HPC Infrastructure & Cluster Engineer

Type of

Requisition :
Regular Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret/SCI Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph Public Trust/Other

Required:

None Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Cluster Administration, Infrastructure Optimization, Storage Area Network (SAN) Management

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience US Citizenship

Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Position Summary We are seeking an Infrastructure & Cluster Engineer to manage the administration, health, and performance of the foundational compute environment under the User Facing and Data Center Services (UDS) contract  this role, you will be responsible for the end-to-end administration of a dedicated customer compute cluster. Your primary mission is to ensure a highly available, secure, and optimized hardware foundation.

By maintaining a robust infrastructure, you will directly contribute to the critical technology integration and performance engineering efforts, ensuring a highly reliable platform for integrating and executing complex customer workloads.

• Cluster Administration:
  Manage the day-to-day operations of the customer compute cluster, including Linux operating system administration, hardware monitoring, patching, and system upgrades.
• Resource and Job Management:
  Configure, maintain, and optimize workload management and orchestration platforms, utilizing the Run:
  
  AI job scheduler to ensure efficient distribution of intensive AI/ML workloads across the cluster.
• Infrastructure Optimization:
  Tune cluster performance at the hardware, operating system, and network levels to maximize compute efficiency and data throughput for customer workloads.
• Storage and Network Management:
  Administer storage solutions and high-speed networking fabrics. Support the transition to and ongoing management of an Infini Band GPU-to-GPU network infrastructure to minimize latency for distributed operations.
• Environment Configuration:
  Partner with technology integration teams to provision specific environments, dependencies, and container platforms, specifically leveraging Red Hat Open Shift, required for seamless customer model deployment.
• Security and Compliance:
  Ensure all infrastructure components remain compliant with federal security standards, implementing strict access controls and maintaining system accreditations.

• Clearance:
  Active TS/SCI with the ability to obtain CI Poly.
• Experience:
  
  5+ years of experience in Linux systems administration and infrastructure management with a specific focus on high-performance computing environments.
• Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  Expertise in managing bare-metal servers, enterprise storage arrays, and advanced network configurations (Experience with Infini Band).
• Strong proficiency with workload managers, job schedulers, and AI orchestration tools (e.g., Run:AI, SLURM).
• Hands-on experience with enterprise container orchestration platforms, specifically Open Shift or Kubernetes.
• Experience writing automation and configuration scripts (e.g., Bash, Python) to streamline cluster maintenance.
• Troubleshooting Focus:
  Proven ability to diagnose and resolve complex hardware, network, and OS-level issues.

• Familiarity with parallel file systems and high-throughput storage architectures.
• Prior experience engineering or managing high-speed GPU-to-GPU communication topologies.

Location:

Springfield, VA US Citizenship Required

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

The likely salary range for this position is $119,850 - $162,150. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None Telecommuting Options:
Onsite

Work Location:

USA VA Springfield Additional Work Locations:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and…