[CDI] DevOps / System Administrator Engineer

SiPearl is the European fabless designer of sovereign secure high-performance energy-efficient CPUs for HPC, AI and data centres. These CPUs will help address strategic challenges in the fields of security, defence, medical research, energy, climate and engineering with a reduced environmental footprint.

In June 25, SiPearl completed the design of the most complex CPU ever designed in Europe, Rhea1. Featuring 80 Arm Neoverse V1 cores, with 61 billion transistors, it is currently in production at TSMC. Sipearl CPUs will equip the two first European exascale supercomputers belonging to EuroHPC JU: Rhea1 will be integrated into the JUPITER machine based in Germany and Rhea2 will be part of Alice Recoque in France.

Incubated within the European Processor Initiative (EPI) consortium and seed-funded by the European Union, SiPearl employs almost 200 people in :

France (Maisons-Laffitte, Grenoble, Massy, Sophia Antipolis),

Spain (Barcelona)

and Italy (Bologna)

Following a €130 million Series A, the company has launched its Series B round.

We are looking for highly motivated DevOps / System Administrator Engineers to design, build, and operate our Technical Laboratory, a pre-commercial and validation environment for SiPearl servers and testbeds.

Working closely with hardware, software, validation, and CI/CD teams across multiple countries, you will ensure a reliable, scalable, and high-performance infrastructure that supports the development and validation of next-generation SiPearl technologies.

Design, deploy, and maintain the Technical Laboratory infrastructure and testbeds

Define and implement hosting services (power, cooling, user support) required for stable operations

Administer and monitor system software environments, including user management and accounting

Ensure connectivity and compatibility of new devices across multiple configurations (OS, kernel, drivers, PCIe, etc.)

Support internal teams and partners in development, debugging, porting, and optimization activities

Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, job scheduling systems, and packaging/release processes

Provide a robust, scalable, and flexible environment to validate SiPearl’s next-generation chips

Systems \& Networking: 4+ years in Linux Admin (RHEL/Debian) and Network services (VPN, DHCP, Firewalls, PXE) and Security (Kerberos)

Hardware Integration: Hands-on experience with server deployment and integrating accelerators (SmartNICs, FPGAs, GPUs)

Virtualization \& Orchestration: Advanced knowledge of KVM, Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes.

Job Schedulers \& Storage: Proficiency in managing distributed storage (NFS), object storage, and environment modules (Lmod, Spack, Easybuild)

DevOps \& Automation: Experience with IaC (Ansible), CI/CD (GitLab/GitHub), and workload managers (Slurm)

Monitoring: Knowledge in monitoring stacks (ELK, Prometheus), Cloud monitoring (AWS/Azure) and Visualization (Grafana)

Programming: Strong scripting skills in Python and Bash.

Experience on both ARM and X86 architectures, RISC-V is a plus

Familiarity with HPC, AI and Cloud ecosystems and associated constraints

Note: The tasks listed above are not exhaustive. You may be assigned additional activities to ensure service continuity or support other team objectives.

️Discovery interview with our Talent Acquisition Partner (30 min)

️AssessFirst personality test - no need to worry, there is no wrong or right answer; our goal is to see beyond your resume (45')

️2 Technical interviews (1h each)

️Interview with one HRBP in order to answer to your last questions (30 min)

Contract: Permanent Contract (CDI)

Benefits: annual bonus; meal vouchers (60% covered by SiPearl); health insurance (70% covered by SiPearl); illimited access and pre-paid sessions with a practitioner of your choice on our mental health partner app, moka.care; technical, linguistic and personal development training; BSPCE

Work model: On-Site or Hybrid (2 days/week remote)

Office: This role is open for our locations in France (Maisons-Laffitte, Massy, Grenoble and Sophia Antipolis), Spain (Castelldelfels - Barcelona)

️ Please note that while we do not provide VISA Sponsorship, we are committed to assisting international candidates with the visa application process to the best of our ability.

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At SiPearl, we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that thrives on the strength of varied perspectives and backgrounds. We recruit talent based on merit, experience, and alignment with our company's goals and values.