HPC Systems Engineer — Remote/Hybrid, Slurm/Linux

Strategic Business Systems, Inc (SBS); Chantilly (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Strategic Business Systems, Inc. (SBS) is seeking an HPC Systems Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain HPC environments that support compute-intensive workloads for government and enterprise customers.

The role emphasizes on-premises or hybrid infrastructures, with a preference for candidates who can optimize performance and scale storage and networking. You will manage Linux-based clusters, job scheduling (Slurm, PBS, LSF), and high-speed interconnects (InfiniBand), while contributing to

Qualifications

• Experience supporting HPC or large-scale distributed computing environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain High Performance Computing (HPC) environments supporting compute-intensive workloads.
• Administer and optimize Linux-based clustered systems.
• Manage and support job scheduling and workload management platforms (e.g., Slurm, PBS, or similar).
• Monitor and tune system performance to ensure efficient utilization of compute, storage, and network resources.
• Support high-speed interconnects (e.g., InfiniBand) and parallel file systems such as Lustre, GPFS, or BeeGFS.
• Collaborate with engineers, scientists, and mission stakeholders to translate computational requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Implement automation using scripting languages such as Bash or Python.
• Ensure system reliability, security, and compliance with organizational and government standards.
• Provide technical documentation and user support.
• Contribute to capacity planning and infrastructure enhancements.
• Nice to Have: Support the integration or extension of HPC workloads using AWS-based technologies for hybrid computing scenarios.

Skills

HPC experience

Linux/Unix administration

Job schedulers

Scripting Bash/Python

Parallel/distributed computing

Networking & storage know-how

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Tools

Slurm

PBS

LSF

InfiniBand

Lustre

GPFS

BeeGFS

Singularity/Apptainer

Docker

AWS

Job description

Strategic Business Systems, Inc. (SBS) is seeking an HPC Systems Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain HPC environments that support compute-intensive workloads for government and enterprise customers.

The role emphasizes on-premises or hybrid infrastructures, with a preference for candidates who can optimize performance and scale storage and networking. You will manage Linux-based clusters, job scheduling (Slurm, PBS, LSF), and high-speed interconnects (InfiniBand), while contributing to