HPC/AI Systems Administrator — Remote/Hybrid

NextSilicon; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NextSilicon is seeking an HPC/AI Systems Administrator to join our Field Deployment & Systems team. You will stand-up and maintain HPC/AI hardware and software resources, tune systems for benchmarking, and ensure health and accessibility of clusters using management tools.

This is a highly technical, execution-focused individual contributor role with no people management responsibilities. Hybrid in Austin, TX or Minneapolis, MN offices preferred but Remote considered for exceptional

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, computer science, or related field.
• 5–10+ years of HPC/AI system administration experience.
• Deep understanding of HPC and AI technologies and software ecosystems.
• Experience in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment is a plus.
• Ability to travel within the USA approx. 4 times per year.
• US citizenship with eligibility to visit US government research facilities.

Responsibilities

• Administer, install, monitor, and maintain HPC/AI systems, including compute nodes, storage, networking, and software stacks.
• Develop and maintain automation tools for system provisioning, configuration management, and monitoring.
• Install, configure, and optimize job scheduling and resource management tools (e.g., Slurm).
• Assist in system security, patch management, and troubleshooting operational issues.
• Contribute to performance benchmarking, system tuning, and capacity planning.
• Deploy and maintain commonly used HPC/AI applications, software stacks, and technologies (e.g., MPI, containers, spack, modules)
• Document system administration procedures and contribute to knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Support researchers by providing technical expertise and resolving escalated support tickets.
• Participate in vendor coordination, system procurement, and hardware/software lifecycle management.

Skills

HPC/AI systems administration

Automation tooling

Job scheduling (Slurm)

System security

Performance benchmarking

Vendor coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, computer science, related field

Advanced degree is a plus

Tools

Slurm

MPI

Containers

Spack

Modules

Job description

NextSilicon is seeking an HPC/AI Systems Administrator to join our Field Deployment & Systems team. You will stand-up and maintain HPC/AI hardware and software resources, tune systems for benchmarking, and ensure health and accessibility of clusters using management tools.

This is a highly technical, execution-focused individual contributor role with no people management responsibilities. Hybrid in Austin, TX or Minneapolis, MN offices preferred but Remote considered for exceptional