Director of IT Infrastructure & Operations

Responsibilities: Forecast and optimize infrastructure for compute-intensive EDA workloads with engineering leadership Manage Linux HPC environments, workload schedulers, and large-scale shared storage Prepare infrastructure ahead of design freezes, tape-outs, silicon bring-up, and SDK releases Own CI/CD at scale, self-hosted runners, cross-compilation, and build farms across architectures Manage container and artifact registries, dependency mirroring, and reproducible build environments Oversee Kubernetes for internal services and developer tooling; scale source control for 200+ users Architect and operate Azure, Google Cloud, AWS, on-prem, virtualization, storage, backups, and networks Build capacity-planning for compute, storage, bandwidth, licenses, and cloud resources; make build-vs-buy decisions Lead IP security program (IAM, MFA, RBAC, endpoint security, DLP, encryption, vulnerability management) and pass security audits Lead security reviews toward SOC 2 / ISO 27001 readiness; select internal hires, MSPs, and security firms Manage IT infrastructure and facilities: secure segmentation, lab access controls, power/cooling/rack/UPS Develop onboarding/offboarding, day-one readiness, and a responsive service desk with SLAs Own IT OpEx/CapEx, cloud FinOps, vendor contracts, and asset management Grow the IT team and optimize mix of internal staff, MSPs, and specialists

Key requirements: 10+ years in IT infrastructure 5+ years leading infrastructure and operations teams Strong Linux and engineering compute background Depth in at least one major cloud (Azure, GCP or AWS) Experience with enterprise networking and storage, virtualization, DR IAM, MFA, endpoint management, logging, and security controls Track record building operational layers: service desk, asset management, budgets, vendor contracts, capacity planning Experience in semiconductor/EDA/hardware or AI-infrastructure is valued Familiarity with security frameworks and infra-as-code tools Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCNP, or cloud architect are a plus leadership and team-building strategic thinking and capacity planning security-conscious decision making Linux HPC Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) Enterprise networking (firewalls, VPNs, segmentation)