Senior HPC Systems Engineer for Large-Scale Clusters

ASRC Federal Holding Company; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ASRC Federal Holding Company in Mountain View, CA, is seeking a Staff HPC Engineer to support InuTeq LLC at NASA Ames. You will join the HPC CSS team, focusing on Linux system administration, HPC operations, and performance tuning to ensure efficient job execution.

Responsibilities include maintaining large-scale HPC clusters, scripting for automation, and collaborating with customers to resolve issues, deploy new systems, and drive continuous improvement in HPC service delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• Strong CS background with in-depth systems-level knowledge in operating systems and networking.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience of administration of Linux systems.
• Strong ability to analyze, debug and maintain the integrity of an existing code base.
• Demonstrated equivalence of 5 years of Linux/UNIX user support experience and hands-on experience with administration of Linux systems.
• Superior scripting skills and excellent attention to detail; proficiency in at least Python, Perl, or Bash
• Strong ability to interact with customers to understand needs, elicit requirements, and get feedback on prototype solutions
• Excellent communication and people skills; excellent time management and organizational skills
• Experience with system configuration management tools e.g. , ansible, puppet, chef
• Experience with revision control software e.g. CVS, SVN, Git
• Proficiency at technical writing

Responsibilities

• Maintains HPC clusters with 2000+ nodes and large storage.
• Designs and develops scripts for system administration, monitoring and usage reporting.
• Modify existing software to correct errors and/or improve performance.
• Designs and develops scripts for system regression test and performance (Lustre, PBS, HDR/NDR, Slingshot).
• Troubleshoots, isolates and resolves application, system and other technical problems.
• Interacts with users to determine symptoms and reproduce issues to isolate causes.
• Participates in testing, benchmarking, tool scripting, and analyzing trouble tickets.
• Researches, deploys and manages networking and security infrastructure.
• Assists in developing and writing proposals and publications.
• Creates and provides clear documentation.
• After hours/weekend support as required.
• Day-to-day operations of Linux HPC clusters and storage systems.
• Proactive monitoring, analysis, and correction of system issues.
• Development of scripts to automate tasks or tools to enhance support.
• System performance analysis and tuning.
• Building, installing, and supporting user-requested software.
• Supporting evaluation and assessment of new HPC technology.
• Resolving user report issues and managing support tickets in Remedy

Skills

Linux administration

Scripting

Networking

Debugging

Customer interaction

OpenMP/MPI

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Ansible

Git

CVS

SVN

Puppet

Chef

Job description

ASRC Federal Holding Company in Mountain View, CA, is seeking a Staff HPC Engineer to support InuTeq LLC at NASA Ames. You will join the HPC CSS team, focusing on Linux system administration, HPC operations, and performance tuning to ensure efficient job execution.

Responsibilities include maintaining large-scale HPC clusters, scripting for automation, and collaborating with customers to resolve issues, deploy new systems, and drive continuous improvement in HPC service delivery.