Zoetis Inc

HPC Platform Product Lead

Zoetis Inc • $100K — $130K *
Kalamazoo, MI 49009In-Person
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5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or equivalent experience.
  • 7+ years in infrastructure engineering/architecture or platform engineering roles.
  • 5+ years in high performance computing (HPC) environments (on-prem, cloud, or hybrid).
  • Experience collaborating with scientists to translate workload demands into platform capabilities.
  • Master's degree preferred; agile product owner experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Own the product vision, roadmap, and service catalog for HPC.
  • Translate HPC utilization data into clear investment recommendations and value stories.
  • Define target-state architecture and technical standards for HPC environments.
  • Lead SLURM scheduling strategy and provide technical support as needed.
  • Drive operational excellence through monitoring and continuous improvement practices.
  • Plan and execute on compute and storage capacity growth and lifecycle management.
  • Establish governance, user access management, and enhance user support processes.

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements including remote options.
  • Minimal travel requirements (0-10%).
  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in HPC.
  • Collaborative environment partnering with scientific and engineering teams.
  • Engagement in continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives.
Full Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY

Owns the end-to-end success of Zoetis' VMRD High Performance Computing (HPC) environment as both a product and a platform: sets vision and roadmap, defines service offerings and governance, and provides technical leadership for architecture, SLURM scheduling, reliability, and sustainable growth. Partners with scientific/analytics users and business leaders to translate workload demand into a prioritized backlog and measurable value narrative. Ensures the environment delivers the right performance, cost, and risk posture through capacity planning, operational excellence, and data lifecycle strategy.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

Product ownership & value management (25%)
  • Own product vision, roadmap, service catalog, and backlog with clear acceptance criteria.
  • Translate utilization/throughput/outcomes into investment asks, funding recommendations, and executive-ready value stories (showback/chargeback as applicable).

HPC architecture & technical standards (20%)
  • Define target-state architecture and standards across compute, storage, network, security, and tooling; drive multi-year evolution planning.

SLURM scheduling leadership & L3 support (15%)
  • Own scheduling strategy (partitions/queues, QoS, fairshare, accounting, reservations); lead configuration, troubleshooting, and job efficiency analysis; provide technical backup as needed.

Operations, reliability, and observability (20%)
  • Drive operational excellence via monitoring/alerting, dashboards, SLO/SLI practices, incident/problem follow-up, runbooks, and continuous improvement.

Capacity planning, procurement, and lifecycle management (10%)
  • Plan and execute compute and storage growth; manage allocations; coordinate procurement and lifecycle refresh.

Governance, access, and user enablement (10%)
  • Establish onboarding/entitlements/RBAC and auditability; improve user support processes (ticketing, escalations, knowledge base) and publish workload best practices (CPU/GPU optimization, execution standards, data movement).


EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Required:
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 7+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering/architecture, platform engineering, or adjacent technical product roles.
  • 5+ years of experience in HPC environments (on-prem, cloud, and/or hybrid).
  • Demonstrated experience partnering with scientists/engineers to translate workload needs into prioritized platform capabilities and measurable value stories.

Preferred:
  • Master's degree in a relevant field.
  • Experience operating HPC in regulated or highly governed environments.
  • Product Owner / Agile delivery experience (e.g., backlog management, acceptance criteria, road mapping).


TECHNICAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS
  • Strong SLURM administration skills: partitions/queues, QoS, fairshare, accounting, reservations; job monitoring and troubleshooting; job efficiency analysis; user guidance.
  • HPC infrastructure knowledge: Linux administration fundamentals, compute (CPU/GPU), high-speed networking, shared/parallel storage concepts, and capacity/performance planning.
  • Automation/scripting (e.g., Bash/Python) and operational tooling; infrastructure-as-code/automation tooling where applicable.
  • Observability: utilization telemetry, job analytics, dashboards/alerting for node health and storage utilization; actionable operational reporting.
  • Data lifecycle and protection: retention policies, tiered storage, archive/backup strategy, restore testing, and operational runbooks.
  • Product and delivery skills: requirements discovery, value storytelling, roadmap/backlog prioritization, stakeholder management, and communication of technical trade-offs and ROI.


PHYSICAL POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Primarily office/remote knowledge-work role; prolonged periods of sitting and computer use. May require occasional off-hours support for critical incidents or maintenance windows. Travel requirements are minimal (0-10%) as applicable.

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Learn more about Zoetis Inc
Size
12,100 employees
Market Cap
$67.3 billion
Industry
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Net Income
$1.6 billion
5 Year Trend
+9.7%
Revenue
$6.6 billion
NASDAQ
ZTS
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