Head of Information Technology Operations

Role Overview

The Head of IT Operations will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing the technology infrastructure supporting semiconductor design and verification workflows.

This role involves ownership of high-performance computing (HPC) environments, data center infrastructure, storage and networking systems, workload management, and secure IT operations required for large-scale EDA workloads.

The position requires strong Linux infrastructure expertise, experience with HPC clusters, and the ability to manage complex compute environments used for silicon development.

Key Responsibilities

HPC Infrastructure & Data Center Operations

• Design, deploy, and manage on-premises and hybrid cloud HPC clusters supporting engineering workloads.
• Oversee rack infrastructure including power, cooling, compute nodes, and high-speed networking.
• Ensure reliable 24x7 operations of compute infrastructure used for silicon design flows.

Workload & Compute Resource Management

• Configure and administer workload scheduling systems such as SLURM.
• Define queue structures, resource allocation policies, and fair-share scheduling models.
• Optimize cluster performance for mixed compute environments involving CPU and GPU workloads.

Storage Architecture & Networking

• Design high-throughput, low-latency storage infrastructure suitable for large EDA datasets.
• Manage distributed file systems such as Lustre, WekaFS, or NFS.
• Administer enterprise networking including LAN, WAN, VPN, and high-speed interconnects.

EDA Infrastructure Support

• Work with CAD and engineering teams to ensure EDA tools operate efficiently on compute infrastructure.
• Support EDA workloads related to design, simulation, verification, and tape-out cycles.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure performance bottlenecks affecting EDA workflows.

Security & Compliance

• Implement enterprise security practices including firewalls, endpoint protection, identity management, and MFA.
• Maintain secure infrastructure practices aligned with industry standards.

IT Operations & Vendor Management

• Manage IT infrastructure lifecycle including procurement, vendor coordination, and license management.
• Monitor infrastructure capacity and plan scaling strategies aligned with engineering workloads.
• Maintain operational documentation and system monitoring frameworks.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Electronics, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in IT infrastructure management, preferably in HPC or compute-intensive environments.
• At least 2 years of leadership or senior technical responsibility in infrastructure operations.
• Experience supporting engineering compute environments such as semiconductor design, simulation, or AI workloads.

Technical Skills

Infrastructure & Systems

• Strong Linux administration experience (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu)
• HPC cluster architecture and compute infrastructure management
• Experience with workload schedulers such as SLURM

Storage & Networking

• Distributed storage systems (Lustre, WekaFS, NFS)
• Networking protocols including TCP/IP and InfiniBand
• Enterprise network management (LAN/WAN/VPN)

Automation & Scripting

• Automation using Shell scripting, Python, or Perl
• Infrastructure monitoring and operational automation

Security

• Firewalls, endpoint detection, access control systems, and MFA implementation

Leadership Responsibilities

• Lead IT infrastructure operations supporting engineering teams.
• Coordinate with hardware vendors, software providers, and engineering teams.
• Manage operational planning, infrastructure scaling, and performance optimization.
• Ensure infrastructure reliability during high-compute workloads and project milestones.

Preferred Experience

• Exposure to semiconductor design environments and EDA tools (Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens).
• Experience managing infrastructure supporting simulation and verification workloads.
• Experience working with hybrid cloud HPC deployments.

Work Environment

• Onsite role based in Indiranagar, Bangalore.
• Requires collaboration with design, verification, and CAD teams in a compute-intensive engineering environment.