Principal Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, Astera Labs

• Strong academic and technical background in information technology, preferably in computer/electrical engineering. A Bachelor’s degree is required, and a Master’s is preferred
• ≥8 years’ related experience as an infrastructure, operations, DevOps, SRE, and/or security engineer
• Hands-on experience working with AWS services and tools such as EC2, S3, VPC, Route 53, IAM, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, Security Hub, Guard Duty, Inspector, Shield, WAF, KMS, HSM, etc
• Ability to choose appropriate AWS services based on specific use cases and requirements
• Strong understanding of cloud security frameworks, standards, and best practices
• Understanding of virtual networks and network architecture in AWS including VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) configuration, subnets, security groups, NACL, NAT Gateway and routing tables
• Experience with AWS CloudFormation or other infrastructure-as-code tools
• Ability to set up monitoring and logging
• Understanding of backup and recovery mechanisms using AWS services
• Should know the software development life cycle and be familiar with DevOps working practices and tooling including Terraform/CloudFormation, Jenkins, Bitbucket, JIRA, and Ansible
• Collaborate with hardware, ASIC, software engineers, and other stakeholders
• AWS Certification(s) such as Solutions Architect Pro, DevOps Engineer Pro, SysOps Admin, and Security
• Professional attitude with the ability to prioritize a dynamic list of multiple tasks and to work with minimal guidance and Entrepreneurial, open-mind behavior and can-do attitude
• Strong experience in design, implementation, and deployment of secure cloud systems to meet business needs
• Design secure network architectures, including firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, VPNs, and other security technologies
• System administration of high-performance infrastructure like NFS file system, license servers, AD/LDAP servers, proxy servers, and dynamic compute nodes
• Automate ways to keep our high-performance computing grid functioning smoothly by monitoring queues, nodes, services, and infrastructure for errors, latency issues, and traffic problems
• Proactively fix known issues and prevent future downtime, and maintain communication between grid, scheduler, and teams
• Ability to work with external partners, and with Cloud and Datacenter services, and manage SSL Certificate, Secure File Transfer, VPC networking, Security Groups/Firewall, and DNS
• Experience with scripting languages and using them for semiconductor EDA automation (primarily Python, Bash and TCL, Java/C/C++ a plus)
• Develop, implement, and manage security measures and controls to protect cloud-based systems and infrastructure
• Design and maintain system backup solutions for system recovery and disaster recovery
• Provide technical support to ensure the reliable operation of cloud production
• Experience in collaborating with cross-functional teams
• Diagnose and troubleshoot complex issues related to cloud computing systems
• Developing cloud native CI/CD workflows using Jenkins and Atlassian tools

Desirable

• As a Principal Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with a focus on AWS cloud technologies, you will play a pivotal role in driving our organization’s transformation to a cloud-based high-performance computing (HPC) platform using AWS
• Your responsibilities will include implementing and maintaining the architecture of a highly available, high-performance computing platform that supports our ASIC and hardware engineers
• You will work closely with the Engineering, DevOps, and IT Teams to develop and deploy critical infrastructure while enhancing automation and security
• This role will be instrumental in executing the cloud strategy of the company with the ability to implement cutting-edge platforms supporting our internal business units and customers
• This position requires an in-person presence, offering a unique opportunity to impact our global operations directly