Sr. High Performance Computing (HPC) Systems Engineer

United States Digital Space LLC; Starbase (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC seeks an Sr. HPC Systems Engineer to administrate HPC clusters, storage, and fast networks. You will support engineers, install Linux compute clusters, and author clear documentation for complex systems.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in HPC or 7+ years software experience with a degree, plus Kubernetes and container tooling proficiency. This role involves extended hours as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline and 5+ years of systems engineering experience; OR 7+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with client and server hardware/software, management tools, enterprise networking, virtualization, and security technologies
• Experience with Kubernetes

Responsibilities

• Administer and manage HPC clusters, storage systems, and high-speed networks
• Provide application support to the company employees across engineering disciplines
• Install and integrate Linux-based compute clusters
• Write instructional documentation and convey highly technical ideas in non-technical terms

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux systems

Scripting Bash Python

Docker Podman Singularity

HPC clusters

Monitoring Prometheus Grafana Nagios

Cluster schedulers Slurm PBS LSF

Automation Puppet Ansible

Virtualization

Networking security

GPU CUDA

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline

Tools

Docker

Podman

Singularity

Kubernetes

Puppet

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

Nagios

Slurm

PBS

LSF

Job description

the company was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today the company is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

SR. HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING (HPC) SYSTEMS ENGINEER

the company is looking for an HPC Systems Engineer with strong knowledge and experience in a world class engineering organization. This employee will be a member of the HPC team and will support the company personnel and proprietary systems. The ideal candidate will be flexible and flourish in a fast paced and challenging environment. They should be a self-starter, self-motivator and possess ingenuity to excel at this position.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Administer and manage HPC clusters, storage systems, and high-speed networks
• Provide application support to the company employees across engineering disciplines
• Install and integrate Linux-based compute clusters
• Write instructional documentation and convey highly technical ideas in non-technical terms

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline and 5+ years of systems engineering experience; OR 7+ years of professional experience building software in lieu of a degree
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with client and server hardware/software, management tools, enterprise networking, virtualization, and security technologies
• Experience with Kubernetes

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• 5+ years of professional experience building, deploying and troubleshooting Linux systems
• Experience with a scripting language (Bash, Python) to automate and solve reoccurring tasks
• Experience building, deploying and troubleshooting HPC clusters
• Familiarity with cluster resource managers (Slurm, PBS, LSF)
• Experience with monitoring and alerting technologies (Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios)
• Familiarity with scientific and engineering computing (CFD, FEA)
• Familiarity with large scale AI training
• Familiarity with GPU usage in a compute cluster and Cuda
• Experience with containers (Docker, Podman, Singularity)
• Experience deploying and maintaining automated configuration management software (Puppet, Ansible)
• Comfortable working with mission critical and sensitive systems, with a sense of urgency appropriate to the responsibilities
• Eligibility for access to classified material up to TS/SCI with Polygraph

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed

ITAR REQUIREMENTS

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. Section 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. Section 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

the company is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with the company is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

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