Location: Seattle, WA
Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required
***Information System Engineer I, Scientific Systems*** The **mission** of the **Allen Institute** is to unlock the complexities of bioscience and advance our knowledge to improve human health. Using an open science, multi-scale, team-oriented approach, the **Allen Institute** focuses on accelerating foundational research, developing standards and models, and cultivating new ideas to make a broad, transformational impact on science. The mission of the Allen Institute administration team is to provide support and structure to the scientific divisions. Coinciding with the team science approach, administration helps facilitate team learning and the overall mission of the institute. As a key member of the IT Infrastructure Team, you are a Linux System Engineer who enjoys solving problems and building systems using a combination of creativity and technical rigor. This role will be involved with cloud-based integrations, server patching, cybersecurity management and deploying and upgrading IT infrastructure. You don't have to know everything (that's why you're on a team), but we do expect good judgement and a desire to learn. At the Allen Institute, we believe that science is for everyone – and should be open to everyone. We are dedicated to combating biases and reducing barriers to STEM careers more broadly. We also believe that science is better when it includes different perspectives and voices. We strive to make the Allen Institute a place where everyone feels like they belong and are empowered to do their best work in a supportive environment. We are an equal-opportunity employer and strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply for our open positions. **Essential Functions** - Help manage a Linux-based research environment with over 400 servers and workstations and 30 PB of storage - Assist in deploying and upgrading IT infrastructure products and services supporting scientific computing - Engage in hardware and software lifecycle management - Manage patch