HPC Administrator

Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
High Performance Computing (HPC) Architecture, High-Performance Computing (HPC) Systems, Scientific Software
Certifications:
None
Experience:
8 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
No

Job Description:

We are seeking an HPC Administrator to join a Scientific Computing team supporting high-performance computing (HPC) and scientific research at NIAID. This role will provide local engineering support for HPC infrastructure and scientific software serving researchers, with strong emphasis on software installation, module support, systems troubleshooting, and scientific workflow enablement.

This is a hybrid position located at Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), Hamilton, Montana. Onsite work will be required at least 1-2 times per month.

Responsibilities:

• Administer, maintain, and troubleshoot Linux-based HPC infrastructure, including compute nodes, login nodes, storage systems, and supporting services.
• Support the deployment, configuration, monitoring, and lifecycle management of HPC hardware, operating systems, and core infrastructure components.
• Assist with datacenter activities including hardware configuration, cabling, component replacement, and system validation during deployments and upgrades.
• Monitor system health, investigate performance issues, and help ensure the reliability, availability, and security of shared HPC resources.
• Support researchers utilizing Scientific workflows (such as CryoEM) by assisting with the installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and optimization of CryoEM software applications and supporting HPC environments.
• Collaborate with researchers to help ensure reliable execution of data processing pipelines and to improve the performance and usability of their scientific workflows on shared HPC resources.
• Develop and maintain operational documentation, automation scripts, and standard procedures that improve the efficiency and reliability of HPC operations.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, scientific computing, bioinformatics, or a related field and at least 5 years of related experience.
• Experience working in Linux-based HPC or research computing environments
• Experience installing and supporting scientific software, compilers, and libraries
• Familiarity with job schedulers such as Slurm and supporting shared scientific workloads
• Experience supporting CryoEM software packages such as RELION, cryoSPARC, Imod or similar applications is highly desirable.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across software, environment, and user workflow issues
• Scripting experience in Bash, Python, or similar
• Familiarity with software build and package management tools such as Spack, EasyBuild etc
• Exposure to scientific applications and workflows used in research environments
• Experience with containers such as Apptainer/Singularity is a plus
• Ability to work closely with local stakeholders and provide dependable onsite support

The likely salary range for this position is $106,250 - $143,750. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
None

Telecommuting Options:
Hybrid

Work Location:
USA MT Hamilton

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.