Assistant Director, High Performance Computing
About The Position
Lead the technical services team for the High-Performance Computing (HPC) platform. Provide technical leadership on the HPC development with a focus on enabling AI-related R&D activities. Manage customer projects by formulating requirements and objectives, providing resource estimation, defining milestones, identifying risks, handling critical issues, and liaising with the business and IT teams. Establish and implement best practices for the HPC technical operations. Ensure a smooth and successful transition of the HPC project from the project development phase to the operational phase with comprehensive and up-to-date documentation and reliable maintenance related procedures, etc. Collaborate with the IT operation team to provide daily services and adhere to the SLA. Conduct performance tuning and capacity management for the HPC platform. Provide technical support and user training for scientific computing, especially in the domain of AI/ML. Provide consultancy services and pre-sales support to the business team. Contribute to community engagement activities and develop showcases to demonstrate the use cases of the HPC platform. Perform any other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, related disciplines or equivalent
- 10 years of hands-on experience preferably in managing and supporting HPC Platforms
- Strong understanding and hands-on experience with job management, cluster management and high-performance file systems
- Familiar with the Linux Operating System, including setup and configuration in a large-scale computing clusters/HPC environment
- Experience with setting up and performance tuning on both open-source and licensed HPC applications
- Strong experience in supporting various Research and Development Projects in large enterprises or universities
- Experience in customer training and providing technical enabling services to clients
- Strong project and people management skills, with a demonstrated ability to work independently
- Results-oriented, analytical, and collaborative, with the capacity to multitask and adapt effectively in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent in verbal and written English and Chinese (Cantonese and Putonghua)
Nice To Haves
- Possession of a higher degree by research (e.g. Mphilip or PhD) is an advantage
- Higher education or professional qualifications with less experience will also be considered
- Sound knowledge and experience in Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, Python, R, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning using HPC Platform highly preferred
- Practical experience in designing and building HPC systems desirable
- Experience in setting up monitoring and optimization for HPC systems desirable
- Familiar with the Nvidia DGX platform and cluster management software will be an advantage
- Familiar with Kubernetes platform and able to set up monitoring, logging, and alerting for Kubernetes clusters
- Knowledge in Large Language Models (LLM) and Prompt Engineering
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical services team for the High-Performance Computing (HPC) platform
- Provide technical leadership on the HPC development with a focus on enabling AI-related R&D activities
- Manage customer projects by formulating requirements and objectives, providing resource estimation, defining milestones, identifying risks, handling critical issues, and liaising with the business and IT teams
- Establish and implement best practices for the HPC technical operations
- Ensure a smooth and successful transition of the HPC project from the project development phase to the operational phase with comprehensive and up-to-date documentation and reliable maintenance related procedures, etc.
- Collaborate with the IT operation team to provide daily services and adhere to the SLA
- Conduct performance tuning and capacity management for the HPC platform
- Provide technical support and user training for scientific computing, especially in the domain of AI/ML
- Provide consultancy services and pre-sales support to the business team
- Contribute to community engagement activities and develop showcases to demonstrate the use cases of the HPC platform
- Perform any other duties as assigned
Benefits
- 5-day work week
- attractive annual leave
- additional special leave
- Medical benefits including dental and annual check-up from Day-1, with extended coverage to dependent(s)
- Professional training and career advancement opportunities
- Accessible to various bus service with network across different locations in HK
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
