High Performance Computing Specialist

Mount Mary University; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A premier strategic services firm is seeking a full-time High Performance Computing Specialist to support government customers in Arlington, VA. Responsibilities include providing technical support to scientists, managing user accounts, and tracking CPU-hour usage. Candidates should have a High School diploma with six years of experience or a Bachelor's degree with three years of experience, and proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 is essential. This role may offer remote opportunities and requires the ability to obtain a Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance prior to award date.
• Minimum of six years of relevant experience.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office 365.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical liaison to scientists and engineers.
• Manage user accounts for HPC systems.
• Track and report CPU-hour usage.

Skills

User support

Technical communication

Relationship building

Microsoft Office 365 proficiency

Education

High School diploma

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Dynamic Solutions Technology, LLC, a premier strategic services firm that meets IT and Service needs for commercial and government clients, is seeking a full-time High Performance Computing Specialist to provide support to a government customer based out of Arlington, VA. This is an exempt position with possible remote opportunities.

MUST BE US CITIZEN

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary technical liaison to ~500 scientists and engineers using HPC systems; provide user support and outreach.
• Create, manage, and deprovision user accounts and maintain user credential records for unclassified and classified systems.
• Track, report, and reconcile CPU-hour usage across users, projects, and allocations; maintain usage logs and dashboards.
• Allocate CPU hours according to government priorities and leadership direction; adjust allocations and communicate changes.
• Coordinate with security office to verify users' clearances, credentials, and authorization to access classified computational resources.
• Assist Program Officers (PO) in developing program plans, technical strategies, budgets, metrics, and performance improvement actions.
• Draft, monitor, and report technical milestones for HPC thrust areas; compare planned vs. actual performance and flag deviations.
• Support solicitation development: draft calls, collect white papers/proposals, verify required documents, and prepare evaluation materials.
• Maintain an electronic repository of proposals, contracts, deliverables, correspondence, policy/regulatory guidance, and archival records.
• Prepare programmatic content for budgets, briefings to Congress/leadership, data calls, program pitches, and appeals.
• Develop capability/technology roadmaps and map portfolio efforts to DoD/DON strategy documents (NDS, S&T guidance) for Government review.
• Monitor performer progress: track deliverables, follow up for submissions, review reports, provide feedback, and load materials into repository.
• Plan and support program reviews, technical/financial reviews, site visits, demonstrations, and field experiments; draft agendas, minutes, and summaries.
• Produce analyses, summaries, and impact assessments of research investments; draft presentations, success stories, and recommended follow-on actions.
• Organize and coordinate meetings.
• Handle classified meeting/material logistics and support production of outreach/communication products (graphics, posters, web content, briefings).

Qualifications Requirements

• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance prior to award date.
• High School diploma with a minimum of six (6) years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university business and three (3) years of relevant experience.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office 365 (specifically, Word, Power Point, Outlook, SharePoint Online, Teams and Excel).

Desired Qualifications

• IT Security Certification
• Experience in Navy ERP
• Excellent communicator
• Solid relationship builder