What are the responsibilities and job description for the HPC Engineer (Remote, Contract) position at ProPharma Group?
Key Responsibilities :
Deploying new applications and services to private or public cloud, using IaC, configuration management and CI / CD
Oversee operational support for the platform and deployed services, including direct engagement with end-users
Drive problem investigation and resolution for complex incidents.
Maintaining scientific workflows, built on the platform with opensource software or vendor partnerships.
Managing the infrastructure aspects of the configuration, implementation, and support of the platform and GitHuB workspace in the cloud.
Manage monitoring and responses to service alerts and events in a timely manner.
Implementing best practices to optimize efficiency and reliability.
Maintaining documentation and providing technical guidance and support to team members.
Required Qualifications :
Bachelor's degree or higher in a quantitative or engineering field (computer science, bioinformatics, engineering, among others); OR equivalent work experience
Hands-on experience operating and / or engineering large-scale computing environments such as HPC, HTC or BC, preferably Life Sciences (e.g. Pharmaceutical Industry, BioTech)
Understanding of Linux system administration, the TCP / IP stack, and storage subsystems
Operation and configuration of public cloud computing infrastructure (preferably AWS)
Scripting using Bash and Python
Test driven development, and testing frameworks such as pytest, testinfra, reframe HPC
Configuration management tools (e.g. Ansible, salt, puppet)
Conda package management
Container technology and container schedulers (e.g. Docker and Singularity, Nomad and Kubernetes)
CI / CD GitHub / GitLab Actions
Observability stack such as Grafana, Prometheus, ELK.
Experience with application profiling and performance tuning
Experience of using analytical tool : Nonmem, R, R-Studio, MATLAB, Monolix etc.
