Draper
AI Systems Administrator
Cambridge, MA · Full-time
No sponsorshipDetected 30 days ago
PythonBashGitAWSAzureKubernetesAnsibleLinuxPrometheusGrafanaMachine LearningData EngineeringNLPLLMsCybersecurityIncident ResponseAccountingPhotographyResearch
About the role
- Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA.
- The 2,000+ employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions.
- From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide.
Responsibilities
- Build, operate, and troubleshoot RHEL/Oracle systems supporting GPU workloads (OS lifecycle, patching, performance, reliability).
- This role helps Draper implement automation, streamline processes, and support mission-critical AI/ML workloads.
- Maintain the integrity and security of servers and systems.
- Interacts with vendors and VARs directly on proactive projects as well as reacting to support issues.
- Duties may include installation, configure, and maintain new hardware/software, troubleshooting, permissions and training other administrators.
- This job supports AI engineers using their knowledge to guide AI engineers with solutions and recommendations.
Requirements
- Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.
Nice to have
- systemd, networking, troubleshooting, performance analysis, patching, package management.
Skills
- Experience supporting enterprise platforms (incident response, root-cause analysis, postmortems, runbooks/documentation).
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Bash and/or Python, plus Ansible (preferred) or equivalent configuration management; comfortable with CI/Git workflows.
- Additional Job Description:
- Active Secret Clearance required.
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- Job Location - State:
- Massachusetts
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Compensation
- The US base salary range for this full-time position is
- Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and does not include bonuses or benefits.
Company info
- The role is part of a team of Linux system administrators responsible for managing the functionality and efficiency of a group of computers, approximately 750, running primarily Oracle Linux.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance
This listing is sourced directly from Draper's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.