Senior HPC Architect: On-Prem/Cloud, Slurm & GPUs

AbbVie; Chicago (IL); Presencial; USD 180.000 - 230.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

AbbVie Information Research (IR) seeks a highly motivated HPC Architect to lead on‑premises, cloud, and hybrid HPC platforms. This role requires hands‑on expertise with Slurm, GPUs, containerized environments, and automation, ensuring secure, scalable scientific computing.

You will guide design, lifecycle management, and cost optimization while partnering with R&D. The ideal candidate has strong leadership, deep Linux/HPC knowledge, and experience with Posit Workbench and analytical tools in

Formación

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field with 7 years of experience; OR Master’s Degree with 6 years of experience; OR PhD 2 years’ experience.
• Leadership experience needed with ability to influence technical teams and stakeholders.
• Expert knowledge of Linux, HPC compute and GPU architectures, MPI, CUDA, and hardware lifecycle management.
• Strong experience with Slurm, GPU scheduling, and performance optimization.
• Experience with HPC networking (InfiniBand, Ethernet) and storage (Lustre, NFS).
• Experience integrating Active Directory with SSH/SSSD and security best practices.

Responsabilidades

• Serve as the technical architect for on‑premises, cloud, and hybrid HPC environments.
• Architect and evolve scientific HPC platforms, including compute, storage, and networking.
• Administer Slurm workload management and GPU scheduling; troubleshoot performance issues.
• Establish container and software environments using Apptainer/Singularity and Docker workflows.
• Support Posit Workbench, Connect, and related analytics platforms with Slurm and storage.
• Implement secure identity management and vulnerability remediation per security SOPs.
• Lead automation for provisioning, configuration, patching, monitoring, and lifecycle activities.
• Develop runbooks, diagrams, and dashboards; mentor engineering teams and vendors.
• Partner with R&D to design solutions for research workloads.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Linux

HPC compute

GPU architectures

Slurm

Networking

Automation

DevOps

Python

MPI

Educación

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field

Master’s Degree

PhD

Herramientas

Slurm

Apptainer/Singularity

Docker

Posit Workbench

CUDA

MPI

Python

R

Descripción del empleo

AbbVie Information Research (IR) seeks a highly motivated HPC Architect to lead on‑premises, cloud, and hybrid HPC platforms. This role requires hands‑on expertise with Slurm, GPUs, containerized environments, and automation, ensuring secure, scalable scientific computing.

You will guide design, lifecycle management, and cost optimization while partnering with R&D. The ideal candidate has strong leadership, deep Linux/HPC knowledge, and experience with Posit Workbench and analytical tools in