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The Opportunity: TSMC Design Technology Canada Inc. is looking for a highly motivated Senior HPC & IT Systems Engineer to function as the “IT expert” for our Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. This key role ensures seamless remote access to ultra-large scale High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments and must be able to execute this role as an individual contributor, with confidence and a high degree of technical know-how. If you thrive in a fast-paced R&D; setting with complex IT systems, EDA tools, and cloud computing, please consider applying if you can legally live/work in Canada.

Key Responsibilities:

- HPC & Cloud System Administration: Manage our large-scale HPC farm (Cloud/On-Premises), including Linux clusters, virtualization, EDA tools, license services, and high-speed NAS storage.
- Remote Access & Performance: Ensure engineers have optimal and reliable remote access to corporate data centers, troubleshooting network, display, and client-side issues.
- Data Center Infrastructure: Administer core Linux engineering environments within our data centers:
- Workload Management: Administer and troubleshoot LSF clusters (queues, priorities, host loadings).
- Enterprise Storage: Manage NetApp storage systems (volumes, performance, capacity planning).
- Linux & Deployment: Manage Red Hat Linux OS images, automated deployments (Kickstart), and directory service migrations (NIS to LDAP).
- Virtualization: Manage and support virtualization platforms (VMware, etc.).
- EDA Environment Optimization: Analyze and resolve performance issues related to EDA tools by identifying root causes in the underlying IT infrastructure (OS, LSF, storage, network).
- IT Support & Security:



Provide Tier 1/2 technical support for R&D; engineers, manage local hardware/network, and ensure robust security and policy adherence.
- Project Management & Collaboration: Lead IT projects for internal/external users, act as the primary IT liaison, and collaborate with global IT teams.
- Innovation: Research and implement new technologies to enhance our IT systems.

Required Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in CS, CE, EE, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 7-10 years in IT engineering support/infrastructure/administration engineering in an R&D;/HPC workplace.
- Expert-level Linux administration (Red Hat preferred), with advanced scripting (Python, Perl, Shell).
- Extensive experience with HPC workload managers (e.g., LSF).
- Proven experience with high-performance remote desktop/visualization solutions and WAN network optimization.
- Demonstrated experience with system deployment, OS image management, and directory services (NIS/LDAP).
- Solid experience with virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware).
- Strong understanding of EDA tool ecosystems, design flows, and licensing.
- Experience with design data management systems.
- Strong network fundamentals (TCP/IP, routing, firewalls) and hardware troubleshooting.
- Exceptional problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.
- Self-motivated, high integrity,



and results-oriented.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Specific experience supporting a Semiconductor Integrated Circuit design community, understanding their unique computational and graphic demands.
- Relevant industry certifications are highly valued (e.g., RHCE/A, VCP, NCDA, LSF Admin).
- Familiarity with Cloud environment management (AWS, Azure, GCP) and experience with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Ansible or Terraform.
- Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Knowledge of monitoring and logging systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
- Understanding of ITIL or similar service management frameworks.
- Familiarity with Large Language Model (LLM) concepts and their potential applications in an R&D; context.
- Fluent in both Mandarin and English, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent/proven customer service reputation

Company Introduction: TSMC Design Technology Canada Inc. (OTTAWA) (TDTC)

Immerse yourself in cutting-edge circuit R&D; at TSMC Design Technology Canada, Inc. (TDTC), a proud part of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC)—a pioneer in the semiconductor foundry industry since 1987. Located in Kanata, Ottawa’s thriving high-tech region, TDTC has been driving advancements in semiconductor process technologies since its inception in 2007. Our areas of expertise include Memory Compilers, High-Speed IOs, BIST/DFT, and Test-Chip design and layout. We invite passionate innovators to join us in our pursuit of excellence and help redefine the boundaries of technology development in Ottawa, Ontario

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