HPC Azure Engineer

Eastern Mountain Sports; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Oakwood Systems Group is seeking an experienced HPC Azure Engineer to design, deploy, optimize, and support High-Performance Computing workloads within Microsoft Azure. This role blends cloud infrastructure expertise with HPC technologies to accelerate engineering, scientific, AI/ML, rendering, financial modeling, and simulation workloads in Azure.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Azure infrastructure, networking, automation, Linux administration, and HPC technologies such as

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Azure-based HPC environments and hybrid cloud solutions.
• Deploy and manage Azure CycleCloud, Azure Batch, and HPC clusters.
• Architect highly available and scalable compute, storage, and networking solutions.
• Develop solutions for burst-to-cloud and hybrid HPC workloads.
• Configure and support Azure Virtual Networks, VPNs, ExpressRoute, NSGs, Load Balancers, and DNS services.
• Monitor and optimize Azure workloads for performance, reliability, and cost management.

Skills

Azure

Linux administration

Scripting

Networking

Troubleshooting

Customer-facing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Azure CycleCloud

Azure Batch

Slurm

PBS Pro

Ansible

Terraform

Bicep

Chef

Job description

HPC Azure Engineer

About Oakwood Systems Group:

Oakwood Systems Group is a leading IT professional services firm and recognized Microsoft Solutions Partner, delivering transformative solutions across Application Development, Data & AI, Cloud Infrastructure, Modern Work, and Managed Services. We help organizations modernize their technology environments and unlock business value through innovative, scalable, and secure solutions aligned to the Microsoft ecosystem.

With a consultative, outcome-driven approach, Oakwood partners closely with clients to drive digital transformation—from strategy through execution—leveraging technologies such as Azure, Microsoft Fabric, AI/ML, and next-generation intelligent applications.

We are committed to hiring top talent and fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture where innovation, continuous learning, and professional growth are core to everything we do. Our teams work on meaningful, cutting-edge projects that deliver measurable impact for clients across a wide range of industries.

About the role:

We are seeking an experienced HPC Azure Engineer to design, deploy, optimize, and support High-Performance Computing (HPC) solutions within Microsoft Azure. This role combines deep cloud infrastructure expertise with HPC technologies to help customers accelerate engineering, scientific, AI/ML, rendering, financial modeling, and simulation workloads in Azure.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Azure infrastructure, networking, automation, Linux administration, and HPC technologies such as Azure CycleCloud, Azure Batch, Slurm, or similar hardirectly with customers to architect scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

Azure & HPC Architecture

• Design and implement Azure-based HPC environments and hybrid cloud solutions.
• Deploy and manage Azure CycleCloud, Azure Batch, and HPC clusters.
• Architect highly available and scalable compute, storage, and networking solutions.
• Design solutions utilizing Azure Virtual Machines, HPC VM families, Azure NetApp Files, Azure Blob Storage, and high-performance storage architectures.
• Develop solutions for burst-to-cloud and hybrid HPC workloads.

Cloud Engineering & Operations

• Configure and support Azure Virtual Networks, VPNs, ExpressRoute, NSGs, Load Balancers, and DNS services.
• Implement Azure Site Recovery (ASR), backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions.
• Monitor and optimize Azure workloads for performance, reliability, and cost management.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, application, networking, and performance issues.
• Configure identity solutions utilizing Entra ID (Azure AD) and hybrid identity services.

Automation & Infrastructure as Code

• Automate deployments using Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates, or similar tools.
• Develop PowerShell, Bash, Python, or Ansible automation solutions.
• Standardize deployment processes and operational procedures.

Customer Engagement

• Lead customer discovery sessions and technical design workshops.
• Gather requirements and translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Provide architecture recommendations and best practices.
• Deliver technical documentation, diagrams, and knowledge transfer sessions.
• Support project implementations and post-deployment operations.

Documentation & Continuous Improvement

• Maintain project documentation and operational runbooks.
• Develop support procedures and technical standards.
• Identify opportunities to improve performance, automation, and operational efficiency.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience supporting Microsoft Azure infrastructure.
• 3+ years of experience with HPC environments or large-scale compute workloads.
• Experience deploying and managing Azure networking services.
• Strong understanding of Azure compute, storage, virtualization, and security services.
• Experience with Linux administration (Red Hat, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu, CentOS, etc.).
• Experience with scripting and automation technologies.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
• Excellent communication and customer-facing consulting experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Azure CycleCloud experience.
• Azure Batch experience.
• Slurm, PBS Pro, LSF, or similar scheduler experience.
• Experience supporting engineering simulation workloads such as ANSYS, Fluent, Abaqus, STAR-CCM+, or Altair solutions.
• Experience with AI, Machine Learning, or GPU-based computing.
• Experience with Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD).
• Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform or Bicep.
• Experience with Chef, Ansible, or similar configuration management tools.
• Experience deploying Azure Fortinet or other cloud security appliances.

Preferred Certifications:

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
• HashiCorp Terraform Associate

Technical Skills:

Cloud Platforms

• Microsoft Azure
• Hybrid Cloud Solutions

HPC Technologies

• Azure CycleCloud
• Azure Batch
• Slurm
• PBS Pro
• MPI Workloads

Infrastructure

• Azure Virtual Machines
• Azure NetApp Files
• Storage Accounts
• Virtual Networking
• ExpressRoute
• VPN Gateway
• Azure Site Recovery

Automation

• PowerShell
• Python
• Bash
• Terraform
• Bicep
• Ansible

Operating Systems

• Linux (RHEL, Rocky, Ubuntu)
• Windows Server

Success Metrics:

• Successful delivery of HPC cloud migration projects.
• Performance optimization of HPC workloads.
• Reduction of cloud deployment times through automation.
• High customer satisfaction scores.
• Well-documented and supportable solutions.

***At this time, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship or transfer sponsorship for employment. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship requirements.