About the company
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company that manages all applications and next steps. The partner is looking for an HPC/AI Systems Administrator based in the United States.
Responsibilities
- Install, administer, monitor, and maintain HPC/AI systems, including compute nodes, storage, networking, and software stacks
- Develop and maintain automation tools for provisioning, configuration management, and monitoring
- Install, configure, and optimize job scheduling and resource management tools, particularly Slurm
- Support system security, patch management, and troubleshooting
- Conduct performance benchmarking and system tuning
- Contribute to capacity planning and resource management
- Deploy and maintain HPC/AI applications including MPI, containers, Spack, and environment modules
- Document system administration procedures
- Provide technical expertise to researchers and resolve escalated support requests
- Coordinate with vendors and contribute to procurement and lifecycle management
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics, computer science, or a related field, or equivalent experience (advanced degree a plus)
- Approximately 5–10 or more years of experience in HPC system administration
- Required hands-on experience configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting Slurm in large-scale HPC/AI environments
- Deep understanding of HPC and AI technologies, infrastructure, and software ecosystems
- Experience with automation, configuration management, monitoring, performance tuning, and resource scheduling
- Familiarity with MPI, containers, Spack, and environment modules
- Willingness to travel within the United States approximately four times per year
- U.S. citizenship and eligibility to visit U.S. government research facilities
Conditions
- Remote work within the United States or hybrid arrangement at an office in Minnesota or California
- Work with advanced HPC/AI infrastructure
- Collaborative technical team environment
- Professional development opportunities
- Salary, healthcare, retirement benefits, and paid time off (details not specified in the source description)