AI Infrastructure Architect

About the role

At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people. Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. AFS is looking for a Senior HPC and AI Cluster Administrator to support software and data solutions for our customers. We are integrating supercomputers and AI clusters based on existing technologies. We are looking for a system administrator to be a key player to enable artificial intelligence and GPU computing solutions. You will work with many scientific researchers, developers, and customers to create improved workflows and develop unique solutions. You will interact with HPC, OS, GPU compute, and systems specialists to architect, develop and bring up large scale performance platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain HPC/AI clusters
• Manage AI jobs workflows using various scheduling technology, such as Kubernetes
• Support and maintain continuous integration and delivery pipelines
• Troubleshoot and fix issues bottom-up from bare metal, operating system, software stack, and application level
• Support Research, Development and Operational activities

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience
• Knowledge of HPC and AI solution technologies to include hardware, hypervisors, CPUs and GPUs
• Experience with job scheduling workloads and orchestration tools such as Slurm & K8s
• Excellent knowledge of Linux (i.e. Redhat, Ubuntu) networking (Routing, Switching) and internals, ACLs and OS level security protection and common protocols e.g. TCP, DHCP, DNS, etc.
• Experience with multiple storage solutions such as Lustre, GPFS, ZFS and XFS
• Familiarity with newer and emerging storage technologies
• Automation and configuration management tools such as Python, Bash within a GitOps workflows
• Knowledge of Networking Protocols like InfiniBand, Ethernet
• Experience with private cloud platforms (for example VMware, Hyper-V, KVM)
• Familiarity with public cloud computing platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure)

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of GPU architectures, time-slicing, Multi-instance GPU (MIG)
• Experience with container orchestration technologies i.e. Kubernetes, Docker
• Experience designing, deploying AI workflow technologies such as Apache Airflow, Prefect, Dagster
• Background with RDMA (InfiniBand or RoCE) fabrics
• Experience working in regulated industries and applying compliance requirements (i.e. DISA STIG, CIS etc.)
• NVIDIA Certifications (AI Infrastructure, AI Operations, AI networking)
• VMware Certifications (Certified Professional / Advanced Professional)

Clearance

An active TS/SCI federal security clearance is required.

Pay

The base pay range for this position in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia is $124,000—$246,400 USD. Compensation varies depending on office location, role, skill set, and level of experience.

Benefits

Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. More information is available on the company benefits page.