Senior Cloud Engineer for Research HPC & AI/ML (Hybrid)

Scripps Research Translational Institute; California (MO); On-site; USD 135,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan

Health plan

FSAs

Vacation & sick leave

On-site parking

Job summary

Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA, is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, develop, and maintain cloud and research computing infrastructure for scalable, secure, high-performance scientific workloads.

Responsibilities include building cloud solutions across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP, collaborating with labs, and managing HPC and AI/ML compute environments. On-campus position with some remote work and no visa sponsorship.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in computer science or related field desirable but not required.
• 5+ years in a senior engineering role focused on cloud infrastructure.
• Demonstrated expertise in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation (Python, Bash) and IaC tools (Terraform).
• Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker, Singularity) and configuration management (Ansible).
• Knowledge of IAM, APIs, and web services.
• Experience with HPC environments, job schedulers (Slurm, PBS).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain cloud infrastructure to support research computing needs.
• Collaborate with labs and faculties to understand computing needs.
• Implement and optimize cloud storage and workloads.
• Work with HPC/IT teams to ensure compatibility, scalability, and security.
• Design and manage AI/ML compute infrastructure, including GPU-accelerated instances.
• Stay current on cloud and AI compute technologies and recommend solutions.
• Develop and maintain documentation of systems and processes.
• On-campus onsite work with some remote flexibility.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. (visa sponsorship not provided).

Skills

Scripting & automation

IAM

APIs & web services

HPC environments

Cloud computing concepts

Education

BA/BS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Terraform

Python

Bash

Kubernetes

Docker

Singularity/Apptainer

Ansible

Slurm

PBS

Lustre

GPFS

Job description

Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA, is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, develop, and maintain cloud and research computing infrastructure for scalable, secure, high-performance scientific workloads.

Responsibilities include building cloud solutions across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP, collaborating with labs, and managing HPC and AI/ML compute environments. On-campus position with some remote work and no visa sponsorship.