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About the role
Role: HPC Systems Engineer
Contract: 3 to 6 Months + Possibility to extend
Location: Remote, USA
Required Experience:
The HPC Systems Engineer supports storage, networking, GPU systems, and compute environments, ensuring system performance, availability, and reliability while troubleshooting issues and supporting users. Storage Administration (NetApp)
Administer NetApp storage systems (volumes, aggregates, qtrees, snapshots)
Manage replication technologies (SnapMirror, SnapVault)
Monitor storage performance (I/O, latency, capacity) and report on trends
Troubleshoot storage issues impacting HPC workloads
Maintain backup, recovery, and data protection policies Network Administration (Arista)
Configure and maintain Arista switches within HPC environments
Manage VLANs, ACLs, and link aggregation
Support network documentation, topology diagrams, and change management NVIDIA DGX & GPU Systems
Support NVIDIA DGX systems including health checks, driver updates, and OS maintenance
Monitor GPU utilization, thermal performance, and interconnects (DCGM, nvidia-smi)
Troubleshoot and escalate hardware or performance issues HPC Operations
Perform system health checks, patching, and firmware updates on HPE servers
Support HPC schedulers such as Slurm or PBS (queue monitoring, job troubleshooting)
Maintain documentation, runbooks, and operational logs Requirements:
3–5 years of Linux systems administration or HPC infrastructure experience
Experience supporting GPU-based systems (NVIDIA preferred)
Strong command-line troubleshooting across distributed systems
Solid communication and documentation skills
Preferred: Advanced Linux experience (7–10+ years)
Preferred: Experience with Slurm or similar schedulers
Preferred: Exposure to HPCM or parallel file systems
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