HPC Platform Engineer

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, dedicated to discovering and bringing life‑changing medicines to those who need them while improving the understanding and management of disease. We put people first and look for those determined to make life better for people around the world.

Be a catalyst for innovation in high performance computing at Lilly—seize the chance to transform and accelerate our HPC future! The Cloud and Connectivity organization is seeking an engineer in HPC platforms. This role will focus on enabling analytical, statistical, and scientific computing capabilities within Lilly’s high‑performance computing infrastructure and help accelerate the next era of HPC innovation.

• You will lead the engineering and operations of design, build, and maintenance of scalable HPC platforms.
• You will play a crucial role in enabling Lilly’s HPC infrastructure and experiences.
• You will collaborate with researchers and scientists to optimize performance and streamline workflows.
• You will leverage tooling and automation for orchestration, resource scheduling, data access, and reproducibility.
• You will evolve and operate public cloud and on‑premises environments with a focus on availability and performance for HPC workloads.
• You will define and monitor infrastructure metrics, resource utilization, and other key performance 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 – Leverage agile ways of working and become an expert in deploying HPC solutions.
• Be Your Best – Continually learn about new technologies in HPC.

• Hands‑on experience in HPC platforms, including knowledge of accelerators (e.g., 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 the Linux command line, Linux troubleshooting, and HPC administration.
• Experience with Dev Ops tools such as Git Hub, Chef, Ansible, Terraform.
• Experience automating infrastructure and applications.
• Passion for continual learning and staying informed of new technologies, infrastructure trends, and approaches in the HPC field.
• Strong programming and scripting skills in languages such as 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.
• Demonstrated experience leading a global large‑scale infrastructure project.

• Hybrid role located in Indianapolis, IN (relocation required).
• 5% travel.

Lilly IT builds and maintains capabilities using cutting‑edge technologies. We redefine what’s possible through technology to advance our purpose of creating medicines that make life better for people around the world. The Global Information and Services Tech team leads the company’s technology strategy, enabling a robust and sustainable infrastructure of hardware, software and services critical for our global workforce.

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