, systems administration, or a related field; or a bachelors degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field and 4 years of relevant experience; or a masters degree in one of these fields and 2 years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge or demonstrated ability in operating systems installation, upgrades, and troubleshooting; performance tuning; systems integration; technical writing; troubleshooting across technical domains; cloud computing; and scripting languages.
• Preferred education and experience: 9 years in computer network administration, database management, systems architecture, systems administration, or a related field; or a bachelors degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field and 5 years of relevant experience; or a masters degree in one of these fields and 3 years of relevant experience.
• Preferred: Knowledge of Oracle products and the ability to educate customers on their effective use.

• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues involving Linux hosts, GPU systems, and host-network interactions.
• Support GPU host provisioning, validation, incident response, and operational readiness.
• Take ownership of incidents for assigned services and escalate issues that span teams or technical domains.
• Identify recurring failures and improve runbooks, tooling, monitoring, and operational procedures.
• Collaborate with partner teams to address issues involving hardware, operating systems, networking, and service dependencies.
• Improve automation and scripts to reduce manual effort and help operators work more effectively.
• Participate in on-call rotations and support critical infrastructure incidents.
• Use data-driven analysis to identify and resolve underlying problems.
• Help develop and maintain automation and operational tools for GPU fleets across regions, supporting availability, observability, and reliability.

• AI
• Bash
• Cloud
• Hardware
• Incident Management
• Support
• Linux
• Network
• Oracle
• Python
• TCP/IP
• NodeJS

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We are collaborating with hackajob to connect exceptional professionals with Oracle. This Senior Systems Engineer role is part of Oracle Cloud Infrastructures AI Infra Operations team, supporting a growing GPU fleet across multiple regions. Our team maintains and repairs GPU infrastructure, monitors fleet health, and develops automation and tooling to improve observability and customer availability. The role involves ongoing collaboration with engineering and operations teams and participation in on-call support.

last updated 41 week of 2026