HPC Engineer

AMERICAN SYSTEMS • Arlington, VA

31d

About The Position

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.

Requirements

• DoD Top Secret (TS) clearance with SCI eligibility
• Bachelor's in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and ten or more years of job-related experience.
• Thorough knowledge of complex concepts, practices, and troubleshooting associated with HPC cluster systems design, installation, and maintenance.
• Advanced knowledge in distributed computing theory, parallel processing, applications, and associated infrastructure is required.
• Extensive experience with Linux/Unix systems including installation, configuration, networking, backups, updates and patching, data archiving, and system security.
• Functional knowledge of HPC middleware, and platform managers such as Bright Cluster Manager; employing job schedulers such as PBS, Slurm, Torque, etc.; and, optimizing job queues.
• Experience with HPC or large-scale distributed computing environments and technologies such as high-speed low-latency interconnects (e.g. InifiniBand), parallel file systems (e.g. Lustre), and virtualization environments and tools (e.g. VMWare).
• Experience developing Python/bash/Perl scripts and employing automation frameworks such as Ansible.
• General knowledge employing Docker containers and Kubernetes ecosystems.
• Working knowledge in one or more programming languages (e.g. C/C++, Fortran, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Apply comprehensive knowledge of High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems, comprised of high-speed, multi-petabyte Lustre file systems, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) servers, CPU/GPU compute nodes, and high-performance storage arrays, using Ethernet, fiber, Omni-Path, and InfiniBand interconnections.
• Provide functional and technical expertise in support of user-developed software and technical advice and leadership to other technical staff
• Utilize a wide variety of skills in system and network monitoring; large-scale systems administration; scripting and automation; security compliance; network distributed services; storage and backups; and hardware and software problem diagnosis and resolution.
• Diagnosing and troubleshoot technical problems, often of a complex nature, associated with computer hardware and software interrelationships and dependencies.
• Conduct needs analysis, planning, and scheduling the installation of a wide variety of new or modified hardware/software.
• Develop functional and technical IT system requirements and specifications. Configure and optimize system tools and applications, to include job schedulers (Slurm and PBSPro) and system resources (GitLab, LUA/TCL modules, and system support applications).
• Create and brief technical presentations to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Maintain detailed documentation of system configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting guides. Develop user facing documentation.

Benefits

• AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees