HPC Systems Engineer: Cross-Domain Platform Architect

NorthMark Strategies; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch stipend

Medical, dental, vision

Parental leave

401(k) match

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Job summary

NorthMark Strategies in Dallas, TX is hiring an HPC Systems Engineer to join its infrastructure engineering organization at the Victory Commons office. This role focuses on designing, integrating, and delivering an end-to-end HPC platform across compute, storage, networking, Kubernetes, automation, and data center infrastructure.

The Systems Engineer will collaborate across domain teams to resolve cross-functional dependencies, anticipate integration risks, and ensure performance, resiliency,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in systems engineering, HPC, cloud infrastructure, or data center infrastructure.
• Deep expertise in at least one infrastructure domain with broad cross-domain knowledge.
• Familiarity with GPU compute, InfiniBand, Lustre/GPFS, Kubernetes or Slurm.
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of system-level dependencies and architectural tradeoffs.
• Proven ability to lead technical discussions across teams without direct authority.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to present technical concepts.

Responsibilities

• Drive cross-domain technical alignment across compute, storage, networking, Kubernetes, automation, and data center infrastructure teams.
• Lead integrated design reviews for new HPC deployments and major infrastructure initiatives.
• Identify design gaps, scalability constraints, and integration risks throughout delivery.
• Define end-to-end architecture with engineering standards and readiness criteria.
• Ensure designs meet performance, resiliency, scalability, and long-term support needs.
• Develop system-level specifications for interoperation of components.
• Participate in failure analysis and resiliency reviews ahead of production turnover.
• Collaborate with automation teams to improve deployment consistency and lifecycle management.
• Serve as escalation point for cross-team integration issues and arbitrate tradeoffs.
• Influence standards and direction through design authorship and mentorship.

Skills

HPC infrastructure

Kubernetes

Automation

CI/CD pipelines

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD tooling

Job description

NorthMark Strategies in Dallas, TX is hiring an HPC Systems Engineer to join its infrastructure engineering organization at the Victory Commons office. This role focuses on designing, integrating, and delivering an end-to-end HPC platform across compute, storage, networking, Kubernetes, automation, and data center infrastructure.

The Systems Engineer will collaborate across domain teams to resolve cross-functional dependencies, anticipate integration risks, and ensure performance, resiliency,