Cisco Technical Systems Engineer 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

895765884

Cisco IT is building, developing, and expanding our artificial intelligence platform, which will empower the business to fundamentally change the world. You will be a critical member of the Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services (CIPS) organization building and managing the internal AI platform at Cisco. You will provide leadership in the design and implementation of GPU compute cluster that runs demanding deep learning, high performance computing, and computationally intensive workloads. You will be responsible for AI hardware analysis, design, procurement, and support. You will be an expert in identifying architectural changes and/or completely innovative approaches for our artificial intelligence platform.

• Technical hand-on role in building and supporting NVIDIA based artificial intelligence platforms.
• Plan, build and install/upgrade new systems that support NVIDIA DGX hardware and software.
• Automate configuration management, software updates, and maintenance and monitoring of GPU system availability using modern DevOps tools (Ansible, Gitlab, etc.)
• Lead the advancement of artificial intelligence platforms and practices.
• Administer Linux systems, ranging from powerful GPU enabled servers to general-purpose compute systems.
• Collaborate closely with internal Cisco Business Units, application teams and cross-functional technical domains.
• Create written technical designs, documents, and presentations.
• Stay up to date with AI industry advancements and cutting-edge technologies.
• Accelerate the delivery of AI capabilities across our portfolio.
• Design new tools to monitor alerts that will help discover failures or issues before our customers.
• Maintain services once they are live by measuring and monitoring availability, latency, and overall system health.

• You have a BA, BS, or MS in CS, EE, CE or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of previous experience deploying and administrating HPC clusters.
• Familiar with GPU resource scheduling managers (Slurm (preferred), RunAI, etc.).
• Proficient in Hybrid Cloud, Virtualization, and Container technologies.
• Deep understanding of operating systems, computer networks, and high-performance applications
• Familiar with project tracking tools (e.g. Jira), Git (any Version Control systems), and CI/CD systems (e.g. GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Proficient in general purpose programming languages (Python, GoLang, C/C++) and development platforms and technologies (GIT, JIRA, Jenkins, etc.).
• Experience with Agile and DevOps operating models.
• Hard-working dedication to provide quality in support for your customers.
• Established record of leading technical initiatives and delivering results.

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