Staff Systems Engineer / DevOps with Linux Administration
Pacific Biosciences of California

Job Info

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Operating System Platform for Scientific Instruments
Building and Deploying Software Products
Hands-on HW/SW Product Development
Linux Internals and Administration

Title: Staff Systems Engineer / DevOps with Linux Administration
Location: Menlo Park, CA (hybrid)

PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB) is a premier life science technology company that is designing, developing and manufacturing advanced sequencing solutions to help scientists and clinical research resolve genetically complex problems. Our mission is to enable the promise of genomics to better human health. Genomics is core to all biological processes, and our advanced genomics tools provide scientists and clinical researchers the insights to better understand biology and health. We are now entering the century of biology and genomics is at the heart of the next revolution. Become part of the new paradigm in gene sequencing and help shape the future of genomic study by joining the PacBio team.

Pacific Biosciences seeks a smart, creative, energetic new teammate to take the design of software platform and software deployment to the next level. Be a part of a fast-paced team delivering building tools and software to implement instrument design, deployment, and upgrade. You might be the teammate we're looking for if you know more than just using Linux, and have developed automated way to deploy software to computers, IoT devices, or embedded systems.

Your Projects May Include:

• Create the next generation of runtime or dev-time environments used in scientific instruments / appliances, with custom components such as GPU and sensors.
• Design installation and upgrade procedure for HW/SW product.
• Operating system tuning and device drivers must have Linux administration skills
• The stability, security, and performance of the instrument software
• Work on BIOS and kernel, Linux distros, and hardware
• End-to-end, new instrument infrastructure testing simulation deployment, crucial to development velocity and overall business operations.

Key Skills & Qualifications:

• Extensive understanding Linux as an operating systems, Linux system administration systemd services, compiler toolchains, performance measurement, and profiling.
• Understand Linux internals and can troubleshoot and fix issues.
• Shell, Python, or other scripting languages like Go, Ruby, Perl or Haskell.
• Cmake, Gradle, sbt, meson, or other software build systems.
• Source control management like git and workflow like gitflow.
• Development process of production software and continuous integration (CI).
• Forward-thinking with a continuous learning mindset for growth.
• Focus on quality.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Constructive team player, self-motivated, and able to work independently.
• Computer Science, Computer Engineering BS/MS/Ph.D. or relevant disciplines or experience.
• Work with a wide variety of people across engineering disciplines.

These might help you stand out if:

• You know how to script complex tasks with shell scripts or other scripting languages.
• You have deployed software to a large number of computers.
• You have worked on configuration management systems like chef, ansible, or puppet.
• You have worked on the device driver or configuration of the Linux kernel.
• You have experience with software profiling and performance measurement.
• You have experience with Linux containers or virtualized servers.
• You have worked on GPU applications.
• You have worked on software for embedded systems or networked appliances.

Ideal Candidates:

• Hands-on HW SW integration and system-level troubleshooting experience is a plus
• Experience developing SW life cycle documentation is a plus

All listed tasks and responsibilities are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional tasks and responsibilities.

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Salary Range:
$162,600.00 - $220,000.00

Please be aware that, as a condition of employment, proof of COVID vaccination is required for all U.S.-based employees (subject to limited exceptions).

To ensure the health and safety of all PacBio employees and our prospective candidates, we have instituted a virtual interview experience.

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