Senior HPC Platform Engineer: Scale Global Compute

Xe7 Limited; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Xe7 Limited in Chicago seeks an HPC Platform Engineer to lead the design, build and operations of scalable HPC platforms across on‑prem and cloud environments. You will enable researchers to run analytical and scientific workloads with high availability and reproducibility.

You will collaborate with global teams, automate infrastructure, manage schedulers and containers, and advance HPC capabilities using Python, Bash, Kubernetes, and DevOps tooling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field.
• 5+ years' experience as HPC Platform Engineer.
• Demonstrated experience leading a global large-scale infrastructure project.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering and operations of design, build, and maintain scalable HPC platforms.
• Collaborate with researchers to optimize performance and workflows.
• Define and monitor infrastructure metrics and resource utilization.
• Evolve and operate cloud and on-prem HPC environments for high availability and performance.

Skills

HPC platforms

GPU accelerators

HPC schedulers

Kubernetes

Containers

Linux

DevOps tooling

Terraform

Automation

Python

Bash

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related technical field

Tools

GitHub

Chef

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Xe7 Limited in Chicago seeks an HPC Platform Engineer to lead the design, build and operations of scalable HPC platforms across on‑prem and cloud environments. You will enable researchers to run analytical and scientific workloads with high availability and reproducibility.

You will collaborate with global teams, automate infrastructure, manage schedulers and containers, and advance HPC capabilities using Python, Bash, Kubernetes, and DevOps tooling.