Sr. HPC Systems Architect (Storage)
About The Position
This role provides senior technical leadership for the architecture, deployment, and long‑term scalability of large‑scale HPC storage and compute platforms. It owns systems end‑to‑end—from early architectural definition through full production—partnering across engineering, manufacturing, and strategic vendors to deliver highly available, high‑performance infrastructure at scale. The scope emphasizes deep technical ownership, architectural decision‑making, and solving sophisticated infrastructure challenges in live production environments. This work directly develops critically important HPC platforms built for adaptability, scale, and operational excellence, driving real‑world impact across core products and technologies.
Requirements
- Proven experience with HPC systems, storage, or large‑scale Linux infrastructure
- Deep, hands‑on expertise in HPC storage and Linux‑based infrastructure
- Strong, distro‑agnostic Linux experience (Rocky, RHEL, SuSE, Ubuntu)
- Proven experience crafting and operating large‑scale parallel storage systems
- Strong understanding of HPC hardware platforms (servers, GPUs, networking, storage, BIOS/BMC)
- Advanced Linux systems knowledge (PXE/netboot, systemd, HA concepts)
- Solid networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, LDAP, HTTP)
- Strong scripting skills in Shell and Python
- Experience with configuration management and automation (Salt, Puppet, Chef, etc.)
- Minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years experience; or equivalent experience.
Nice To Haves
- Strong DevOps and automation mentality (CI/CD pipelines, Git, infrastructure as code)
- Experience with containers for HPC (Singularity, Docker)
- Monitoring and observability experience (Prometheus, Grafana)
- Familiarity with Apache/Nginx and supporting infrastructure services
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, implementation, and ongoing support of high‑performance compute (HPC) clusters, taking accountability for system performance, reliability, and scalability
- Serve as a technical authority for HPC storage, with deep hands‑on expertise in parallel file systems such as Lustre, GPFS, and BeeGFS
- Apply sophisticated systems knowledge across CPU and GPU architectures, high‑bandwidth interconnects, and robust storage subsystems to deliver balanced, high‑performance solutions
- Lead the creation of hardware BOMs for HPC clusters, working directly with vendors and coordinating hardware release activities
- Design, configure, and optimize Linux operating systems for HPC environments.
- Translate project specifications and performance requirements into subsystem and system‑level designs, driving execution while meeting technical and schedule commitments
- Support the design, release, and transition of new systems to manufacturing and customers, providing high‑quality golden images, procedures, scripts, and documentation
- Lead EOL part re‑qualification activities to ensure long‑term system viability and supportability
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life
- 401(K) including company matching
- employee stock purchase program (ESPP)
- student debt assistance
- tuition reimbursement program
- development and career growth opportunities and programs
- financial planning benefits
- wellness benefits including an employee assistance program (EAP)
- paid time off
- paid company holidays
- family care and bonding leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
