Hybrid HPC DevOps Engineer: Scale HPC with Automation

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; Elkins Hills (NC); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 110,371; Full time

Job summary

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is seeking an HPC DevOps Engineer to design, deploy, operate and maintain high-performance and high-throughput computing services. The role emphasizes Linux system administration, automation, storage and networking, with collaboration across researchers and IT teams.

The successful candidate should have strong leadership, communication skills, and an ability to work within a university research environment.

Qualifications

• Proficiency with Linux in HPC environments.
• Experience with automation and configuration-management tools to deploy large-scale systems.
• Familiarity with enterprise storage, monitoring, and high-speed networking.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, operate, and maintain HTC/HPC services and related systems.
• Lead architecture and automation for observability platforms and telemetry.
• Coordinate with vendors and internal stakeholders to support hardware and storage operations.
• Engage with faculty and researchers to support research computing needs.

Skills

Linux HPC administration

Automation and configuration

Monitoring and observability

Communication

Vendor coordination

Security and compliance

Education

Master's degree

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Cobbler

SALT

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is seeking an HPC DevOps Engineer to design, deploy, operate and maintain high-performance and high-throughput computing services. The role emphasizes Linux system administration, automation, storage and networking, with collaboration across researchers and IT teams.

The successful candidate should have strong leadership, communication skills, and an ability to work within a university research environment.