Senior Manager, Validation and HPC - NVIS

NVIDIA; United States; On-site; USD 216,000 - 397,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking an HPC Deployment Manager to supervise the deployment of InfiniBand and Ethernet technologies within the NVIDIA Infrastructure Specialists division. You will direct HPC service engineering, lead project planning and validation, and drive continuous improvement across AI HPC systems.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in IT/HPC with 3+ years in management, deep knowledge of HPC interconnects, and strong scripting/Linux administration skills.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in IT/HPC or related field
• 3+ years in a management or leadership role
• Expertise in HPC systems design and planning
• Proficiency with low latency/high bandwidth interconnects (Infiniband, Ethernet)
• Experience with HPC system software cluster management tools and job schedulers (Slurm, salt, xCAT)
• Proficiency with shared memory parallelism (OpenMP, MPI, NCCL) and GPUs
• Strong scripting ability (Bash, Python, Perl) and programming fundamentals
• Administration of secure Linux/Unix OS (CentOS, Solaris)
• Ability to manage large, complex systems and troubleshoot network/infrastructure issues
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in CS/IS or related field

Responsibilities

• Direct HPC service engineering functions for AI HPC systems
• Lead planning, implementation, and performance of HPC projects
• Develop and deploy procedures for system validation
• Drive tests and plans for HPC AI systems implementations
• Support strategy for service quality and continuous improvement
• Lead team development and career growth
• Build relationships with NVIDIA leaders, customers, partners
• Serve as domain authority with customers during planning to implementation

Skills

Leadership

HPC systems design

Scripting (Bash, Python, Perl)

Troubleshooting

Communication

Linux administration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or related field or equivalent experience

Tools

Slurm

xCAT

Salt

Ansible

Puppet

MPI

OpenMP

CUDA

Job description

NVIDIA is in search of an HPC Deployment Manager to bolster our NVIDIA Infrastructure Specialists division! Across academia and industry, NVIDIA's products are driving ground-breaking advancements in deep learning, data analytics, and the optimization of data centers. Join our team, where we are at the forefront of constructing some of the globe's most expansive and rapid data centers! We seek an individual capable of supervising the deployment of cutting-edge InfiniBand and Ethernet technologies with a team comprising AI and HPC experts. This role demands dynamic interpersonal abilities and a customer-centric approach.

What You Will Be Doing

• Directs and supervises the service HPC engineering functions in designing, developing, installing, and validating hardware and software for the Customer AI High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems.
• Responsible for leading our HPC projects' planning, implementation, and performance. Improves the integrity of system services bring-up and related by applying groundbreaking technical and operational knowledge to configure and maintain HPC AI network and server platforms.
• Drives HPC team hardware and software deployment, plans, develops, and deploys procedures for system validation.
• Lead team activities and drive tests and plans for Customer's HPC AI systems implementations, custom scripts, and testing procedures to ensure operational reliability for the system.
• Supports the HPC Engineering team, working with other internal collaborators to develop and run a well-rounded strategy for delivering service quality and continuous service improvement.
• Leads team member development, helping them set and achieve goals for their career growth.
• Build strong relationships with NVIDIA leaders, customers, partners, and collaborators. Works closely to identify, implement, and support leading NVIDIA's AI solutions engineering, maintaining currency with industry standards and innovations.
• Be the domain authority with customers during planning calls through implementation.

What We Need To See

• 10+ overall years' experience in IT, high-performance computing, or other related field; 3+ years of experience in a management or leadership role
• Demonstrated expertise in HPC systems design configuration and planning, and solid knowledge of HPC storage
• Proficiency with low latency/high-bandwidth interconnect infrastructure (Infiniband and Ethernet).
• Expertise with HPC system software cluster management/provisioning tools, including job schedulers (Slurm, salt, xCAT).
• Proficiency with shared and distributed memory parallelism (OpenMP, MPI, NCCL and HPL) and accelerators (GPUs).
• Strong scripting ability (Bash, Perl, Python, etc.) and experience with programming fundamentals.
• Expertise with administration, supervising and maintaining secure Linux/Unix operating systems (CentOS, Solaris).
• Ability to understand and work with large, sophisticated systems, identify and resolve problems, handle performance, and troubleshoot network issues related to infrastructure.
• Expertise with multi-vendor hardware/software management, security, and network/Internet protocols
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field or equivalent experience

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

• InfiniBand experience.
• Experience with GPU-focused hardware/software.
• Experience with MPI.
• Automation tooling background (Ansible, Salt, Puppet, etc.).
• Ethernet and Storage technologies such as Lustre or GPFS.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 216,000 USD - 345,000 USD for Level 4, and 248,000 USD - 396,750 USD for Level 5.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.