Head of IT Operations

Location: Indiranagar, Bangalore

Work Mode: Onsite

Experience: 510 Years

Industry: Semiconductor / High-Performance Computing Environment

• 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
• Bachelor's or Master's 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.