CareerPlan

HPC Systems Administrator | Experienced Hire

Bala Cynwyd (Philadelphia Area), PennsylvaniaFull-time2026-11-06 → 2026-11-10
On-site

Core

Build and optimize high-performance computing (HPC) systems, including trading infrastructure, compute clusters, and databases, serving quantitative researchers and scientists.

Role type

Senior HPC Systems Administrator

Builds

High-performance trading infrastructure, compute clusters, and databases

Domain

Financial technology / High-performance computing

Deliverable

infrastructure

Required skills

Linux administration, HPC platform operations, kernel and I/O subsystem tuning, Python scripting, Bash scripting, Ansible, Lustre, GPFS, VAST, Slurm, InfiniBand, RoCE, GPU cluster management

Preferred skills

Root-cause analysis, capacity planning, batch workflow optimization

Technologies

Python, Bash, Ansible, Lustre, VAST, GPFS, Slurm, InfiniBand, RoCE, sysctl, perf, strace, tcpdump, Wireshark

Responsibilities

Automate monitoring and maintenance using home-grown tools; tune operating systems and batch workflows for performance; oversee HPC environment including scheduler, parallel filesystems, GPUs, and interconnects; implement and optimize high-performance storage solutions; develop capacity planning strategies; troubleshoot and tune systems using diagnostic tools.

Seniority

Experienced Hire, hands-on IC