Senior Linux HPC Systems Engineer - DoD-Grade Compute

LER TechForce; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

HSA and FSA options

401(k) with company match

Short-term and long-term disability

Life insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

LER TechForce is seeking an experienced Linux HPC Systems Engineer to design, deploy, and support HPC infrastructure used for advanced engineering and DoD programs. You will manage bare-metal Linux clusters, provisioning, storage, networking, and workload scheduling to deliver reliable, scalable computing environments.

Responsibilities include automation with Bash, Python and Ansible, troubleshooting complex issues, and capacity planning across lifecycle upgrades.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong Linux administration experience in HPC/large-scale computing environments.
• Experience deploying bare-metal Linux servers and compute nodes.
• Experience with HPC cluster architecture, schedulers, storage, networking, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Proficient in Bash, Python and Ansible scripting/automation.
• Experience with high-availability production infrastructure emphasizing performance and security.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and maintain Linux-based HPC clusters from bare-metal to production.
• Administer Linux OS, cluster provisioning, compute nodes, storage, networking, and supporting infra.
• Configure and support HPC workload scheduling, resource management, monitoring, and performance tuning.
• Troubleshoot hardware, OS, network, storage, and cluster-level issues.
• Maintain secure, scalable HPC environments for engineering and scientific workloads.
• Automate provisioning and administrative processes where appropriate.
• Support HPC infrastructure throughout lifecycle: upgrades, patches, capacity planning, hardware refreshes.
• Collaborate with engineering users to ensure HPC resources meet workloads.

Skills

Linux administration

HPC clustering

Scripting and automation

Bash

Python

Ansible

System troubleshooting

Networking

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

SLURM

Linux server provisioning tools

Job description

LER TechForce is seeking an experienced Linux HPC Systems Engineer to design, deploy, and support HPC infrastructure used for advanced engineering and DoD programs. You will manage bare-metal Linux clusters, provisioning, storage, networking, and workload scheduling to deliver reliable, scalable computing environments.

Responsibilities include automation with Bash, Python and Ansible, troubleshooting complex issues, and capacity planning across lifecycle upgrades.