Senior HPC Engineer

March 13

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RCH Solutions

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RCH Solutions is a specialized provider of scientific computing and Bio-IT services, focusing on helping life sciences organizations streamline their research and development processes. They offer a range of consulting, managed, and professional services, including cloud computing, data management, and high-performance computing, aimed at accelerating scientific discovery and optimizing resource utilization for biotech and pharmaceutical companies.

R&D IT • Cloud Computing • HPC • AI & Emerging technology • Scientific Applications

51 - 200 employees

Founded 1991

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📋 Description

• RCH Solutions is seeking a Scientific Computing Specialist to work closely with customer stakeholders, scientists, and IT professionals to deliver Compute at Scale and support our customer's scientific initiatives • The objectives for this role center on developing, evolving, and administering HPC platforms along with support for Scientific applications, workflows, and other related infrastructure both on-prem and Cloud hosted • The ideal candidate also has hands on experience with Linux system administration as well as solution architecting and engineering (on-prem and cloud based) and will be instrumental in transforming how IT computing services are leveraged to support our client's growth • This role will involve driving architecture, roadmaps, and execution of projects to establish and operate IT infrastructure best practices for customers • Responsibilities include full stack support - design and evolution of platforms, application administration, supporting customer workflows, profiling and performance tuning, monitoring and maintenance of scoped systems, platform and systems administration, troubleshooting hardware, software, and networking related issues, solution architecting and hands on engineering (on-prem + Cloud), as well as documentation • You will use your experience in these technologies to provide top of the line consulting services and recommendations to clients • These would be performed as part of customer Research or Analytics initiatives as well as in a consultative, advisory, or customer support manner • Specific focuses and responsibilities include collaborating with cross-discipline team members and customers to deliver HPC and peripheral Compute at Scale services, thoroughly understanding related industry best practices, supporting internal and customer Architecture and Design efforts, supporting customers with their workflow pipelines (advisory and hands-on), comprehensively documenting new and existing computational assets, maintaining the flexibility to pivot as engagement scopes may evolve, support for AWS Cloud applications, migrations, and modernization, CloudOps / IaC for on-going platform management, setup and configuration of AWS Cloud infrastructure for new platform builds, ensuring system compliance with company security standards and applicable regulatory requirements, transition support for modernized services to operational teams, providing engineering level troubleshooting and services restoration for operational issues as they arise on supported platforms, providing training/mentorship for junior level team members, and being the escalation point on multiple engagements to ensure resolution

🎯 Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in Computer Science or related field • 5 + years of experience administering HPC clusters and systems • Experience with SLURM and Grid Engine scheduling software preferred • 5 + years of professional experience in Solution Architecture or Cloud Infrastructure Deployment and support • 7 + years professional experience developing or administering compute solutions for Scientific / Research IT domains, Life Sciences being preferred • Extensive command-line system administration experience: User and group management • Advanced knowledge of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, LDAP, NFS, SMB • Building applications from source code, installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting application-level Linux and scientific software in line with industry best practices • Installation of Linux operating system and fine tuning • Familiarity with leveraging and maintaining Linux package management systems • Intermediate OS level networking knowledge • Experience using with scripting tools, automation tools, and configuration management tools Ansible, Terraform and Cloud Formation experience preferred • Experience administering and integrating Scientific / Research applications • Strong time-management skills; able to complete projects in a timely manner, plan and prioritize tasks while keeping leadership and stakeholders updated regularly on status • Excellent communication skills, including preparation of written documentation for IT colleagues and end users • Proactive thinking skills to identify potential issues and solution options prior to incidents occurring • Extreme attention to detail is needed to interface with multi different clients simultaneously • Ability to understand and analyze complex technical problems and situations • Ability to work independently or with a team • Ability to take a project from start to finish with minimal supervision

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits, including Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance • Company-provided Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance • Company-sponsored 401(k) Plan • Company-provided continuing education benefit • Team-focused culture and unlimited opportunity for advancement