About the role

What will you do at LTD Global, LLC?

📍 Hybrid — Berkeley, CA

📅 1 Year Contract Assignment with possibility of extension based on performance and organizational needs.

💰 $80/hr

Ever wondered what powers breakthrough research in energy, physics, materials science, and chemistry? You're looking at it. This national HPC facility supports 11,000+ scientists pushing the boundaries of what's possible, and we need a sharp, self-motivated SRE to help keep that engine running without interruption.

If you love solving real problems on live infrastructure, thrive on ownership, and want your work to directly enable world-class science, this is your seat.

What You'll Own

Monitor and triage alerts across compute, storage, network, and facility systems in real time

Build automation that prevents issues before they become outages

Develop new tools and integrations across the monitoring pipeline (APIs → alerts → action)

Walk the data center floor to keep power, cooling, and environmental systems humming

Coordinate maintenance activities across teams and keep incidents accurately tracked

Dig into complex, ambiguous problems and drive them to resolution

What You Bring

Comfort working Owl shift (12am–8am), 5 days/week, hybrid onsite in Berkeley, CA

Solid Linux/command-line (SSH) chops

Programming/scripting experience: Python, C, C++, Perl, or Java

A self-starter mindset, eager to pick up Kubernetes, Prometheus/VictoriaMetrics, Alertmanager, and building management/cooling systems

Network security fundamentals (ACLs, firewalls)

Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills

Nice to Have

Experience building or deploying Agentic AI / autonomous automation for technical workflows
ServiceNow implementation experience
ITSM best-practice know-how

Which skills does this role require?

LinuxPythonCC++PerlJavaKubernetesPrometheusVictoriaMetricsAlertmanagerNetwork securitySSHMonitoringSite Reliability EngineerHPCNetwork SecurityData CenterInfrastructureACLsFirewallsCooling SystemsBuilding Management

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