Senior HPC Software & Systems Architect

Define architecture for enterprise-scale HPC clusters.

Develop compute, network, storage, and virtualization strategies.

Lead platform scalability planning from tens to thousands of cores.

Define standards for GPU acceleration, distributed computing, and workload orchestration.

Establish system performance entitlement targets and capacity planning methodologies.

Design distributed software services supporting HPC infrastructure.

Define APIs, automation frameworks, configuration management architecture, and observability solutions.

Lead adoption of software engineering best practices including CI/CD, testing, infrastructure-as-code, and DevOps methodologies.

Drive modernization initiatives across Linux, container, and cloud-native platforms.

Provide technical leadership across software, systems, manufacturing, operations, and field organizations.

Lead architecture reviews and design reviews.

Mentor engineers across multiple levels.

Establish coding, deployment, and operational standards.

Serve as escalation leader for critical system issues affecting customers and manufacturing operations.

Define HPC platform roadmap.

Evaluate emerging technologies in:

GPU computing

AI infrastructure

Storage architectures

Virtualization

Cloud integration

High-speed networking

Partner with product management and business leadership on long-term HPC strategy.

RHEL

Rocky

AlmaLinux

Ubuntu

SUSE

SGE

SLURM

Kubernetes

Distributed computing architectures

NUMA optimization

MPI concepts

GPU workload scheduling

NVIDIA GPU ecosystems

High-speed Ethernet

RDMA

NVMe storage

Parallel file systems

NAS/NFS architectures

VMware

Proxmox

KVM

Container technologies

Python

C++

Bash

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Ansible

Infrastructure automation frameworks

Service-oriented design

Scalability engineering

Reliability engineering

High availability

Disaster recovery

Capacity modeling

Performance benchmarking and tuning

Minimum Qualifications

Doctorate (Academic) Degree and related work experience of 5 years; Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 8 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 12-15 years

Interns are eligible for some of the benefits listed. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed reflects the pay for this position in the primary location identified in this posting. Actual pay depends on several factors, including state minimum pay wage rates, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education level or training. We are committed to complying with all applicable federal and state minimum wage requirements where applicable. If applicable, your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

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