Engineer - HPC Platform

Xe7 Limited; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Xe7 Limited in Indianapolis seeks an experienced HPC Platform Engineer to lead the design, build, and operation of scalable HPC platforms, enabling analytical and scientific computing at scale.

You will collaborate with researchers to optimize performance, manage on‑prem and cloud environments, and advance automation, scheduling, and data access for reproducible workflows.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in HPC, strong Linux, DevOps tooling, and programming skills in Python or Bash.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience as an HPC Platform Engineer.
• Experience leading a global large-scale infrastructure project.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, build, and operations of scalable HPC platforms.
• Enable HPC infrastructure and experiences for researchers.
• Collaborate with scientists to optimize performance and workflows.
• Leverage automation for orchestration, scheduling, data access, and reproducibility.
• Operate cloud and on-prem environments with focus on availability and performance.

Skills

HPC platforms

GPU accelerators

HPC schedulers

Kubernetes

Containers (Docker/Apptainer)

Linux/CLI

DevOps tools

Automation

Python/Bash

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT

Tools

Altair Grid Engine

Slurm

Kubernetes

Docker

Apptainer

Github

Chef

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

About us:

Shape the Future with AI, Ignite Your Potential

Xenon7 is an inferno where skill, dedication and passion run together.

About our client:

Global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Cardiometabolic Research (CMR) Therapeutic Area of our client, focuses on the discovery of biologic, small molecule and genetic therapeutics for the treatment of cardiometabolic diseases and associated complications.

The Cloud and Connectivity organization is seeking an engineer in HPC platforms. This role will focus on enabling analytical, statistical, and scientific computing capabilities within high performance computing infrastructure. We are looking for an HPC Platform Engineer to help accelerate the next era of high performance computing innovation.

What You’ll Be Doing

• You will be a leader the engineering and operations of design, build, and maintain scalable HPC platforms.
• You will play a crucial role in enabling HPC infrastructure and experiences.
• Collaborate with researchers and scientists to optimize performance and streamline workflows.
• Leverage tooling and automation for orchestration, resource scheduling, data access, and reproducibility.
• Evolve and operate public cloud and on-premises environments with a focus on availability and performance for HPC workloads.
• Define and monitor infrastructure metrics, resource utilization, among others.

How You’ll Succeed

• Be Bold- You will bring a high learning agility and platform engineering skills to enable the Technology strategy, identifying opportunities to accelerate our HPC journey.
• Be Fast- You will advance initiatives to enable critical business projects.
• Be Proactive- You will have opportunities to leverage agile ways of working with a willingness to become an expert in deploying HPC solutions.
• Be Your Best- You will learn about new technologies in HPC.

What You Should Bring

• Hands-on experience in HPC platforms, including knowledge of accelerators (e.g., GPU), HPC schedulers (e.g., Altair Grid Engine, Slurm), Kubernetes platforms, and containers technologies (Docker, Apptainer).
• Demonstrated experience in HPC workloads, infrastructure, and cluster architectures.
• Expertise with the Linux command line, Linux troubleshooting, and HPC administration.
• Experience with DevOps tools such as Github, Chef, Ansible, Terraform.
• Experience with automating infrastructure and applications.
• Passion for continual learning and staying informed of new technologies, infrastructure trends, and approaches in the HPC field.
• Strong programming and scripting skills in languages such as Python or Bash.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related technical field.
• 5+ years’ experience HPC Platform Engineer.
• Demonstrated experience leading a global large-scale infrastructure project.

• Attractive, market-leading salary package.
• Clear career advancement path with professional development opportunities.