HPC Solution Architect

Dell Technologies • Hopkinton, MA

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About The Position

The Software Engineering team delivers next-generation software application enhancements and new products for a changing world. Working at the cutting edge, we design and develop software for platforms, peripherals, applications and diagnostics — all with the most advanced technologies, tools, software engineering methodologies and the collaboration of internal and external partners. Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a Senior Principal Software Engineer on our Software Engineering Team in Austin, Texas or Hopkinton, Massachusetts. What you’ll achieve As a Senior Software Principal Engineer, you will be responsible for developing sophisticated systems and software basis the customer’s business goals, needs and general business environment creating software solutions. We are hiring a Senior HPC Solution Architect to design, deploy, and support large‑scale HPC and AI clusters for enterprise, research, and hyperscale customers. This is a hands‑on, customer‑facing Individual Contributor role that blends Linux systems engineering, cluster lifecycle automation, provisioning frameworks (Omnia/OpenCHAMI), Slurm/Kubernetes, and deep troubleshooting of production environments. Ideal for strong technical engineers who enjoy solving complex customer problems, contributing to open‑source, and shaping modern HPC deployment practices.

Requirements

• HPC & Distributed Systems: 8+ years engineering large‑scale HPC and distributed infrastructure, with strong knowledge of cluster architecture, schedulers, and provisioning workflows
• Linux & Automation: Deep experience with RHEL/Rocky/Ubuntu; hands‑on cluster deployments using open‑source toolchains, Omnia, and OpenCHAMI (composable provisioning, cloud‑init, microservices)
• Schedulers, Containers & Observability: Production experience with Slurm and/or Kubernetes; proficient with Docker/Podman, OpenTelemetry pipelines, and telemetry instrumentation
• Networking, Fabrics & Streaming: Solid L2/L3 fundamentals, PXE/iPXE, DHCP/TFTP; experience with InfiniBand/RoCE/Omni‑Path fabrics and event streaming with Kafka
• Scripting, Monitoring & Customer Engagement: Strong skills in Ansible, Python, Bash; expertise with Prometheus and Grafana dashboards; proven communication skills for escalations and simplifying complex HPC concepts

Responsibilities

• Lead customer architecture & design, translating HPC/AI workload requirements into scalable cluster architectures (compute, schedulers, storage, interconnects)
• Deploy and operationalize clusters using Omnia or similar automation, including provisioning, scheduler bring‑up, telemetry, authentication, and repo management
• Build and maintain provisioning workflows (OpenCHAMI‑based or equivalent) covering PXE/iPXE boot, cloud‑init, security, and identity/cert operations
• Serve as Tier‑3 engineering escalation, troubleshooting complex provisioning, scheduling, GPU, networking, and performance issues; perform RCAs and drive permanent fixes
• Contribute to open source and customer enablement through code contributions, documentation, workshops, runbooks, templates, and field readiness materials

Benefits

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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees