IT -Staff Systems Engineer - VM

Cadence Design Systems
Taiwan
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)Experience: 5-8 yearsSkills: ["Communication","Technical documentation","Mentorship","Root-cause analysis","Incident response"]

Join the Infrastructure team to design and deliver infrastructure automation and virtualization solutions. Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code frameworks using Terraform and Ansible, plus Python/Bash automation and CI/CD pipelines. Administer and optimize virtualization platforms (Nutanix, KVM, VMware) and support hybrid cloud operations across AWS and/or Azure. Monitor observability signals, respond to incidents, document runbooks, and contribute to automation-first architecture decisions and reviews.

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Cadence Design Systems
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IT -Staff Systems Engineer - VM

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Job Summary

Join the Infrastructure team to design and deliver infrastructure automation and virtualization solutions. Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code frameworks using Terraform and Ansible, plus Python/Bash automation and CI/CD pipelines. Administer and optimize virtualization platforms (Nutanix, KVM, VMware) and support hybrid cloud operations across AWS and/or Azure. Monitor observability signals, respond to incidents, document runbooks, and contribute to automation-first architecture decisions and reviews.
Location: Taiwan
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and maintain infrastructure-as-code solutions with Terraform and Ansible to automate provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management.
  • •Develop Python and Bash automation scripts to reduce manual operational overhead and integrate tooling with CI/CD pipelines.
  • •Build and manage CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions) to automate infrastructure deployments and enforce policy-as-code.
  • •Administer and optimize virtualization platforms (Nutanix, KVM, VMware) to meet performance, availability, and capacity targets.
  • •Support observability, incident response, root-cause analysis, documentation (runbooks/standards), and security/compliance reviews.

Key Requirements

  • •5–8 years of infrastructure engineering experience focused on automation and infrastructure-as-code.
  • •Expert-level Terraform skills for modular, reusable HCL across multi-environment deployments.
  • •Strong Ansible experience for configuration management and idempotent role-based automation.
  • •Production experience scripting with Python and Bash for operational automation, tooling, and CI/CD enablement.
  • •Hands-on experience with at least two virtualization platforms: Nutanix (AHV/Prism/AOS), KVM/QEMU, or VMware vSphere/ESXi.
Experience:5-8 yearsInfrastructure engineeringAutomationInfrastructure-as-codeVirtualizationHybrid cloudCI/CD
Skills:CommunicationTechnical documentationMentorshipRoot-cause analysisIncident response
Tech Stack:TerraformAnsiblePythonBashNutanixAHVPrismAOSKVMQEMUVMware vSphereESXiAWSAzureGitHub ActionsGitLab CIJenkinsGitOpsPrometheusGrafana

Company Brief

Cadence Design Systems
Provides electronic design automation (EDA) software, IP, and services for semiconductor and systems companies to design, verify, and implement integrated circuits, systems-on-chip, and electronic systems across industries including communications, automotive, and consumer electronics.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Jose, United States
Founded: 1988
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