Postdoctoral Research Associate - HPC Confidential Computing and Secure Multi-tenancy

About the role

The National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is seeking a postdoctoral research associate in the area of HPC Confidential Computing and Secure Multi-tenancy. The candidate will be able to make research contributions in areas of system software architectures to support secure computing enclaves on large scale HPC and supercomputing resources. The candidate will also contribute to the development of large-scale identity and key management solutions.

Specific areas of research interest

• Integration of memory encryption, confidential computing, and trusted execution environments on both CPU and GPU based HPC systems.
• Exploration of the capabilities of DPU/IPU SmartNICs to support network security isolation, platform level root-of-trust, and secure platform management/partitioning.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal and external researchers on system software architectures for secure multi-tenancy.
• Arcitect secure virtualization-based solutions for sharing a single node between multiple secure workloads.
• Investigate and evaluate mechanisms for secure encrypted communication across RDMA based networks.
• Design and evaluate key distribution and management solutions for large scale HPC platforms.
• Explore the integration of attestation and identification into HPC resource management systems.
• Seek membership in professional, academic, and research organizations.

Qualifications

• A PhD in computer science/engineering or relevant area with an education and a research track record in HPC research within past five years.

Special Requirements

• HSPD-12 PIV badge: This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain an HSPD-12 PIV badge.