HPC Operations Engineer — Hybrid | Equity Eligible

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Equity and benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking an HPC Operations Engineer to ensure flawless operation of our HPC environment. You will support Linux-based production systems, troubleshoot schedulers, and maintain runbooks while collaborating with a world-class team.

You will contribute to maintenance, documentation, and process improvements, with hybrid work options and competitive compensation. This role emphasizes reliability, scalability, and customer-focused support within NVIDIA's innovative culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• 2+ years of experience supporting Linux-based production environments.
• Solid Linux systems administration fundamentals (RHEL/CentOS and/or Ubuntu).
• Ability to troubleshoot issues methodically and determine when escalation is needed.
• Experience interacting with users in a technical support or operations role.
• Strong written communication and ability to produce clear docs.

Responsibilities

• Provide first-line support for HPC users across scheduling, compute, storage, and access issues.
• Troubleshoot job failures, scheduler errors, resource constraints, and performance concerns.
• Triage infrastructure incidents, gather diagnostics, and escalate to SMEs when needed.
• Monitor system health, queues, node status, and service availability.
• Execute maintenance, patching, and configuration updates per procedures.
• Develop and maintain operational docs, runbooks, and knowledge-base articles.
• Suggest workflow improvements by identifying recurring issues.

Skills

Linux administration

Python scripting

Bash scripting

Customer support

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field

Tools

LSF

Slurm

NFS

LDAP

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking an HPC Operations Engineer to ensure flawless operation of our HPC environment. You will support Linux-based production systems, troubleshoot schedulers, and maintain runbooks while collaborating with a world-class team.

You will contribute to maintenance, documentation, and process improvements, with hybrid work options and competitive compensation. This role emphasizes reliability, scalability, and customer-focused support within NVIDIA's innovative culture.