HPC Cluster Engineer — AI/ML & OpenShift Infra

Linuxconfig; Springfield (VA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

INflow Federal is seeking an Infrastructure & Cluster Engineer to manage a dedicated customer compute cluster, ensuring high availability, security, and optimized performance. You will administer Linux systems, monitor hardware, patch, and upgrade while coordinating AI workloads across the cluster.

The role requires 5+ years in Linux administration within HPC settings, experience with InfiniBand, Run:AI, SLURM, OpenShift or Kubernetes, and scripting in Bash/Python.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Linux systems administration and infrastructure management with a specific focus on high-performance computing environments.
• Expertise in managing bare-metal servers, enterprise storage arrays, and advanced network configurations (Experience with InfiniBand).
• Strong proficiency with workload managers, job schedulers, and AI orchestration tools (e.g., Run:AI, SLURM).
• Hands-on experience with enterprise container orchestration platforms, specifically OpenShift or Kubernetes.
• Experience writing automation and configuration scripts (e.g., Bash, Python) to streamline cluster maintenance.
• Troubleshooting Focus:Proven ability to diagnose and resolve complex hardware, network, and OS-level issues.

Responsibilities

• Cluster Administration: Manage the day-to-day operations of the customer compute cluster, including Linux operating system administration, hardware monitoring, patching, and system upgrades.
• Resource and Job Management: Configure, maintain, and optimize workload management and orchestration platforms, utilizing the Run:AI job scheduler to ensure efficient distribution of intensive AI/ML workloads across the cluster.
• Infrastructure Optimization: Tune cluster performance at the hardware, operating system, and network levels to maximize compute efficiency and data throughput for customer workloads.
• Storage and Network Management: Administer storage solutions and high-speed networking fabrics. Support the transition to and ongoing management of an InfiniBand GPU-to-GPU network infrastructure to minimize latency for distributed operations.
• Environment Configuration: Partner with technology integration teams to provision specific environments, dependencies, and container platforms, specifically leveraging Red Hat OpenShift, required for seamless customer model deployment.
• Security and Compliance: Ensure all infrastructure components remain compliant with federal security standards, implementing strict access controls and maintaining system accreditations.

Skills

Linux systems administration

High-performance computing

Troubleshooting

Tools

Run:AI

SLURM

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Bash

Python

InfiniBand

Job description

INflow Federal is seeking an Infrastructure & Cluster Engineer to manage a dedicated customer compute cluster, ensuring high availability, security, and optimized performance. You will administer Linux systems, monitor hardware, patch, and upgrade while coordinating AI workloads across the cluster.

The role requires 5+ years in Linux administration within HPC settings, experience with InfiniBand, Run:AI, SLURM, OpenShift or Kubernetes, and scripting in Bash/Python.