HPC Advanced Customer Support Specialist

Leidos

$82K — $149K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active in-scope Secret clearance required, U.S. Citizenship necessary
  • Bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience or Master's degree with 6 years (or equivalent)
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills with users and team members

Responsibilities

  • Install and verify software applications as requested by users
  • Assess and manage software installation using various build and management systems
  • Assist users in compiling, debugging, and running custom codes on different systems
  • Identify software that meets research needs and collaborate with SMEs for specialized configurations
  • Develop SOPs, ConOps, and workflows for ticket management among support tiers

Benefits

  • 100% remote work opportunity
  • Work with the Department of Defense's largest supercomputing centers
  • Access to cutting-edge supercomputing resources
  • Collaborative environment with highly skilled specialists
  • Engagement in meaningful missions supporting national defense
Full Job Description
Job Description

If you're interested in being a part of an extraordinary mission, working with our customer who runs the DoD's largest supercomputing centers and operating some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, we could use your experience and enthusiasm! You will be providing your advanced customer support expertise to ensure DoD scientists have reliable access to these critical resources.

All your work will be performed virtually (100% remote) and a DoD Secret Clearance is required.

Job Responsibilities
  • Install and verify user-requested software applications. This includes managing associated build environments, advanced libraries, software containers, and related models or data needed to execute the applications.


  • Assess, install, and verify software using various source code build and management systems on the HPC platform. If a software package is incompatible or requires structural changes, you will coordinate with System Administrators, Tier 3 specialists, or vendors to resolve the environment issue.


  • Help users compile, debug, and run their own custom-developed codes across various systems with different node configurations.


  • Identify existing software within the portfolio that can satisfy end user's research requirements. If the specialized software does not exist or requires niche expertise to identify/configure, you will collaborate with other software Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to resolve the issue.


  • Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Concept of Operations (ConOps), and workflows to manage how tickets are routed between Tier 2B, Tier 3 specialists, System Administrators, and external support vendors.


Required qualifications
  • Must hold an active in scope Secret clearance prior to start. (US Citizenship required)
  • Bachelors and 8 years of experience, a Masters and 6 years, or equivalent experience
  • Communicates effectively both orally and in a written form with users and office staff


Preferred qualifications
  • Experience working with HPC resource managers such at Slurm or PBS Pro
  • Experience supporting a scientific userbase
  • Application installation or optimization experience on an HPC system
  • Experience working with MPI
  • Experience building software via CMAKE or Spack


Original Posting:
June 12, 2026


Pay Range:
Pay Range $82,550.00 - $149,225.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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