Systems Engineer - HPC and GPU Infrastructure

Absolute Business Solutions Corp.; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k Fully Vested with Match

Health & Wellness allowance

Career Development funds

Volunteer Time Off

Charitable Match

Referral Program

LOV Awards

Job summary

Absolute Business Solutions Corp (ABSC) is seeking a TS/SCI-cleared Systems Engineer specializing in HPC and GPU infrastructure for the DIA-NDOC under the DTP contract. You will design, install, optimize, and sustain GPU/HPC clusters enabling AI and analytics for IC missions.

The role is an on-site position at the Intelligence Community Campus in Bethesda, MD, requiring active TS/SCI with polygraph. You will work with Linux, Slurm/PBS, Kubernetes, and automation tools to deliver mission-critical

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with four or more years of relevant systems-engineering experience.
• Active TS/SCI with polygraph, or active TS/SCI with willingness to obtain and maintain a polygraph.
• Expertise integrating and administering Linux operating systems.
• Strong knowledge of computer hardware architecture in Linux environments.
• Knowledge of parallel computing, graphics algorithms, and real-time rendering.
• Proficiency with Python or Bash scripting.
• Experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Puppet, Salt, or Terraform.
• Current DoD 8570 or 8140 IAT Level II or higher certification and an appropriate Computing Environment certification.
• Strong problem-solving, collaboration, documentation, and technical communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support installation, integration, configuration, and maintenance of on-premises and cloud-based GPU and HPC hardware.
• Analyze cluster performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement optimization strategies.
• Install, configure, and sustain job-scheduling and workload-management platforms such as Slurm, PBS, Apache Airflow, and Kubernetes.
• Evaluate and improve GPU power-management and power-efficiency strategies.
• Design and execute stress tests, benchmarks, debugging, and validation procedures for GPU performance.
• Administer and integrate Linux OS with GPU hardware, drivers, middleware, containers, and distributed workloads.
• Develop scripts and automation using Python, Bash, Ansible, Puppet, Salt, Terraform, or comparable tools.
• Monitor HPC and GPU infrastructure health, capacity, performance, and reliability.

Skills

Linux admin

Python scripting

HPC expertise

GPU infra

Cloud awareness

Automation

Teamwork

Bash scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE

DoD 8570/8140 IAT II cert

Computing Environment certs

Tools

Slurm

PBS

Kubernetes

Docker

Apache Airflow

Linux

Python

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Salt

Job description

Systems Engineer - HPC and GPU Infrastructure

Absolute Business Solutions Corp (ABSC) is not just another tech company. We're a community of innovators, engineers, analysts and business professionals working together with our customers to tackle the most complex challenges. For more than 20 years we've supported critical Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC), Federal Civilian missions and global, multi-national corporations. We specialize in supporting our clients in the Intelligence, Technology, Defense, AI/ML, and Data Science fields. As we continue to grow at a rapid pace, we need some amazing new professionals to join our team.

ABSC has an exciting opening for a TS/SCI-cleared Systems Engineer specializing in high-performance computing and GPU infrastructure supporting DIA-NDOC under the DTP contract. You will help design, install, optimize, and sustain GPU and HPC clusters that enable advanced data processing, analytics, and AI capabilities for Intelligence Community missions.

The 10-year DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP) program modernizes the secure data, application, and infrastructure capabilities supporting DIA's National Digital Exploitation & OSINT Center (NDOC). The program delivers scalable media processing, data discovery, enrichment, and analytical services that help mission users transform large volumes of digital information into timely, actionable intelligence. Team members work across software development, systems engineering, cybersecurity, platform operations, and mission integration to sustain current operations while delivering the next generation of DTP capabilities.

Work location and schedule: This is an-site position at the Intelligence Community Campus in Bethesda, MD. All work must be performed at the customer site.

Security clearance required for this role: An active TS/SCI or active TS/SCI with the ability and willingness to obtain and maintain a counterintelligence polygraph

Responsibilities

As an integral member of the DTP team, you will work closely with Government stakeholders and cross-functional engineering teams on the following key tasks:

• Support installation, integration, configuration, and maintenance of on-premises and cloud-based GPU and HPC hardware.
• Analyze cluster performance, identify hardware and software bottlenecks, and implement optimization strategies across Linux environments.
• Install, configure, and sustain job-scheduling and workload-management platforms such as Slurm, PBS, Apache Airflow, and Kubernetes.
• Evaluate and improve GPU power-management and power-efficiency strategies.
• Design and execute stress tests, benchmarks, debugging activities, and validation procedures for GPU performance and functionality.
• Administer and integrate Linux operating systems with GPU hardware, drivers, middleware, containers, and distributed workloads.
• Develop scripts and automation using Python, Bash, Ansible, Puppet, Salt, Terraform, or comparable tools.
• Monitor HPC and GPU infrastructure health, capacity, performance, and reliability.
• Maintain architecture specifications, configuration records, test procedures, code documentation, and Linux-specific operational guidance.
• Evaluate emerging GPU, HPC, virtualization, cloud, networking, and container technologies and recommend mission-relevant improvements.

Requirements

To be successful in this role, you must meet the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with four or more years of relevant systems-engineering experience. Additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Active TS/SCI with polygraph, or active TS/SCI with willingness to obtain and maintain a polygraph.
• Expertise integrating and administering Linux operating systems.
• Strong knowledge of computer hardware architecture in Linux environments.
• Knowledge of parallel computing, graphics algorithms, and real-time rendering.
• Proficiency with Python or Bash scripting.
• Experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Puppet, Salt, or Terraform.
• Current DoD 8570 or 8140 IAT Level II or higher certification and an appropriate Computing Environment certification.
• Strong problem-solving, collaboration, documentation, and technical communication skills.

Desired Skills

You will wow us even more if you have some of these skills:

• Knowledge of GPU virtualization, cloud computing, and emerging Linux-based GPU technologies.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience using Prometheus and Grafana.
• Knowledge of distributed resource-scheduling systems.
• Understanding of data-center networking hardware and cabling.
• Knowledge of DHCP, DNS, TCP/IP, VLANs, HSRP, and SNMP.
• Understanding of firewall ACLs, IPS or IDS, and policy-based routing.

Salary and Compensation

Salary is commensurate with education and years of experience. The anticipated salary range for this requisition is $90,000 - $170,000 annually. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include, but are not limited to, the responsibilities of the position, education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, security clearance, internal equity, applicable market data, contractual labor-category requirements, applicable bargaining agreements, and other applicable laws or requirements.

Who we are:

ABSC is a technology and services company that combines the agility of a small business with proven processes refined over more than two decades in business. We specialize in supporting public sector clients in the Intelligence, Defense, Health, and Safety areas. Our team stands ready to deliver the next generation of programs, personnel, and solutions to help advance our federal government customers' driving innovation, agility, and security across all mission areas.

Some of our benefits include:

• Retirement Planning - 401k Fully Vested with Match
• Annual Health and Wellness Allowance - buy an Apple Watch, a treadmill, or hit the gym on us
• Career Development - Annual Funds to spend on Education and Training
• Volunteer Time Off - Annually, all employees can spend 8 hours directly supporting a charity of choice
• Charitable Match - ABSC matches an employee's donation to a qualifying charity
• Referral Program - We pay for internal and external referrals!
• LOV Awards - Earn bonus awards throughout the year from our Living Our Values awards program

ABSC is a proud V3, Virginia Values Vets, member which recognizes our commitment to hiring Veterans. If you are a veteran, please be sure to include that in your application.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.