Lead / Senior Systems Engineer - HPC Administrator

EPAM Systems; India; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems seeks a Lead / Senior Systems Engineer specializing in HPC Administration to support and maintain high-performance computing environments, ensuring system reliability, performance, and smooth operational support for end users. The role demands hands-on Linux administration, kernel debugging, and strong collaboration with research or engineering teams.

Responsibilities include triaging HPC issues, maintaining monitoring (Zabbix, Grafana, ELK, Splunk), managing ServiceNow tickets, and

Qualifications

• 5 to 15 years of overall experience in systems engineering or HPC administration
• Expertise in Linux administration on RPM-based systems
• Proficiency in kernel module compilation and low-level debugging tools such as strace, coredump, and tcpdump
• Experience with monitoring platforms including Zabbix, ELK, and Grafana, with the capability to configure Splunk dashboards
• Background in HPC hardware diagnostics, upgrades, and tuning, including InfiniBand HCAs, Lustre/VAST/IBM storage systems, and Dell/HP servers
• Experience with job schedulers such as Slurm or UGE/AGE
• Familiarity with cluster management platforms like Bright Cluster Manager, xCAT, or IBM CSM

Responsibilities

• Triage and resolve HPC systems issues to minimize downtime and performance impact
• Maintain and troubleshoot Linux systems to ensure stability and reliability
• Set up and maintain monitoring systems to track infrastructure health
• Communicate with users and provide operational support for HPC-related inquiries
• Manage and update ServiceNow tickets to track and resolve incidents
• Diagnose, upgrade, and tune HPC hardware components to optimize performance
• Work effectively within environments with minimal documentation

Skills

Linux administration

Kernel debugging

strace/tcpdump tooling

Monitoring: Zabbix

Monitoring: ELK

Monitoring: Grafana

Splunk dashboards

HPC hardware diagnostics

InfiniBand HCAs

Lustre/VAST storage

Dell/HP servers

Slurm

UGE/AGE

Bright Cluster Manager

xCAT

IBM CSM

RPM-based Linux

Tools

Bright Cluster Manager

xCAT

IBM CSM

Slurm

UGE/AGE

Job description

We are seeking a Lead / Senior Systems Engineer specializing in HPC Administration to support and maintain high-performance computing environments, ensuring system reliability, performance, and smooth operational support for end users.

Responsibilities

• Triage and resolve HPC systems issues to minimize downtime and performance impact
• Maintain and troubleshoot Linux systems to ensure stability and reliability
• Set up and maintain monitoring systems to track infrastructure health
• Communicate with users and provide operational support for HPC-related inquiries
• Manage and update ServiceNow tickets to track and resolve incidents
• Diagnose, upgrade, and tune HPC hardware components to optimize performance
• Work effectively within environments with minimal documentation

Requirements

• 5 to 15 years of overall experience in systems engineering or HPC administration
• Expertise in Linux administration on RPM-based systems
• Proficiency in kernel module compilation and low-level debugging tools such as strace, coredump, and tcpdump
• Skills in monitoring platforms including Zabbix, ELK, and Grafana, with the capability to configure Splunk dashboards
• Background in HPC hardware diagnostics, upgrades, and tuning, including InfiniBand HCAs, Lustre/VAST/IBM storage systems, and Dell/HP servers
• Experience with job schedulers such as Slurm or UGE/AGE
• Nice to have Familiarity with cluster management platforms like Bright Cluster Manager, xCAT, or IBM CSM