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Manager, Supercomputer Site Reliability Engineering - Memphis
Southaven, MS +3 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Location
- Southaven, MS
Memphis, TN
Memphis, TN
Southaven, MS - Experience
- Bachelor’s degree route: 3+ years in large-scale operations and 2+ years leading people leaders of technical teams; OR experience-only route: 10+ years in large-scale operations and 5+ years leading people leaders of technical teams.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree; the posting does not state an equivalent-experience alternative.
About the job
Leads site reliability engineering for multi-campus supercomputer infrastructure, improving compute uptime, facilities reliability, hardware repair, and operational performance.
What you'll do
- Lead and grow SRE teams responsible for cluster and facilities reliability, monitoring, incident response, and hardware failure analysis.
- Set operational standards, on-call and incident protocols, reliability targets, and training; coordinate with engineering, operations, vendors, and service owners.
- Improve repair velocity and reliability through root-cause analysis, automation, documentation, and hardware and system improvements.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of experience working in large-scale operations, with 2+ years leading people leaders of technical teams; OR 10+ years of experience working in large-scale operations, with 5+ years leading people leaders of technical teams.
- Willingness to travel frequently to data center locations across sites.
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs unassisted, stand for long periods, and occasionally use ladders.
- Willingness to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed.
Nice to have
- Experience leading large, multi-site, 24/7 operations; expertise in server hardware, cluster reliability, and data center technologies.
- Experience with AI, machine learning, or high-performance computing at scale; familiarity with Jira, Python, or Bash.
Tools
Jira, Python, Bash
AI focus
Supports reliability of compute-heavy infrastructure used for AI and machine learning workloads; no direct AI development responsibilities are stated.
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