Specialist, HPC Cloud Engineering

As Specialist of HPC Cloud Engineering, you will maintain and support HPC solutions in the cloud using IaC, CICD, job schedulers (both cloud and on-premise), researcher pipelines, and cloud-native services. Automate low-value tasks to allow scientists to focus on high-value work, leveraging elastic cloud resources to accelerate workflows. Optimize HPC resource availability, its performance and cloud costs. Collaborate with senior HPC SMEs, Application Support Engineers, and research stakeholders to reduce cycle times, boost efficiencies, and enhance UX, increasing researcher capacity.

Ultimately, you will play a key role in implementing scalable and efficient solutions on AWS to support compute-intensive applications. We are looking for an individual with passion for HPC and motivated to provide worldclass HPC experience to enable research scientists to use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world.

· Deploy, maintain and support high-performance computing clusters, platforms and AWS managed services.

· Monitor and maintain the performance of HPC cluster resources in both on premises and AWS, ensuring high availability, reliability and user experience.

· Optimize compute and data workflows for performance and cost-efficiency in cloud-based HPC environments.

· Create scripts and tools for automating cluster deployment, monitoring, and management (e.g., using Terraform, Ansible, AWS CLI, etc.).

· Analyse and determine bottlenecks in HPC cloud environment, including network performance and parallel file systems.

· Diagnose and resolve issues in complex HPC environments, including job scheduling, software, and cloud infrastructure.

· Document processes, configurations, and best practices for HPC workloads in AWS and Linux environments.

· Work within a matrix organizational structure, reporting to both the functional manager and Hyderabad based Director, as well as collaborating with other teams.

· Participate in project planning, execution, and delivery, ensuring alignment with both functional and project goals.

· Bachelors’ degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or any Technology stream.

· 3-7 years of experience in HPC infrastructure engineering, working with network principles, and system administration for Linux/Unix servers.

Primary skills (must-have)

· Hands-on proficiency in Linux operating systems, shell scripting, HPC architecture and job schedulers in a DevOps environment.

· Experience with job schedulers and orchestrators viz. GridEngine, PBS Pro, and Altair NavOps.

· Knowledge of network architectures and high-speed interconnects.

· Strong analytical skills to assess and interpret complex data.

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills to convey findings and recommendations.

· Strong problem-solving skills.

· Proactive approach to identifying and addressing potential risks.

· Meticulous attention to detail to ensure accurate assessments and reporting.

· Understanding of relevant regulations and compliance standards.

· Experience with disaster recovery, data backup solutions, and virtualization platforms

· Good problem-solving skills

· Customer & product-centric mindset

· Ability to work effectively in a matrixed and hybrid environment

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

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