Senior Research HPC Systems Engineer – Cloud & Automation

Boston University; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time Off & Holidays

Retirement Plan

Tuition Assistance

Job summary

Boston University IS&T is seeking a Research Computing Systems Engineer III to operate and grow our high-performance computing (HPC) environment. You will maintain a 1,000+ node Linux cluster, manage Grid Engine and GPFS, and help deploy a NIST 800-171-compliant secure research computing setup built on tiCrypt and Slurm.

You will write infrastructure as code, troubleshoot hardware, and support researchers while collaborating with senior engineers.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant work experience with a bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Linux systems administration experience with patching, upgrades, and security maintenance.
• Scripting in Bash and Python; knowledge of additional languages is a plus.
• Experience with configuration management systems (Ansible, Puppet, Chef) and revision control (Git).
• Hands-on experience with Linux virtualization and containerization (KVM, OpenStack, OpenNebula, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Operate, maintain, and optimize the university's production HPC cluster and storage.
• Contribute to build, deployment, and operations of a secure, compliant research computing environment.
• Advance monitoring, observability, and configuration management through CI/CD and automation.
• Automate provisioning, deployment, and routine operations across the full stack.
• Identify, diagnose, and resolve complex system, storage, network, and performance issues.
• Produce technical documentation and share expertise with colleagues and researchers.

Skills

Communication

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Bash

Python

OpenStack

Job description

Boston University IS&T is seeking a Research Computing Systems Engineer III to operate and grow our high-performance computing (HPC) environment. You will maintain a 1,000+ node Linux cluster, manage Grid Engine and GPFS, and help deploy a NIST 800-171-compliant secure research computing setup built on tiCrypt and Slurm.

You will write infrastructure as code, troubleshoot hardware, and support researchers while collaborating with senior engineers.