Chief HPC Engineer

We are seeking a Chief HPC Engineer with robust technical skills in HPC infrastructure to manage day-to-day operations and engineering activities within our HPC environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong engineering background with significant hands-on experience in deployment and optimization. This leadership role requires strategic oversight and a proactive approach to maintaining and enhancing system performance and reliability.

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Responsibilities

• Support and oversee HPC infrastructure
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for system automation
• Lead incident resolution efforts, as well as software and hardware upgrades
• Guide and mentor a team of HPC engineers
• Strategize and implement system scalability and efficiency improvements
• Ensure system security and compliance with industry standards
• Develop and monitor key performance indicators to assess system health
• Foster strong vendor relationships for system hardware and software procurement
• Lead research and adoption of new technologies to keep the infrastructure at the cutting edge
• Facilitate collaboration across departments to align HPC strategies with organizational goals

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• Minimum of 7 years of experience as an HPC Engineer
• At least 2 years of relevant leadership experience
• Proficiency in Linux (any rpm-based), including compiling kernel modules and using debugging tools like strace, coredump, and tcpdump
• Experienced in managing HPC job schedulers such as IBM LSF and Slurm
• Skilled in configuring and implementing Bright Cluster Manager
• Understanding of both GPFS and Lustre file systems
• Familiarity with InfiniBand and OmniPath network interconnect technologies
• Fluent English communication skills at a C1 level or higher

• Proficiency in hardware diagnostics, upgrades, and tuning, including HCA InfiniBand and disk arrays from Lustre, Vast, IBM
• Capability to utilize infrastructure monitoring tools like Zabbix, Splunk, or Grafana
• Understanding of Easybuild
• Experience working within a GxP environment
• Familiarity with project and service management tools like Jira and ServiceNow