Engineer - HPC Platform

HPC Platform Engineer – Cloud and Connectivity Organization

Position focuses on enabling analytical, statistical, and scientific computing capabilities within Lilly’s high performance computing infrastructure.

• Lead the engineering and operations of design, build, and maintenance of scalable HPC platforms.
• Play a crucial role in enabling Lilly’s HPC infrastructure and user experiences.
• Collaborate with researchers and scientists to optimize performance and streamline workflows.
• Leverage tooling and automation for orchestration, resource scheduling, data access, and reproducibility.
• Evolve and operate public‑cloud and on‑premises environments with a focus on availability and performance for HPC workloads.
• Define and monitor infrastructure metrics, resource utilization, and related indicators.

• Be Bold – bring high learning agility and platform engineering skills to accelerate Lilly’s HPC journey.
• Be Fast – advance initiatives to enable critical business projects.
• Be Proactive – work with agile practices and become an expert in deploying HPC solutions.
• Be Your Best – continuously learn about new HPC technologies.

• Hands‑on experience in HPC platforms, including knowledge of accelerators (GPU), HPC schedulers (Altair Grid Engine, Slurm), Kubernetes platforms, and container technologies (Docker, Apptainer).
• Demonstrated experience in HPC workloads, infrastructure, and cluster architectures.
• Expertise with Linux command line, Linux troubleshooting, and HPC administration.
• Experience with Dev Ops tools such as Git Hub, Chef, Ansible, and Terraform.
• Experience automating infrastructure and applications.
• Passion for continual learning and staying informed on new technologies, infrastructure trends, and HPC approaches.
• Strong programming and scripting skills in Python or Bash.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience as an HPC Platform Engineer.
• Authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis.
• Lilly will not provide support or sponsor work authorization or visas, including but not limited to F‑1 CPT, F‑1 OPT, F‑1 STEM OPT, J‑1, H‑1B, TN, O‑1, E‑3, H‑1B1, or L‑1.
• Demonstrated experience leading a global large‑scale infrastructure project is a plus.

Hybrid role located in Indianapolis, IN (relocation required).