Senior HPC Infrastructure & Cluster Engineer | TS/SCI

Arena Technical Resources, LLC (ATR); Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Arena Technical Resources, LLC (ATR) is seeking an HPC Infrastructure and Cluster Engineer to manage a dedicated customer compute cluster in Springfield, VA. The role focuses on highly available, secure, and optimized hardware foundations for complex workloads.

The engineer will oversee Linux administration, hardware monitoring, and patching; configure AI workloads with Run:AI and SLURM; and ensure infrastructure meets federal security standards and accreditation requirements.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Poly eligibility.
• 5+ years of Linux administration and infrastructure management in HPC.
• Experience with InfiniBand and enterprise storage systems.
• OpenShift or Kubernetes experience with AI orchestration.
• Scripting in Bash and Python for automation.

Responsibilities

• Administer and manage the customer compute cluster end-to-end.
• Configure and optimize workload management and AI orchestration platforms (Run:AI).
• Tune hardware, OS, and network for performance and throughput.
• Manage storage and high-speed networking; InfiniBand topology.
• Collaborate with integration teams to provision environments and containers (OpenShift).
• Ensure security and compliance with federal standards.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance with CI Poly

Linux systems administration

HPC experience

InfiniBand networking

OpenShift / Kubernetes

Run:AI / SLURM

Scripting: Bash / Python

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

SLURM

Run:AI

Python

Bash

Job description

Arena Technical Resources, LLC (ATR) is seeking an HPC Infrastructure and Cluster Engineer to manage a dedicated customer compute cluster in Springfield, VA. The role focuses on highly available, secure, and optimized hardware foundations for complex workloads.

The engineer will oversee Linux administration, hardware monitoring, and patching; configure AI workloads with Run:AI and SLURM; and ensure infrastructure meets federal security standards and accreditation requirements.