HPC Systems Administration Specialist

Argonne National Laboratory•Lemont, IL

7d•$69,750 - $134,626

About The Position

Argonne is a multidisciplinary science and engineering research facility, where world-class researchers work alongside experts from industry, academia, and other government laboratories to address vital national challenges in technology and national security. As a member of the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) High Performance Computing (HPC) team, you will directly work with first-class supercomputers and emergent technologies alongside scientific staff and research colleagues within the division. The selected individual will assist with the design, development, and advancement of the HPC environment of the ALCF. This position will focus on software integration with the larger software and operational ecosystem at the facility site. This position will be able to significantly contribute to the design and development of new HPC systems, tools, and software stacks.

Requirements

Strong background in Linux systems administration, including cluster management, performance tuning, and resource allocation in HPC settings.
Experience with package managers like Spack for software deployment, including building from source, resolving dependencies, and maintaining multiple versions in a production HPC setting.
Experience creating and managing programming environments, such as environment modules (e.g., Lmod or Environment Modules) or containers (e.g. Singularity/Apptainer) to integrate libraries and SDKs like MPI, CUDA, BLAS, or FFTW.
Familiarity with version control systems for managing configurations and custom package definitions.
Knowledge of the installation, management, and the use of software such as compilers, scientific applications, and job resource managers.
Experience with CI pipelines.
Proficiency in scripting and programming languages such as Python (for Spack package definitions and automation).
Strong knowledge of build systems (e.g., Make, CMake, Autotools) and compilers (e.g., GCC, Intel, LLVM) for handling dependencies in Spack-managed stacks.
Ability to configure and use YAML-based files for Spack environments.
Proficiency with podman or similar container-based build environments.
Problem-solving skills for debugging dependency conflicts.
Experience working in collaborative teams, including refining user requirements.
Ability to model Argonne's core values of impact, safety, respect, integrity and teamwork.
Provide proof of U.S. citizenship.

Responsibilities

Assist with the design, development, and advancement of the HPC environment of the ALCF.
Focus on software integration with the larger software and operational ecosystem at the facility site.
Significantly contribute to the design and development of new HPC systems, tools, and software stacks.
Support researchers in scientific computing settings.