Senior HPC Systems Engineer

Type of Requisition:

Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Suitability:

Public Trust/Other Required:

Job Family:

Systems Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

High-Performance Computing (HPC) Systems, Linux System Administration, Systems Management

Certifications:

None - N/A

Experience:

10 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. Our work depends on a Senior HPC Systems Engineer joining our team to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputer System (WCOSS).  This position is remote with some travel required.

WCOSS provides NOAA the operational High Performance Computing (HPC) resources essential to process sophisticated numerical models used to predict and understand atmospheric and oceanic phenomena for weather and climate operational use.  Operating 24/7, the next 10-year WCOSS program will deliver significant computational capability that will evolve over time to keep pace with NOAA’s growing environmental modeling needs.

We are looking for individuals to join GDIT’s team to deploy, operate and support leading-edge technology for WCOSS.  Specific technology training will be provided. CANDIDATES MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE OUBLIC TRUST CLEARANCE OR ABOVE TO BE CONSIDERED.

We think. We act. We deliver. There is no challenge we can’t turn into opportunity.

In this role, a typical day will include:

• Applying current HPC systems administrative skills; desire to learn and deploy new technologies.
• Developing and deploying monitoring capabilities.
• Developing and implementing tools for cluster administration.
• Providing technical support with team of HPC System & Storage Administrators to resolve operational issues.
• Providing off-hour on-call support on a rotating basis.
• Positions available at facility sites or remote, some travel required.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and 10+ years of experience with HPC systems operations.
• Experience working in a 24X7 operational environment.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated experience to deploy and manage large-scale HPC systems using OS provisioning tools (e.g., xCat, HPCM).
• Demonstrated experience using configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet).
• Linux system administration experience (e.g., SLES, RedHat or CentOS).
• Batch management/scheduling experience, PBSpro preferred.
• Parallel filesystem configuration and monitoring experience (e.g., Lustre, NFS).
• Network interconnect configuration and monitoring experience (e.g., Infiniband, Ethernet).
• Programming or scripting in at least two languages (e.g., Bash, Perl, Python, C).
• Strong writing skills for technical documents, system procedures, user wiki’s and FAQs.
• Experience developing regression tests (e.g. pavilion, ReFrame)
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

The likely salary range for this position is $83,096 - $154,211. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for va