HPC Systems Engineer – Security Architecture & Cluster Administration (m/w/d)
Core
Design and operate high-performance computing (HPC) clusters across four data centers, focusing on security architecture, cluster administration, and protecting sensitive research data for machine learning workloads.
Role type
Senior HPC Systems Engineer (Security Architecture & Cluster Administration)
Builds
Production HPC/ML infrastructure, secure compute environments, and automated provisioning pipelines for research teams.
Domain
Academic research, Machine Learning, High-Performance Computing
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Linux administration, HPC cluster management (Slurm, parallel file systems), network security, cryptography, IAM, infrastructure as code (Ansible/IaC), scripting (Bash, Python), incident response, virtualization management
Preferred skills
Security frameworks (ISO 27001, BSI-Grundschutz), container security (Apptainer/Singularity/Docker), offensive security basics
Technologies
Slurm, Weka, Lustre, Ceph, InfiniBand, 400G Ethernet, Proxmox, Ansible, Python, Bash
Responsibilities
Design and operate HPC clusters across four data centers; conceive and build security architecture for the ML Science Cloud; develop automated provisioning and configuration of heterogeneous nodes; manage patches, vulnerabilities, and risk assessments; operate logging, monitoring, and intrusion detection systems; lead incident response and forensics; automate operations and security policies as code; consult researchers on secure cluster usage and derive roadmap requirements
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
