HPC Systems Engineer - Level 3

About the job

BCT LLC is seeking a High Performance Computing Engineer - Level 3 Systems Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate must possess an active TS/SCI with a POLY. The candidate will:

• Analyze users’ requirements, concept of operations documents, and high‑level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications. Analyze system requirements and lead design and development activities. Guide users in formulating requirements, advise alternative approaches, and conduct feasibility studies.
• Provide technical leadership in integrating requirements, design, and technology. Incorporate new plans, designs, and systems into ongoing operations. Develop technical documentation.
• Develop system architecture and system design documentation. Guide system development and implementation planning through assessment or preparation of system engineering management plans and system integration and test plans.
• Interact with the Government regarding Systems Engineering technical considerations and for associated problems, issues or conflicts. Ultimate responsibility for the technical integrity of work performed and deliverables associated with the Systems Engineering area of responsibility.
• Communicate with other program personnel, government overseers, and senior executives. Provide system engineering services and supports the HPC System Design & Engineering organization in support of the HPC CAPABILITIES program.
• Support the team’s efforts to develop and maintain the architectural direction and methods for HPC systems, including compute, memory, interconnect, network, and storage architectures, to meet current and future mission requirements.
• Support the development, test, and integration of commercial and custom HPC computing solutions as needed to support the overall HPC mission.
• Support and provide rigorous end‑to‑end systems engineering services through the entire HPC development and acquisition life cycle.

• Develop a program‑level requirements management process and establish a requirements baseline to tailor to each system
• Contribute to and/or deliver systems engineering documentation at both the program and system levels
• Develop a risk management process to include a risk management plan and a risk register
• Propose and evolve HPC Architectural Concepts and features such as:
  • Ensure consistency with strategic plans and commercial vendor roadmaps.
  • Analyze and document alternatives among competing architectures.
  • Justify architectural elements based on mission applications and proxies.
• Deliver documentation of architecture, including a description of unique architectural features and diagrams that illustrate the structure and functions of the architecture.
• Specify, recommend, and/or analyze various aspects of HPC systems, including:
  • Processor and/or Accelerator technology, features, and performance
  • Interconnect and network performance, fabric topology, technology, features, and applicability to specific algorithms of interest.
  • Memory capacity and bandwidth
  • Storage hierarchy, capacity, technology, and performance
  • HPC‑facing network structure, technology, features, and performance
  • Manufacturability, reliability, availability, serviceability, sustainability
• Establish, expand, and/or focus the mission‑application performance of each architectural concept, supported by abstract modeling where appropriate.
• Specific skills of interest may include:
  • Ability to use the Atlassian Suite products (JIRA, Confluence, etc.)
  • Capability to use CAMEO
  • Certifications such as CompTIA Security+, CompTIA Network+

• A High School Diploma or GED plus fourteen (14) years of general system engineering experience.
• A Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus six (6) years of systems engineering experience.
• A Master’s degree in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university is required, plus four (4) years of systems engineering experience.
• A PhD in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related…