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We deliver industry-leading silicon design, IP, simulation and analysis solutions, and design services. We partner closely with our customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their R&D capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow\nYou Are\nYou are a hands on Unix/Linux engineer who enjoys understanding how systems work and solving infrastructure problems at their root.\nYou have strong experience administering and troubleshooting Unix/Linux systems in production environments and are comfortable investigating performance, availability, configuration, networking, and system-level issues. You don't need to know every technology the team supports today. What matters is that you have a strong Unix/Linux foundation, good troubleshooting instincts, and the curiosity and technical appetite to quickly learn new systems.\nYou enjoy working close to the technology, investigating difficult problems, automating repetitive work, and improving the environment rather than simply maintaining it.\nAt Synopsys, you will apply those skills to large scale infrastructure supporting engineering teams globally. 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The team supports infrastructure for a large global engineering community, including grid and high performance computing environments, workload scheduling platforms, and source code and development systems. You will collaborate with engineering and infrastructure teams across the US, Europe, India, and other global locations. This is a hybrid role based in the Bay Area with flexibility to work from our Sunnyvale office and remotely.\nRewards and Benefits\nWe offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs. Our total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings. Your recruiter will provide more details about the salary range and benefits during the hiring process.\nAt Synopsys, we want talented people of every background to feel valued and supported to do their best work. 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