Senior HPC Operations Engineer for AI/ML Workloads

Core42; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 650,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Yearly Bonus

Exclusive Discount Cards: Esaad & Faza

Premium Family Insurance

Learning & Development access

Job summary

Core42, a leader in AI-powered cloud and digital infrastructure, seeks a Senior Engineer – HPC Operations to oversee daily operations of large-scale AI/ML HPC clusters. You will ensure stable, secure, high-performance infrastructure using Slurm, Kubernetes, and modern MLOps tools.

The role requires deep HPC experience, scripting proficiency, and strong collaboration across global teams, with mentorship to engineers and on-call participation as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in HPC operations, systems engineering, or DevOps roles.
• Hands-on experience configuring and maintaining complex HPC environments.
• Experience with Slurm clusters and Kubernetes-based AI/ML workloads.
• GPU resource management and performance tuning for AI/ML workloads.
• Monitoring and observability using Prometheus, Grafana, DCGM.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, Ansible, Terraform).
• In-depth Linux, networking, and storage knowledge (NFS, Lustre, Ceph).

Responsibilities

• Lead daily operational support of HPC infrastructure including compute, storage, networking, and schedulers (Slurm, Kubernetes).
• Maximize efficiency and performance of HPC systems with optimal resource utilization and minimal downtime.
• Serve as primary technical escalation point for L2 support and incidents.
• Monitor health and performance using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, DCGM.
• Manage user environments for AI/ML workloads with containers and workflow tools.
• Implement and manage job scheduling policies and partitions for fairness.
• Lead root cause analysis and document post-mortems and improvements.
• Mentor junior engineers and participate in on-call rotation.
• Ensure security and policy compliance; assist audits and changes.

Skills

HPC operations

Scripting & automation

Linux systems expertise

GPU resource management

AI/ML workload optimization

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Slurm

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

DCGM

NFS

Lustre

Ceph

RDMA networking

InfiniBand and RoCE

Job description

Core42, a leader in AI-powered cloud and digital infrastructure, seeks a Senior Engineer – HPC Operations to oversee daily operations of large-scale AI/ML HPC clusters. You will ensure stable, secure, high-performance infrastructure using Slurm, Kubernetes, and modern MLOps tools.

The role requires deep HPC experience, scripting proficiency, and strong collaboration across global teams, with mentorship to engineers and on-call participation as needed.