HPC Cloud Engineer
Core
Operate and support high-performance compute (HPC) clusters for compute-intensive mission workloads, including job scheduling, GPU acceleration, and infrastructure provisioning.
Role type
HPC Cloud Engineer
Builds
HPC clusters and GPU-accelerated compute environments for US federal government clients
Domain
Defense, National Security, Public Safety
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
HPC job schedulers (Slurm, PBS), GPU software configuration (CUDA/cuDNN), AWS ParallelCluster/Batch, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible), Python/Bash/PowerShell, Data pipeline integration (Kafka, Airflow, Spark)
Preferred skills
AWS data services (EMR, Redshift, Glue), CompTIA Security+, AWS certifications, experience in classified environments (NIPR, SIPR, JWICS)
Technologies
AWS, Slurm, PBS, CUDA, Terraform, Ansible, Kafka, Airflow, Spark, EMR, Redshift, Glue
Responsibilities
Support daily operation of HPC clusters, troubleshoot job scheduler failures, monitor CPU/GPU utilization, assist with GPU software setup, support IaC for cluster provisioning, document configurations and runbooks
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC
