Remote HPC Systems Engineer – Grow in Supercomputing Ops

Parallel Works Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Parallel Works Inc. seeks a Junior HPC Systems Engineer to join our remote team and gain hands-on experience in production supercomputing operations. You will monitor cluster health and manage routine maintenance to keep systems running smoothly.

Key duties include responding to failures, managing user accounts and Slurm allocations, and performing node lifecycle tasks while developing automation with Bash and Python.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on Linux administration experience (RHEL, Rocky, Alma, Debian, Ubuntu).
• Understanding of HPC fundamentals, including batch scheduling and shared filesystems.
• Proficiency in Bash and Python scripting for operational tasks.
• Practical knowledge of networking concepts such as DNS, routing, and firewalls.
• U.S. citizenship and eligibility for a Secret clearance

Responsibilities

• Monitor and respond to cluster health, node state, and alerting for failures and stuck jobs
• Manage user accounts, groups, and Slurm allocations across various computing environments
• Conduct health checks on GPU and CPU nodes, and elevate faults as necessary

Skills

Linux administration

HPC fundamentals

Scripting (Bash/Python)

Networking basics

Tools

Bash

Python

Slurm

Networking

Job description

Parallel Works Inc. seeks a Junior HPC Systems Engineer to join our remote team and gain hands-on experience in production supercomputing operations. You will monitor cluster health and manage routine maintenance to keep systems running smoothly.

Key duties include responding to failures, managing user accounts and Slurm allocations, and performing node lifecycle tasks while developing automation with Bash and Python.