Senior HPC Systems Specialist

University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

University of North Carolina at Charlotte seeks a Senior HPC Systems Specialist to join the University Research Computing team. The role reports to the Director and ensures reliable operation of HPC facilities, delivering systems management, upgrades, and user support.

The position may lead or supervise staff, contribute to strategic direction, and collaborate with researchers to optimize workflows and performance in high-performance computing environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of progressively responsible experience designing, provisioning, administering, and supporting production HPC systems and clusters; or an equivalent combination.
• Experience with HPC software management tools such as EasyBuild and Spack, and environment module systems such as Lmod.
• Experience supporting researchers in higher education or research environments by troubleshooting job failures, optimizing workflows, debugging application issues, and providing technical guidance.

Responsibilities

• Support the ongoing operation of the Research Computing facilities, including systems management and maintenance.
• Develop and deploy upgraded capability, and interact with and support users.
• Direct the technical work of other staff and contribute to shaping the strategic direction of University Research Computing.

Skills

HPC leadership

Team supervision

Education

Bachelor's degree + 4+ years HPC

Tools

MPI

OpenMP

CUDA

compilers

numerical libraries

EasyBuild

Spack

Lmod

Grafana

Prometheus

Slurm

NVIDIA drivers

Apptainer/Singularity

Job description

Work Schedule

8:00 am – 5:00 pm; Monday – Friday with occasional evening and weekend hours required, as necessary.

Position Number: 001982

Employment Type: Permanent - Full-time

Months per Year: 12

FLSA Status: Exempt

Division: OneIT

Department: Office of OneIT (Adm)

Work Location: Kennedy

Primary Purpose of Department:

The Office of OneIT provides highly reliable information technology infrastructure, tools, and services to empower the University to achieve its academic, research, administrative, and service goals.

The Research Computing group within OneIT provides researchers at the University with powerful High Performance Computing (HPC) services, in addition to educational HPC resources dedicated to teaching academic classes.

Primary Purpose Of Position:

This Senior HPC Systems Specialist serves as a key team member reporting to the Director of University Research Computing. This position performs critical systems management and other operational duties, with responsibilities and objectives delegated by the Director. This position contributes to shaping the strategic direction of University Research Computing. At times, this position may provide leadership or supervision of the technical work of other staff members.

Summary Of Position Responsibilities:

This position is responsible for supporting the ongoing operation of the Research Computing facilities, including systems management and maintenance, developing and deploying upgraded capability, and interacting with and supporting users. The position is also responsible for supporting technical design and strategy development. The position also includes responsibility for directing the technical work of other members of staff.

Minimum Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of progressively responsible experience designing, provisioning, administering, and supporting production HPC systems and clusters; or
• An equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.

Preferred Education, Knowledge, Skills And Experience:

• Experience installing, maintaining, and optimizing HPC scientific applications, libraries, and toolchains (MPI, OpenMP, CUDA, compilers, numerical libraries).
• Proficiency with HPC software management tools such as EasyBuild and Spack, and environment module systems such as Lmod.
• Experience supporting researchers in higher education or research environments by troubleshooting job failures, optimizing workflows, debugging application issues, and providing technical guidance.
• Experience with HPC monitoring, logging, and accounting tools, including Grafana, Prometheus, Slurm accounting, Elastic Stack, or similar monitoring platforms.
• Experience supporting GPU computing environments, including NVIDIA drivers, CUDA, GPU scheduling, monitoring, and performance optimization; familiarity with AMD ROCm is desirable.
• Experience with container technologies in HPC environments, including Apptainer/Singularity, and supporting reproducible containerized research workflows.

Preferred Certifications/Licenses:

• RHCSA
• RHCE

Special Notes To Applicants:

• If there is a document you feel is relevant to this position that you would like reviewed with your resume and application, you may upload it to the \"Other Documents\" section of the Applicant Documents.
• The finalist will be subject to a Criminal Background Check and/or a Motor Vehicle Report
• The Search Committee will not contact references without first verifying permission with the finalist.
• Please ensure your resume reflects the knowledge, skills, abilities, and experiences to support your answers to the supplemental questions.
• UNC Charlotte Benefits Information: https://hr.charlotte.edu/benefits/benefits-overview/

Posting Open Date: 08/19/2026

Posting Close Date:

Open Until Filled: Yes

Proposed Hire Date: