HPC Engineer

ExxonMobil; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 8,00,000 - 12,00,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy and chemical company in Bengaluru is seeking an HPC Systems Engineer to ensure a reliable high-performance computing environment. Candidates should have strong Linux skills, a background in production infrastructure support, and a passion for optimizing systems. This role offers competitive compensation and various benefits to foster personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Medical plans

Retirement benefits

Annual vacations

Transportation facility

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on Linux experience.
• Minimum 7 years in High Performance Computing Systems.
• Experience in system administration and technical support.

Responsibilities

• Establish strategies for overall support of the system.
• Evaluate new hardware and software.
• Monitor overall system performance and health.

Skills

Linux experience

Production infrastructure support

HPC technologies

Technical writing

Teamwork

Self-motivated

Education

Bachelor of Engineering degree

Tools

RHEL

CentOS

Lustre

GPFS

Infiniband

PBSPro

SLURM

Job description

About us

At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living and a net-zero future. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.

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What role you will play in our team

The HPC Systems Engineer role has the overall responsibility to work within a team to provide a performant, reliable, and secure high-performance computing (HPC) environment. The HPC Systems Engineer will be involved in various aspects of designing and engineering our HPC system as well as be responsible for managing day-to-day operations and maintenance activities including, but not limited to the following: general troubleshooting of any issues that may arise, monitoring overall system health, performing system maintenance tasks, and evaluating new hardware/system software.

Job location is based out of Bengaluru, Karnataka

What you will do

• Establish strategies for overall support of the system.
• Evaluate new hardware and software and understand potential benefits/impacts it can have in the environment.
• Perform hardware maintenance.
• Perform software installations and upgrades, inclusive of operating system.
• Monitor overall system performance and health.
• Provide support for the management of data in the environment.
• Work with users to resolve problems and ensure they are able to effectively utilize the system.
• Interact with both business customers and technical teams that are globally distributed and within varied time zones.
• Engaging with vendors for problem resolution of existing infrastructure and discussion of roadmaps and new technologies for evaluations.
• Foster a supportive work environment and maintains open, productive interactions among team and across organizations.
• Build and maintain cross-organizational contacts to facilitate execution of work.

About You

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering degree and score 70% and above (equivalent CGPA).
• Excellent technical, analytical, and communication skills.
• A minimum of 3 years of hands-on Linux experience (e.g. RHEL, CentOS) and production infrastructure support (e.g. networking, storage, monitoring, compute, installation, configuration, maintenance, upgrade, retirement).
• Experience in system administration and technical support (e.g. installation, configuration, maintenance, upgrade, retirement, problem resolution).
• Experience in HPC technologies such as parallel/distributed files systems (e.g. Lustre, GPFS), high speed interconnect fabrics (e.g. Infiniband, Omni-Path), and HPC batch scheduling software suites (e.g. PBSPro, SLURM).
• Proficiency in technical writing and documentation of solutions.
• Solid understanding of data center operations fundamentals in networking, cooling, and power.
• Works well in a team environment.
• Self-motivated.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in working in High Performance Computing Systems.

Preferred Qualifications/ Experience

• Strong IT skills in infrastructure and applications.
• Experience with supporting large scale production environments.
• Experience in implementing changes and security controls in a global framework.
• Understanding of data center operations fundamentals in networking, cooling, and power.
• Knowledge and experience with installing/compiling vendor and open-source software.
• Knowledge and experience with application/infrastructure deployment and support in one or more of the major cloud environments.
• Comfortable in relocating to Bengaluru and working hour - (1:30 to 10:30 PM IST) shift time.

Your benefits

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance and life.

• Competitive compensation.
• Medical plans, maternity leave and benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment benefits.
• Retirement benefits.
• Global networking & cross-functional opportunities.
• Annual vacations & holidays.
• Day care assistance program.
• Training and development program.
• Tuition assistance program.
• Workplace flexibility policy.
• Relocation program.
• Transportation facility.

Please note benefits may change from time to time without notice, subject to applicable laws. The benefits programs are based on the Company’s eligibility guidelines.

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