HPC Architect

Job Description

• Support day-to-day operations of large-scale parallel file systems
• Deploy and Maintain Linux HPC infrastructure across multiple datacenters
• Assist HPC engineers and architects with day-to-day operations and tickets
• Experience working in a large-scale research based HPC environment
• Proven experience working with distributed file storage solutions (i.e., GPFS)
• Experience with deploying and troubleshooting Linux Operating Systems (RHEL/CentOS)
• Experience with Scripting and Automation (Ansible, Python, Shell Scripting)
• Solid understanding of job schedulers (LSF/SLURM)
• Experience with GPU-based compute infrastructure (including CUDA)

Responsibilities:

• Design, architect and oversee implementation of Linux based HPC clusters and storage
• Deploy physical hardware using HPC deployment tools and configuration and orchestration tools (Ansible)
• Parallel file system (GPFS) performance tuning, monitoring and troubleshooting
• Perform systems benchmarking, and developing automated tests for the HPC environment, ensuring the reliability and efficiency of our computational infrastructure
• Infiniband network maintenance and troubleshooting
• Automate and monitor the HPC user lifecycle process
• Slurm installation, configuration, performance tuning and troubleshooting
• Plan, design and implement a transition from the LSF scheduler to Slurm
• Manage the Slurm scheduler and translate Research policies into scheduler configurations
• Consult with faculty and students to develop research pipelines for use on the HPC cluster
• Develop and maintain user lifecycle software suite in Python, implement CI/CD pipeline
• Test and automate upgrades of critical system applications using Ansible and shell scripts.
• The ability to communicate effectively with clinicians, researchers, and other team members to develop technological solutions is key

**Applications will be accepted until 3/20/24

Salary and Other Compensation:

• The annual salary for this position is [$88,200 to $139,500] depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
• This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

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Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

Salary : $88,200 - $139,500