HPC Systems Engineer: Scale & Optimize High-Performance Compute

Socket.dev; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Vacation days

Sick days

Parental leave

Job summary

n² Group's HPC Services team in Houston, TX, is seeking a High Performance Computing Systems Engineer to design, deploy, operate, and optimize large-scale HPC platforms.

You'll work with computational scientists and partners to ensure performance and reliability, manage Linux-based environments, and implement security controls while evaluating new technologies.

This full-time on-site role offers growth in a mature organization with a strong focus on collaboration and innovation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS/CE/IS or related field.
• 5+ years Linux production experience (RHEL/CentOS).
• 5+ years deploying/ supporting production HPC.
• Experience with Lustre/GPFS, InfiniBand/Omni-Path, Slurm/PBS Pro.
• Strong communication with scientists/ stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Configure and manage HPC clusters, storage, and networking.
• Maintain day-to-day operation and improvements of HPC environments.
• Diagnose hardware, OS, networking, storage, and app issues across the HPC stack.
• Implement security controls and maintain platform integrity.
• Collaborate with data scientists, researchers, and domain specialists to support workflows.
• Monitor system health, investigate bottlenecks, and optimize performance.
• Plan installations, upgrades, patches, and platform improvements.
• Evaluate new hardware/software to improve capability and performance.
• Work with vendors to resolve complex infrastructure issues.

Skills

Linux administration

Bash scripting

Python

C/C++

HPC optimization

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/IS or related

Tools

Lustre

GPFS

InfiniBand

Omni-Path

Slurm

PBS Pro

Conda

Spack

RPM

Job description

n² Group's HPC Services team in Houston, TX, is seeking a High Performance Computing Systems Engineer to design, deploy, operate, and optimize large-scale HPC platforms.

You'll work with computational scientists and partners to ensure performance and reliability, manage Linux-based environments, and implement security controls while evaluating new technologies.

This full-time on-site role offers growth in a mature organization with a strong focus on collaboration and innovation.