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ASRC Federal · 3 days ago

Senior HPC Engineer

Mountain View, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

ASRC Federal is seeking a Senior HPC Engineer to provide High Performance Computing services for federal government customers. The role involves delivering architectural enhancements and operational excellence, supporting day-to-day HPC operations, and mentoring junior staff while ensuring system performance and user satisfaction.

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Responsibilities

Design, deploy and maintain HPC clusters with over 2000+ nodes with InfiniBand, 100+ petabytes of data storage in production

Shepherd and/or contribute to scalable feature designs through the entire software development process, from requirements and use cases to release

Designs and develops scripts for system administration, monitoring and usage reporting

Modify existing software to correct errors and/or improve performance

Designs and develops scripts for system regression test and performance (file systems (Luster), scheduler (PBS), interconnect (HDR/NDR, Slingshot, ), high availability, etc.)

Troubleshoots, isolates and resolves application, system and other technical problems (hardware, software, and network)

Understands research use cases, researches and deploys new technologies, defining cost, performance and other trade-offs

Manages and maintains tools for provisioning, configuration management (HPCM, Ansible & GIT), resource management, scheduling and all necessary aspects of HPC in accordance with best practices

Researches, deploys and manages networking and security infrastructure, including development of policies and procedures

Assists in developing and writing proposals and publications

Creates and provides clear documentation

Mentoring junior staff and cross training peers

After hours/weekend support as required

Moderate Supercomputing System Administration that contributes to:

+ Day-to-day operations of the Linux HPC clusters and storage systems

+ Proactive monitoring, analyze, and correct system issues

+ Development of scripts to automate repetitive tasks or tools to enhance support of the HPC systems

+ System performance analysis and tuning

+ Building, installing, and supporting user-requested software

+ Supporting evaluation and assessment of new HPC technology

+ Resolving user report issues and manage support tickets requests in Remedy

Qualification

HPC systems administrationBatch schedulers PBSBatch schedulers SlurmLinux/UNIX administrationScripting PythonScripting PerlScripting BashSystems programmingConfiguration management (Ansible)Networking knowledgeTechnical writingCommunication skillsProblem-solving skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Strong computer science background with in-depth systems-level knowledge in operating systems and networking

A minimum of 10 years of experience in the administration of HPC systems and scheduling software (PBS, Slurm, or Moab/Torque)

A minimum of 10 years of experience of systems programming in heterogeneous, multi-platform HPC environments

Strong ability to analyze, debug and maintain the integrity of an existing code base

Demonstrated equivalence of 5 years of Linux/UNIX user support experience and hands-on experience with administration of Linux systems

Experience working with HPC applications and proficiency in at least C, C++, or Fortran

Superior scripting skills and excellent attention to detail; proficiency in at least Python, Perl, or Bash

Strong ability to interact with customers to understand needs, elicit requirements, and get feedback on prototype solutions

Excellent communication and people skills; excellent time management and organizational skills

Experience with system configuration management tools e.g., puppet, chef, ansible

Experience with revision control software e.g. CVS, SVN, Git

Track record of delivering commercial quality software on schedule with excellent quality through multiple release cycles

Proficiency at documentation and technical writing

Preferred

Proficiency with analysis and problem-solving skills for debugging and optimization of applications

Familiarity/proficiency with OpenMP and Message Passing Interface (MPI) programming

Experience with Lustre, and InfiniBand

Experience with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP), OpenStack or Kubernetes is a plus

Benefits

Health care

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

401(k)

Education assistance

Paid time off including PTO

Holidays

Any other paid leave required by law

Company

ASRC Federal

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ASRC Federal provide mission-critical services to federal government agencies dedicated to defense, civil and intelligence support.

Founded in 2003

Beltsville, Maryland, USA

5001-10000 employees

http://www.asrcfederal.com/

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