HPC Technical Lead

Type of Requisition:

Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

MBI Full 5C (T3)

Job Family:

Technical Solutions

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Customer Engagement, High Performance Computing (HPC), Networking, Technical Strategy

Certifications:

None

Experience:

10 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

The High-Performance Computing (HPC) Technical Lead is the senior technical expert guiding the architecture, optimization, and evolution of Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) high‑performance computing and scientific data ecosystems. This role bridges scientific research needs with advanced computing solutions, providing technical leadership across HPC clusters, parallel storage, scientific applications, cloud/HPC hybrid environments, and performance engineering. The ideal candidate combines deep hands‑on HPC experience with the ability to advise scientists and guide modernization.

• Serve as the senior technical authority for HPC operations, architecture, and performance optimization across compute, schedulers, networking, and storage.

• Support scientific workloads including genomics, bioinformatics, modeling, simulation, statistical computing, and AI/ML pipelines.

• Optimize user workloads through job sizing, code porting, compilation, parallelization, GPU acceleration, and performance tuning.

• Lead technical strategy for scientific data storage, parallel file systems, high‑speed networking, data movement, and large‑scale data workflows.

• Provide guidance on future‑state HPC and hybrid cloud architectures, expansion planning, and modernization initiatives.

• Support integration of laboratory instruments, scientific workstations, private networks, middleware, and specialized scientific software.

• Coordinate with FDA scientists and computational users to ensure computing resources match scientific mission needs.

• Troubleshoot complex issues across distributed compute systems, storage platforms, scientific applications, and instrument‑connected environments.

• Prepare technical documentation, configuration guidance, and engineering recommendations.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED - REQUIRED:

• Citizenship: US Citizen or Green Card Holder

• Clearance: Ability to obtain a Public Trust

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical field.

• Year’s Experience: 10–12+ years of experience in HPC engineering, scientific computing, bioinformatics platforms, or advanced research infrastructure.

• Technical Skills:

  • Strong expertise with Linux environments, HPC schedulers, parallel computing, GPUs, and large‑scale storage systems.

  • Experience optimizing scientific workloads and supporting research computing users.

  • Ability to communicate technical concepts to scientists, engineers, and program stakeholders.

• Location: HYBRID - Employee must be willing to report onsite in College Park, MD (primary office) or Gaithersburg, MD several days a week.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education: Master’s Degree or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Scientific Computing, or related field.

• Technical Skills:

  • Experience with Slurm, TORQUE/Moab, GPFS, Lustre, MPI, or containerized scientific environments.

  • Experience with genomics, next‑generation sequencing, or bioinformatics pipelines.

  • Knowledge of cloud/HPC hybrid architectures (AWS preferred).

  • Experience supporting scientific computing in federal environments.

PLEASE NOTE: This position is contingent upon contract award, expected to start in January 2027.

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The likely salary range for this position is $211,531 - $286,189. 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:

50-75%

Telecommuting Options:

Hybrid

Work Location:

USA MD College Park - Customer Proprietary (MDC016)

Additional Work Locations:

USA MD Gaithersburg - 9801 Washingtonian Blvd Suite 200 (MDS073)

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.