HPC Platform Engineer

Job Description

Title: HPC Platform Engineer

Location: Remote

Contract

Key Responsibilities

Vendor interface

· You will interact with our hardware vendors and ensure the right golden images are installed on our systems, including Base OS, drivers and libraries.

· You will document and maintain the O/S versions, libraries, and drivers installed on the system

· You will design and maintain Hardware Tests to ensure system functionality and integrity before delivery to end customer --??

· Partner with the vendor to detect GPU, interconnect, memory, and node-level hardware issues and help deliver solutions to end customers

Middleware Development and maintanance

· Define and create value added software to help customer IT teams optimize platform utilization

o User access and authentication

o Job queue management

o Data security and containerization application stacks (e.g., Apptainer/Singularity)

o License administration

o Work with customers to understand and develop additional value added features

Required Qualifications

• Hands-on experience and familiarity with HPC platforms from leading providers such as Nvidia, AMD

• Experience configuring and supporting GPU-accelerated systems

• Strong Linux systems knowledge (RHEL-like environments preferred)

• Experience building repeatable system configurations (images, automation, or containers)

• Working knowledge of high-performance networking concepts

• Ability to debug issues spanning hardware, OS, drivers, MPI, applications, and connectivity

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with workload schedulers (e.g., Slurm, LSF, PBS)

• Familiarity with containerized HPC workflows

• Exposure to cloud or hybrid HPC environments

• Scripting or automation experience (bash, Python)