IT Manager

to lead and evolve the company's IT operations and infrastructure, supporting around 150 highly skilled engineers working on advanced semiconductor development. What you'll do IT Leadership & Strategy

• Lead, mentor, and grow a small, highly skilled IT team.
• Define and execute the IT roadmap aligned with business and engineering needs.
• Manage IT budgets, vendors, contracts, and procurement.
• Own internal tools and business-critical applications.
• Act as the main liaison between engineering, operations, and management.
• Coordinate and support corporate website and internal systems development.

Infrastructure & HPC Operations

• Own and scale a hybrid infrastructure including:
• On-premise and colocation HPC clusters running EDA workloads.
• Cloud platforms used for compute-intensive engineering tasks.
• Operate a Rocky Linux / RHEL-based compute farm orchestrated with SLURM.
• Design, operate, and scale distributed storage systems (e.g. Ceph).
• Ensure high availability, performance, and security across compute, storage, and networking.
• Implement backup, recovery, and disaster-recovery strategies.
• Drive infrastructure automation using Ansible, Python, and Bash.

Engineering Enablement

• Work closely with silicon design and verification teams to optimize workflows.
• Operate and scale self-hosted GitLab and GitLab CI / CD.
• Manage EDA tool licensing, deployment, and integrations.
• Support custom Python-based engineering tools and internal platforms.
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies to improve productivity and reliability.

IT Operations & Security

• Oversee day-to-day IT operations and user support.
• Manage user devices, networking, and core services (DNS, DHCP, NFS, etc.).
• Own authentication and identity systems (FreeIPA, Keycloak, OAuth2).
• Define and enforce IT security policies and best practices.
• Ensure compliance with internal security, data protection, and operational standards.

• Proven experience as an IT Manager or Senior Systems Engineer, preferably in semiconductor, EDA, or HPC environments.
• Deep expertise with RHEL-based Linux systems (Rocky Linux, RHEL, CentOS).
• Strong experience with distributed storage systems (e.g. Ceph).
• Hands-on experience running self-hosted GitLab and CI / CD runner fleets.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash).
• Experience with Ansible and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Solid understanding of core networking services and protocols.
• Ability to lead technical projects and manage a small team.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.

English level : C1 or higher. Nice to have

• Experience with HPC workload managers (SLURM, LSF, SGE).
• Familiarity with EDA toolchains (Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens).
• Experience with Mikrotik and UniFi networking equipment.
• Experience managing hybrid on-premise and cloud infrastructures.
• Strong background in IT security best practices.

AUTSORSA is a fast-growing company founded and based in Bulgaria, serving clients worldwide by providing business outsourcing, outstaffing, and HR services. Our client is a leading European deep-tech company developing high-performance RISC-V processor technology for Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and High-Performance Computing (HPC). Their engineering teams design and verify cutting-edge silicon used in next-generation compute platforms. If you are passionate about building robust IT infrastructure that directly enables world-class engineering - from HPC compute farms to cloud platforms and corporate IT - this is a unique opportunity to take ownership of a mission-critical IT ecosystem in a highly technical environment.