HPC Cluster Engineer: Linux, InfiniBand & AI Workloads

Inflowfed; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

INflow Federal is seeking an Infrastructure & Cluster Engineer to manage the dedicated customer compute cluster, ensuring high availability, security, and optimized performance for complex workloads. You will work with Linux systems, OpenShift, and AI orchestration tools to deliver reliable infrastructure.

The role emphasizes hands-on management of bare-metal servers, InfiniBand networks, and GPU-to-GPU topology within an HPC context, with opportunities to grow expertise in Run:AI and SLURM and

Qualifications

• 5+ years Linux systems administration in HPC environments.
• Experience with InfiniBand networking and GPU-to-GPU topologies.
• Proficiency with OpenShift or Kubernetes.
• Experience with automation scripts (Bash, Python).
• Knowledge of security/compliance standards.

Responsibilities

• Cluster Administration: Manage 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.
• Familiarity with parallel file systems and high-throughput storage architectures.
• Prior experience engineering or managing high-speed GPU-to-GPU communication topologies.

Skills

Linux Admin

HPC Environments

InfiniBand Network

OpenShift/Kubernetes

Run:AI/SLURM

Bash/Python Scripting

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Run:AI

SLURM

Bash

Python

Job description

INflow Federal is seeking an Infrastructure & Cluster Engineer to manage the dedicated customer compute cluster, ensuring high availability, security, and optimized performance for complex workloads. You will work with Linux systems, OpenShift, and AI orchestration tools to deliver reliable infrastructure.

The role emphasizes hands-on management of bare-metal servers, InfiniBand networks, and GPU-to-GPU topology within an HPC context, with opportunities to grow expertise in Run:AI and SLURM and