HPC System Engineer

Exxon Mobil Corporation; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation program

Training and development program

Workplace flexibility policy

Transportation facility

Job summary

ExxonMobil is seeking an HPC Systems Engineer in Bengaluru to join a global team. You will design, implement, and operate high-performance computing environments, ensuring reliability and security across data center operations.

You will work with parallel filesystems (Lustre, GPFS), high-speed interconnects (Infiniband, Omni-Path), and scheduling tools (PBSPro, SLURM). Strong communication and teamwork are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on Linux experience and production infrastructure support.
• Experience in system administration and technical support.
• Experience in HPC technologies such as parallel/distributed files systems, high speed interconnect fabrics, and HPC batch scheduling software.
• Proficiency in technical writing and documentation of solutions.
• Strong understanding of data center operations fundamentals in networking, cooling, and power.
• Works well in a team environment, self-motivated, with excellent communication skills.
• Preferred: experience with large scale production environments and cloud deployment knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Establish strategies for overall HPC system support.
• Evaluate new hardware and software and assess benefits/impacts.
• Perform hardware and software maintenance and upgrades.
• Monitor system performance and health.
• Provide data management support and ensure users can effectively use the system.
• Collaborate with global teams and vendors for issue resolution and roadmaps.
• Engage with cross-functional contacts to enable project execution.
• Maintain documentation and best practices for HPC operations.

Skills

Linux

HPC

Lustre

GPFS

PBSPro

SLURM

Infiniband

Omni-Path

System administration

Technical writing

Data center operations

Teamwork

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

PBSPro

SLURM

Lustre

GPFS

Infiniband

Omni-Path

Job description

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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.

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

kills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent field).
• 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
• Excellent technical, analytical, and communication skills

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.

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.We offer you:

• Competitive compensation
• Medical plans, maternity leave and benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment 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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Functional Skills

High Performance Computational (HPC) Architecture

High Performance Scientific Computing

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