HPC Operations Engineer – Linux Systems & 24/7 Ops

Jump Trading; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jump Trading Group is seeking an HPC Operations Engineer to join our Sydney and Mumbai teams. You will manage Linux HPC environments, including compute, storage, and interconnects, while participating in global infrastructure projects.

You will write code to diagnose and automate tasks, collaborate across teams, and engage with vendors during on-site visits. This role requires flexibility for on-call rotations and maintenance windows.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional Linux experience.
• Experience with HPC environments and data pipelines is a plus.
• Ability to learn new languages quickly.

Responsibilities

• Provide 24/7 frontline operational support for Linux HPC compute, storage, and interconnects.
• Respond to alerts and manage problem lifecycles.
• Participate in maintenance operations including evenings/weekends.
• Collaborate on code and testing infrastructures across languages.
• Travel to meet with vendors as needed.
• Develop and monitor production tooling and documentation.

Skills

Linux system administration

Go Python C programming

Root cause analysis

Strong communication

Project management

On-call support

Open floor environment collaboration

Tools

RDMA fabrics

Parallel filesystems (Lustre, GPFS)

HPC batch schedulers (Slurm, Grid Engine)

FUSE filesystems

Multi-vendor hardware management

Job description

Jump Trading Group is seeking an HPC Operations Engineer to join our Sydney and Mumbai teams. You will manage Linux HPC environments, including compute, storage, and interconnects, while participating in global infrastructure projects.

You will write code to diagnose and automate tasks, collaborate across teams, and engage with vendors during on-site visits. This role requires flexibility for on-call rotations and maintenance windows.