PacBio
Staff Engineer, Infrastructure Platforms
US - California - Menlo Park · Staff+
No sponsorship$148k-$222kDetected 2 days ago
PythonBashPowerShellKubernetesCI/CDLinuxPlatform EngineeringMachine LearningIncident ResponseComplianceHIPAABioinformaticsResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoring
About the role
- The Staff Engineer, Infrastructure Platforms provides technical leadership for the engineering, automation, security, and operational excellence of PacBio's hybrid infrastructure platform supporting enterprise, research, and scientific computing workloads.
Responsibilities
- Lead infrastructure modernization initiatives focused on automation, scalability, resiliency, and operational excellence.
- Develop reusable infrastructure services and engineering standards supporting long-term platform evolution.
- Own the operational lifecycle of enterprise infrastructure platforms, including planning, deployment, maintenance, lifecycle management, modernization, capacity planning, disaster recovery, and continuous improvement.
- Engineer and support enterprise Linux infrastructure supporting production, engineering, and scientific computing environments.
- Support enterprise storage, virtualization, networking, and High Performance Computing (HPC) platforms supporting research and enterprise workloads.
- Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and operational improvement efforts.
- Lead Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives using modern automation and configuration management practices.
- Develop automation that reduces manual operational effort while improving consistency, recoverability, and operational resiliency.
- Implement GitOps and infrastructure CI/CD practices where appropriate.
- Design infrastructure following Secure-by-Design principles.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive enterprise infrastructure engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership across complex production environments.
- Deep experience engineering and supporting enterprise Linux environments.
- Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code, automation, scripting, and configuration management.
- Strong scripting experience using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or equivalent technologies.
- Experience with enterprise monitoring, logging, and observability platforms.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting life sciences, genomics, bioinformatics, AI/ML, or other scientific computing environments.
- Experience with Platform Engineering, GitOps, Infrastructure CI/CD, Kubernetes, or enterprise container platforms.
- Experience implementing enterprise infrastructure security frameworks and best
- Experience supporting regulated environments including ISO 27001, SOX, HIPAA, or GxP.
- Experience with backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning.
- Experience leading enterprise infrastructure modernization initiatives.
- What Success Looks Like
- The successful candidate will:
Skills
- Staff Engineer, Infrastructure Platforms
Compensation
- $148,200.00 - $222,200.00
Company info
- Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at PacBio.
- Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited.
- PacBio does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies.
- Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, PacBio employees or any other company location.
- PacBio is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability, gender identity, and sexual orientation.
- If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact us at 650-521-8000, or careers@pacificbiosciences.com for assistance.
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Visa & Work Authorization
- Candidates must have current authorization to work in the United States without the need for present or future sponsorship.
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