AWS/ HPC Consultant (TS/SCI Clearance Preferred)

About the role

Strategic Business Systems, Inc. (SBS) is seeking a talented HPC Systems Engineer to join our growing team. This role centers on supporting mission-critical High Performance Computing (HPC) environments that enable advanced analytics, modeling, simulation, and other compute-intensive workloads for government and enterprise customers. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with large-scale, on-premises or hybrid HPC infrastructures and a passion for optimizing system performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain High Performance Computing (HPC) environments supporting compute-intensive workloads.
• Administer and optimize Linux-based clustered systems.
• Manage and support job scheduling and workload management platforms (e.g., Slurm, PBS, or similar).
• Monitor and tune system performance to ensure efficient utilization of compute, storage, and network resources.
• Support high-speed interconnects (e.g., InfiniBand) and parallel file systems such as Lustre, GPFS, or BeeGFS.
• Collaborate with engineers, scientists, and mission stakeholders to translate computational requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Implement automation using scripting languages such as Bash or Python.
• Ensure system reliability, security, and compliance with organizational and government standards.
• Provide technical documentation and user support.
• Contribute to capacity planning and infrastructure enhancements.

Nice to Have

• Support the integration or extension of HPC workloads using AWS-based technologies for hybrid computing scenarios.

Basic Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship.
• Demonstrated experience supporting High Performance Computing (HPC) or large-scale distributed computing environments.
• Strong proficiency in Linux/Unix system administration.
• Experience with job schedulers such as Slurm, PBS, or LSF.
• Understanding of parallel and distributed computing concepts.
• Familiarity with high-performance networking and parallel storage systems.
• Scripting experience using Bash, Python, or similar languages.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
• Experience supporting federal or defense customers.
• Familiarity with GPU-accelerated computing and performance optimization.
• Experience with container technologies such as Singularity/Apptainer or Docker.
• Exposure to configuration management or automation tools.
• Experience with AWS-based technologies (e.g., AWS services supporting HPC or hybrid environments).
• Relevant industry or technical certifications.