Senior HPC Systems Expert — Linux, SLURM & Lustre

The Swift Group, LLC; Maryland; On-site; USD 50,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Wellness

Retirement plan

Education assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

The Swift Group, LLC in Maryland seeks an HPC Technical/Functional Expert to design, maintain, and optimize high‑performance computing systems in Annapolis Junction. You will provide advanced support to ensure reliability, scalability, and peak performance of HPC environments.

Responsibilities include troubleshooting and tuning HPC software and Linux systems, collaboration with cross‑functional teams, and maintaining documentation.

Qualifications

• 10 years’ experience in large, complex IT environments with HPC and systems expertise.
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• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, or 15 years of equivalent experience.
• Experience with HPC MPP systems and enterprise Linux (Red Hat/SUSE).

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced troubleshooting, tuning, and support for HPC infrastructure and applications such as Nagios, xCAT, and compilers.
• Manage distributed computing using RES, LSF, and SLURM workload managers.
• Administer high-performance parallel file systems (XFS, GPFS, Lustre).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize performance and fault tolerance.
• Develop and maintain system configuration docs and troubleshooting guides.
• Perform system testing and validation to ensure scalable operations.

Skills

HPC expertise

Linux administration

System performance tuning

Documentation

Security clearance awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline

15 years of experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Nagios

xCAT

RES

LSF

SLURM

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

SUSE Linux

Job description

The Swift Group, LLC in Maryland seeks an HPC Technical/Functional Expert to design, maintain, and optimize high‑performance computing systems in Annapolis Junction. You will provide advanced support to ensure reliability, scalability, and peak performance of HPC environments.

Responsibilities include troubleshooting and tuning HPC software and Linux systems, collaboration with cross‑functional teams, and maintaining documentation.