HPC Systems Engineer

Are you an experienced HPC professional looking to take the next step in your career and work on ground-breaking projects in High-Performance Computing?

Salary: €90,000 - €100,000

Location: Bruyères-le-Châtel, France

Employment Type: Permanent

A European leader in High-Performance Computing, is seeking a Senior HPC System Engineer to join their team. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to solving the most complex scientific problems of today and tomorrow, while working in an inclusive and innovative environment surrounded by experts in the field. If you’re passionate about HPC and ready to lead the way in technological advancements, please apply and be part of a team that opens up the field of possibilities.

About the Role

As a Senior HPC System Engineer, you will be responsible for the administration, optimization, and maintenance of HPC systems, including supercomputers and storage solutions. You’ll play a key role in ensuring the continuous performance and reliability of critical systems, and you will lead efforts to implement high availability solutions and develop automation procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer HPC systems, including supercomputers and associated storage systems.
• Install, configure, optimize, and maintain software across several thousand computing nodes.
• Prepare for and execute software maintenance operations.
• Implement high availability solutions (HA, Pacemaker, Corosync).
• Develop automation procedures using scripts (Bash, Python).
• Write technical documentation and operating procedures (Wiki).
• Analyze, diagnose, and resolve production incidents.
• Manage customer support tickets by resolving or escalating to internal or partner support teams.
• Create and monitor technical escalation files in collaboration with internal L2 and L3 support teams or partners.
• Provide Level 1 and Level 2 support for the software stack provided by the client based on CentOS.
• Participate in an on-call rotation (approximately one week per month).

Desired Skills & Experience

• At least 5 years of experience in Linux system administration, particularly in HPC environments.
• Expertise in the administration of GNU/Linux HPC systems (RedHat, CentOS, or others).
• Strong knowledge of Lustre File System
• Experience with networking technologies (InterConnect, Infiniband, Ethernet, RoCE).
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, OpenStack) and orchestration tools (Puppet, Ansible).
• Advanced scripting skills (Shell, Python, Perl).
• In-depth knowledge of key Linux services (DNS, DHCP, Web, FTP, authentication, deployment management).
• Familiarity with monitoring tools like Nagios.
• Experience with hardware such as network switches, X86 servers, and storage (DDN, ClusterStor).
• A foundational understanding of C programming for code analysis and compilations.

Languages:

• Fluent in English (French is a plus).

If you are ready to take on new challenges and lead the way in HPC innovation, apply today.