What are the responsibilities and job description for the High Performance Computing Specialist position at BAE Systems?
Unlock the Power of Supercomputing
At BAE Systems, we promote a strong, collaborative culture and provide our employees with the tools, skills and training they need to succeed in their careers. As an HPC Technical Expert, you will be part of a team that leads research and development initiatives, architects and designs cutting-edge solutions for the HPC Infrastructure environment.
- You will handle complex challenges, lead research and development initiatives, architect and design solutions, and provide expert consultations to Program Managers and IT staff.
- As a Technical Expert, you are expected to set educational performance standards for the technical team.
- You will maintain technical working aids, create and develop standard operating procedures, and conduct technical exchanges and lead brown bag sessions.
Required Skills and Qualifications
In addition to a TS/SCI clearance with appropriate poly and 100% on-site work requirement, you must have:
- 15 years of experience in a system architecture or administration role.
- Configuration, tuning, testing, and advanced level troubleshooting and support of high performance filesystems such as XFS, GPFS, and Lustre.
- Advanced level troubleshooting and support of HPC farm systems and associated applications such as Nagios, xcat, failover software, and compilers.
- Working knowledge of HPC MPP systems.
- Configuration, tuning, testing, and advanced level troubleshooting and support of distributed computing tools such as RES, LSF, and SLURM.
- Configuration, tuning, testing, and advanced level troubleshooting of RedHat and SuSe operating systems.
- Valid RHCSA or higher Red Hat certification and/or valid VM Ware certification.
Benefits
We offer a flexible work environment to support the balance in your life and keep you performing at your best. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance.
