Senior HPC Site Reliability Engineer - Hybrid & On-Call

Northwestern University; Evanston (IL); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwestern University’s Research Computing Infrastructure (RCI) seeks a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to lead design, implementation, and automation of HPC systems and researcher-facing services. You will develop software and automation to support HPC operations, maintain engineering standards across compute/storage/scheduling environments, and contribute to service reliability.

The role combines systems engineering, software development, and operations ownership with on-call rotations and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, information technology, or related field.
• 4 years of system engineering or equivalent experience required.
• Experience with Linux, monitoring tools (Grafana), version control (Git), and Python.

Responsibilities

• Leads planning, development, and coordination of RCI operations and projects.
• Provides recommendations on infrastructure, operations, automation, site reliability, and self-service enablement.
• Guides junior staff to deliver best practices in daily operations and code releases.
• Serves as a support escalation point for related projects and incidents.
• Develops solutions using HPC-focused tools and dashboards; participates in project meetings.

Skills

Linux

Python

Git

Bash scripting

Monitoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or IT

Tools

Grafana

Git

Job description

Northwestern University’s Research Computing Infrastructure (RCI) seeks a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to lead design, implementation, and automation of HPC systems and researcher-facing services. You will develop software and automation to support HPC operations, maintain engineering standards across compute/storage/scheduling environments, and contribute to service reliability.

The role combines systems engineering, software development, and operations ownership with on-call rotations and