HPC Azure Engineer
About The Position
We are seeking an experienced HPC Azure Engineer to design, deploy, optimize, and support High-Performance Computing (HPC) solutions within Microsoft Azure. This role combines deep cloud infrastructure expertise with HPC technologies to help customers accelerate engineering, scientific, AI/ML, rendering, financial modeling, and simulation workloads in Azure. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Azure infrastructure, networking, automation, Linux administration, and HPC technologies such as Azure CycleCloud, Azure Batch, Slurm, or similar. This role will work directly with customers to architect scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience supporting Microsoft Azure infrastructure.
- 3+ years of experience with HPC environments or large-scale compute workloads.
- Experience deploying and managing Azure networking services.
- Strong understanding of Azure compute, storage, virtualization, and security services.
- Experience with Linux administration (Red Hat, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu, CentOS, etc.).
- Experience with scripting and automation technologies.
- Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
- Excellent communication and customer-facing consulting experience.
Nice To Haves
- Azure CycleCloud experience.
- Azure Batch experience.
- Slurm, PBS Pro, LSF, or similar scheduler experience.
- Experience supporting engineering simulation workloads such as ANSYS, Fluent, Abaqus, STAR-CCM+, or Altair solutions.
- Experience with AI, Machine Learning, or GPU-based computing.
- Experience with Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD).
- Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform or Bicep.
- Experience with Chef, Ansible, or similar configuration management tools.
- Experience deploying Azure Fortinet or other cloud security appliances.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement Azure-based HPC environments and hybrid cloud solutions.
- Deploy and manage Azure CycleCloud, Azure Batch, and HPC clusters.
- Architect highly available and scalable compute, storage, and networking solutions.
- Design solutions utilizing Azure Virtual Machines, HPC VM families, Azure NetApp Files, Azure Blob Storage, and high-performance storage architectures.
- Develop solutions for burst-to-cloud and hybrid HPC workloads.
- Configure and support Azure Virtual Networks, VPNs, ExpressRoute, NSGs, Load Balancers, and DNS services.
- Implement Azure Site Recovery (ASR), backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions.
- Monitor and optimize Azure workloads for performance, reliability, and cost management.
- Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, application, networking, and performance issues.
- Configure identity solutions utilizing Entra ID (Azure AD) and hybrid identity services.
- Automate deployments using Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates, or similar tools.
- Develop PowerShell, Bash, Python, or Ansible automation solutions.
- Standardize deployment processes and operational procedures.
- Lead customer discovery sessions and technical design workshops.
- Gather requirements and translate business needs into technical solutions.
- Provide architecture recommendations and best practices.
- Deliver technical documentation, diagrams, and knowledge transfer sessions.
- Support project implementations and post-deployment operations.
- Maintain project documentation and operational runbooks.
- Develop support procedures and technical standards.
- Identify opportunities to improve performance, automation, and operational efficiency.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
