Senior HPC Architecture Lead — Hybrid, AI & Cloud

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New Jersey is seeking a Technology Architect III specializing in High Performance Computing. You will drive the design and evolution of a scalable HPC environment that enables cutting-edge research, analytics, and AI innovation.

You will lead system-level architecture, optimize compute, storage, networking, and schedulers, and partner with infrastructure, engineering, and data-center teams to ensure reliability and long-term maintainability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field; advanced education preferred.
• Strong background in high-performance computing environments, including cluster design and operations.
• Advanced Linux administration experience, including Red Hat-based systems.
• Experience with job scheduling and workload management platforms (e.g., Slurm or equivalent).
• Exposure to cloud platforms, distributed systems, and modern computing architectures; cloud certifications a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the technical vision and architecture for a next-generation high-performance computing (HPC) environment.
• Design system-level solutions that optimize performance, scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
• Support research computing workloads, including advanced analytics, simulation, and AI/ML pipelines.
• Architect Linux-based HPC platforms, clusters, and supporting services with enterprise-grade resilience.
• Evaluate and integrate cloud resources to extend or hybridize HPC capabilities when appropriate.
• Optimize compute, storage, networking, and scheduler performance based on workload characteristics.
• Partner with networking, facilities, data center, storage, and cloud teams to align infrastructure design and execution.
• Establish standards, documentation, and operational practices for HPC hybrid platforms and lifecycle management
• Provide technical leadership and guidance on complex architecture decisions, tradeoffs, and roadmap planning.

Skills

HPC expertise

Systems thinking

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Advanced education preferred

Tools

Linux (RHEL)

Slurm

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

Job description

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New Jersey is seeking a Technology Architect III specializing in High Performance Computing. You will drive the design and evolution of a scalable HPC environment that enables cutting-edge research, analytics, and AI innovation.

You will lead system-level architecture, optimize compute, storage, networking, and schedulers, and partner with infrastructure, engineering, and data-center teams to ensure reliability and long-term maintainability.