American Systems
HPC Engineer
Location
US-TX-Dallas
ID
2025-2486
Category
Software & Systems Development
Position Type
Full-Time
Remote
No
Clearance Required
Top Secret/SCI
Overview
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training. Responsibilities
As a HPC Engineer with AMERICAN SYSTEMS you will have the opportunity to do the following: Utilize a wide variety of skills in system and network monitoring; large-scale systems administration; scripting and automation; security compliance; network distributed services; storage and backups; and hardware and software problem diagnosis and resolution.
Diagnose and troubleshoot technical problems, often of a complex nature, associated with computer hardware and software interrelationships and dependencies. Conduct needs analysis, planning, and scheduling the installation of a wide variety of new or modified hardware/software. Develop functional and technical IT system requirements and specifications. Configure and optimize system tools and applications, to include job schedulers (Slurm and PBSPro) and system resources (GitLab, LUA/TCL modules, and system support applications). Create and brief technical presentations to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Maintain detailed documentation of system configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting guides. Develop user facing documentation. #recruitingsurge Qualifications
DoD Top Secret (TS) clearance with SCI eligibility Bachelor's in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and ten or more years of job related experience. Thorough knowledge of complex concepts, practices, and troubleshooting associated with HPC cluster systems design, installation, and maintenance. Advanced knowledge in distributed computing theory, parallel processing, applications, and associated infrastructure is required. Extensive experience with Linux/Unix systems including installation, configuration, networking, backups, updates and patching, data archiving, and system security. Functional knowledge of HPC middleware, and platform managers such as Bright Cluster Manager; employing job schedulers such as PBS, Slurm, Torque, etc.; and, optimizing job queues. Experience with HPC or large-scale distributed computing environments and technologies such as high-speed low-latency interconnects (e.g. InifiniBand), parallel file systems (e.g. Lustre), and virtualization environments and tools (e.g. VMWare). Experience developing Python/bash/Perl scripts and employing automation frameworks such as Ansible. General knowledge employing Docker containers and Kubernetes ecosystems. Working knowledge in one or more programming languages (e.g. C/C++, Fortran, etc.) Must be able and willing to travel to northern Virginia approximately 25% of the time
EEO Statement
EEO Race/Sex/Disability Status/Veteran Status
Location
US-TX-Dallas
ID
2025-2486
Category
Software & Systems Development
Position Type
Full-Time
Remote
No
Clearance Required
Top Secret/SCI
Overview
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training. Responsibilities
As a HPC Engineer with AMERICAN SYSTEMS you will have the opportunity to do the following: Utilize a wide variety of skills in system and network monitoring; large-scale systems administration; scripting and automation; security compliance; network distributed services; storage and backups; and hardware and software problem diagnosis and resolution.
Diagnose and troubleshoot technical problems, often of a complex nature, associated with computer hardware and software interrelationships and dependencies. Conduct needs analysis, planning, and scheduling the installation of a wide variety of new or modified hardware/software. Develop functional and technical IT system requirements and specifications. Configure and optimize system tools and applications, to include job schedulers (Slurm and PBSPro) and system resources (GitLab, LUA/TCL modules, and system support applications). Create and brief technical presentations to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Maintain detailed documentation of system configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting guides. Develop user facing documentation. #recruitingsurge Qualifications
DoD Top Secret (TS) clearance with SCI eligibility Bachelor's in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and ten or more years of job related experience. Thorough knowledge of complex concepts, practices, and troubleshooting associated with HPC cluster systems design, installation, and maintenance. Advanced knowledge in distributed computing theory, parallel processing, applications, and associated infrastructure is required. Extensive experience with Linux/Unix systems including installation, configuration, networking, backups, updates and patching, data archiving, and system security. Functional knowledge of HPC middleware, and platform managers such as Bright Cluster Manager; employing job schedulers such as PBS, Slurm, Torque, etc.; and, optimizing job queues. Experience with HPC or large-scale distributed computing environments and technologies such as high-speed low-latency interconnects (e.g. InifiniBand), parallel file systems (e.g. Lustre), and virtualization environments and tools (e.g. VMWare). Experience developing Python/bash/Perl scripts and employing automation frameworks such as Ansible. General knowledge employing Docker containers and Kubernetes ecosystems. Working knowledge in one or more programming languages (e.g. C/C++, Fortran, etc.) Must be able and willing to travel to northern Virginia approximately 25% of the time
EEO Statement
EEO Race/Sex/Disability Status/Veteran Status