Senior HPC Systems Engineer

Autonomai Recruitment; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Autonomai Recruitment in Chicago seeks a Senior HPC Operations Engineer to join one of the world's most advanced HPC environments supporting cutting-edge quantitative research. You will operate and scale a production HPC platform used by researchers running demanding workloads.

You will operate large-scale Linux infrastructure, high-speed interconnects, parallel storage, and automation, troubleshooting issues and improving reliability with researchers and engineers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Linux systems administration experience.
• Experience supporting HPC environments.
• Exposure to technologies such as Slurm, Lustre, GPFS, BeeGFS or similar.
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Operate and support large-scale Linux HPC environments.
• Support compute clusters, storage platforms and high-speed interconnects.
• Work with Slurm, Lustre/GPFS, RDMA/InfiniBand and FUSE.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and perform root cause analysis.
• Monitor infrastructure performance and improve reliability.
• Partner with researchers and engineering teams to support critical workloads.

Skills

Linux systems administration

HPC environments

Slurm/Lustre/GPFS

Troubleshooting

Job description

Senior HPC Operations Engineer | Chicago

Join one of the world's most advanced high-performance computing environments supporting cutting-edge quantitative research.

We're looking for an experienced HPC Systems Engineer to help operate and scale a large production HPC platform used by researchers running some of the industry's most demanding workloads.

You’ll work on large-scale Linux infrastructure, high-speed networking, parallel storage, automation and performance-critical systems while solving complex operational challenges alongside a highly technical engineering team.

What you’ll be doing:

• Operating and supporting large-scale Linux HPC environments
• Supporting compute clusters, storage platforms and high-speed interconnects
• Working with technologies such as Slurm, Lustre/GPFS, RDMA/InfiniBand and FUSE
• Troubleshooting complex production issues and performing root cause analysis
• Monitoring infrastructure performance and improving reliability
• Partnering with researchers and engineering teams to support critical workloads

What we’re looking for

• 5+ years of Linux systems administration or Linux infrastructure experience
• Experience supporting High Performance Computing (HPC) environments
• Exposure to technologies such as Slurm, Lustre, GPFS, BeeGFS or similar
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills

Why apply?

• Work on one of the most advanced HPC environments in the world
• Solve technically challenging infrastructure problems every day
• Work with cutting-edge compute, networking and storage technologies
• High ownership with excellent engineering culture
• Industry-leading compensation and benefits