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About the Role
The Systems Engineer will be responsible for the design, security, and daily operation of the Wicked Problems Lab's research computing environment, including AWS cloud, on-premises GPU/AI compute, databases, and systems security. This is a hands-on practitioner role requiring a high degree of autonomy in a fast-moving national security research setting.
Responsibilities
- Design, architect, and operate the Lab's hybrid environment, including AWS and on-premises GPU/AI compute systems.
- Scale storage and GPU capacity to meet workload demand.
- Engineer for resilience through monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery.
- Own workload placement across cloud and local systems for cost, performance, and data sensitivity.
- Administer Linux servers end to end.
- Manage configuration as code (Terraform, Ansible, scripting) for reproducible, documented environments.
- Own SSH/key lifecycle and access across a distributed fleet.
- Stand up, secure, tune, and back up research databases (PostgreSQL, NoSQL, and comparable relational/vector stores).
- Build and maintain reliable ETL and data transfer/movement pipelines.
- Harden systems against sophisticated threats, including patch/vulnerability management, segmentation, secrets management, and endpoint detection and response.
- Enforce access control and data-handling appropriate to sensitive research.
- Comply with University and partner security requirements.
- Serve as the first point of contact for researchers' systems needs and AI/developer tooling.
- Advocate for Vanderbilt's core values.
- Stay current with cloud, GPU/AI, and security technologies.
- Configure and troubleshoot network infrastructure (routers, switches, VPN, segmentation).
- Capture and analyze network traffic at the packet level.
- Deploy and tune intrusion detection/prevention systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor's in Computer Science/Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 4+ years of hands-on systems/infrastructure administration.
- Demonstrated command of AWS.
- Strong Linux administration skills.
- Experience operating GPU compute for AI/ML (CUDA stack, model serving/fine-tuning).
- Experience with enterprise-class NVIDIA GPU systems preferred.
- Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/Ansible) experience.
- Scripting (Bash/Python) experience.
- Database administration (PostgreSQL, NoSQL, or comparable) experience.
- ETL/data-movement pipelines experience.
- Working systems/network security knowledge.
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain/maintain a U.S. security clearance preferred.
Skills
- AWS (EC2, VPC, S3, IAM)
- Linux administration
- GPU compute for AI/ML (CUDA stack, model serving/fine-tuning)
- NVIDIA GPU systems
- Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible)
- Scripting (Bash, Python)
- PostgreSQL
- NoSQL
- Relational stores
- Vector stores
- ETL pipelines
- Data transfer pipelines
- Systems security
- Network security
- Patch/vulnerability management
- Segmentation
- Secrets management
- Endpoint detection and response
- Network infrastructure configuration
- Network traffic analysis
- Intrusion detection/prevention systems
Location
- Nashville, Tennessee
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 4+ years of hands-on systems/infrastructure administration
Education Level
- Bachelor's in Computer Science/Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
- Relevant AWS/Linux/security certifications preferred.
About the Company
- Vanderbilt University's Wicked Problems Lab applies advanced computing, AI, and data science to high-consequence national security problems, with partnerships across the Five Eyes and Indo-Pacific communities.
- The environment is small, technically sophisticated, and fast-paced, and its systems must be secure, dependable, and built to handle sensitive research data.
- At Vanderbilt University, our work is in service to an important and noble mission in which every member of our community serves in advancing knowledge and transforming lives on a daily basis.
- Located in Nashville, Tennessee, on a 330+ acre campus and arboretum dating back to 1873, Vanderbilt is proud to have been named as one of “America’s Best Large Employers” as well as a top employer in Tennessee and the Nashville metropolitan area by Forbes for several years running.
- We welcome those who are interested in learning and growing professionally with an employer that strives to create, foster and sustain opportunities as an employer of choice.
Equal Opportunity
- Vanderbilt University is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.