HPC Systems Engineer

ExxonMobil; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Plan

Savings Plan

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans

Workplace Flexibility

Disability Plan

Job summary

ExxonMobil is seeking a highly skilled HPC Systems Engineer to manage a performant and reliable high-performance computing environment at its Spring, TX campus. The role involves overseeing system operations, evaluating new hardware, and consulting with users for effective system utilization.

The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of Linux experience and 5 years in HPC technologies. Exceptional benefits and workplace flexibility are provided.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on Linux experience.
• 5+ years in HPC technologies like Lustre, GPFS.
• Strong technical, analytical, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage HPC environment performance and reliability.
• Evaluate hardware/software impacts in scientific computing.
• Provide support for the management of data in the environment.

Skills

Linux

HPC technologies

Technical writing

Networking

Storage management

Teamwork

Self-motivation

Education

B.E./B.Tech in Computer Science or related

Tools

RHEL

Lustre

Infiniband

PBSPro

Job description

About Houston

ExxonMobil's state-of-the-art campus north of Houston serves as home to its Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses and their associated service groups. The facility opened in 2014 and accommodates more than 10,000 employees and visitors.

By bringing many global functional groups together, the campus provides employees with the tools and capabilities needed today, and in the future, to achieve business objectives and accelerate the discovery of new resources, technologies and products. It was designed to foster improved collaboration, creativity and innovation and enhance the company’s ability to attract, develop and retain the top talent in the industry.

The campus is located in Spring, Texas, on 385 wooded acres immediately to the west of Interstate Highway 45 (I-45), at the intersection of I-45 and the Hardy Toll Road, approximately 25 miles from the cultural vibrancy of downtown Houston.

The campus was constructed to the highest standards of energy efficiency and environmental stewardship. Its design incorporates extensive research into best practices in building and workplace design through extensive benchmarking of the world’s top academic, research, and corporate facilities.

What Role You Will Play in Our Team

The HPC Systems Engineer role has the overall responsibility to work within a small team of highly skilled HPC specialists to provide a performant, reliable, and secure high-performance computing (HPC) environment. The HPC Systems Engineer will be involved in various aspects of designing and engineering our HPC system as well as be responsible for managing day-to-day operations and maintenance activities, including general troubleshooting of any issues that may arise, monitoring overall system health, performing system maintenance tasks, and evaluating new hardware and system software.

Location: Spring, TX, USA

What You Will Do

• Establish strategies for overall support of the systems portfolio (4 supercomputers and large parallel file systems across the domain)
• Evaluate new hardware and software and understand potential benefits/impacts it can have in the scientific computing and seismic imaging environments
• Perform software installations and upgrades, inclusive of operating system in world class HPC environment
• Monitor overall system performance and health and partner with 3rd parties on hardware support as needed
• Provide support for the management of data in the environment (140+ Petabytes of parallel filesystem)
• Advanced consulting with users to resolve problems and ensure they can effectively utilize the systems
• Interact with both business customers and technical teams that are globally distributed and within varied time zones
• Engaging with vendors for problem resolution of existing infrastructure and discussion of roadmaps and new technologies for evaluations
• Foster a supportive work environment and maintain open, productive interactions among team and across organizations
• Build and maintain cross-organizational contacts to facilitate execution of work

Skills and Qualifications

• B.E./B.Tech in Computer Science or related degree area (e.g., Computer Engineering, Information Systems) or equivalent skills work experience.
• Excellent technical, analytical, and communication skills.
• A minimum of 10 years of hands‑on Linux experience (e.g., RHEL, CentOS) and production infrastructure support (e.g., networking, storage, monitoring, compute, installation, configuration, maintenance, upgrade, retirement).
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in HPC technologies (e.g., installation, configuration, maintenance, upgrade, retirement, problem resolution) such as parallel/distributed files systems (e.g., Lustre, GPFS), high speed interconnect fabrics (e.g., Infiniband, Omni‑Path), and HPC batch scheduling software suites (e.g., PBSPro, SLURM).
• Proficiency in technical writing and documentation of solutions.
• Solid understanding of data center operations fundamentals in networking, cooling, and power.
• Works well in a team environment.
• Self‑motivated.

Preferred Knowledge/Skills/Experience

• Strong IT skills in infrastructure and applications.
• Experience with supporting large scale production environments.
• Experience in implementing changes and security controls in a global framework.
• Understanding of data center operations fundamentals in networking, cooling, and power.
• Knowledge and experience with installing/compiling vendor and open‑source software.
• Knowledge and experience with application/infrastructure deployment and support in one or more of the major cloud environments.

Your Benefits

• Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life.
• Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute 7% match.
• Workplace Flexibility: We have several programs such as “Flex your Day”, providing ad‑hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer‑term programs such as leaves of absence and part‑time work.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing.
• Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you.
• Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.

EEO Statement

ExxonMobil is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or physical or mental disability.