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HPC Engineer

AMERICAN SYSTEMS and Careers
Arlington, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/5/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/4/2026
Overview:
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.
Responsibilities:
THIS POSITION COMES WITH A 10K SIGNING BONUS! As an HPC Engineer with AMERICAN SYSTEMS you will have an opportunity to do the following:
  • Apply comprehensive knowledge of High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems, comprised of high-speed, multi-petabyte Lustre file systems, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) servers, CPU/GPU compute nodes, and high-performance storage arrays, using Ethernet, fiber, Omni-Path, and InfiniBand interconnections.
  • Provide functional and technical expertise in support of user-developed software and technical advice and leadership to other technical staff
  • Utilize a wide variety of skills in system and network monitoring; large-scale systems administration; scripting and automation; security compliance; network distributed services; storage and backups; and hardware and software problem diagnosis and resolution.
  • Diagnosing and troubleshoot technical problems, often of a complex nature, associated with computer hardware and software interrelationships and dependencies.
  • Conduct needs analysis, planning, and scheduling the installation of a wide variety of new or modified hardware/software.
  • Develop functional and technical IT system requirements and specifications. Configure and optimize system tools and applications, to include job schedulers (Slurm and PBSPro) and system resources (GitLab, LUA/TCL modules, and system support applications).
  • Create and brief technical presentations to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Maintain detailed documentation of system configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting guides. Develop user facing documentation.
Qualifications:
  • DoD Top Secret (TS) clearance with SCI eligibility
  • Bachelor's in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and ten or more years of job-related experience.
  • Thorough knowledge of complex concepts, practices, and troubleshooting associated with HPC cluster systems design, installation, and maintenance.
  • Advanced knowledge in distributed computing theory, parallel processing, applications, and associated infrastructure is required.
  • Extensive experience with Linux/Unix systems including installation, configuration, networking, backups, updates and patching, data archiving, and system security.
  • Functional knowledge of HPC middleware, and platform managers such as Bright Cluster Manager; employing job schedulers such as PBS, Slurm, Torque, etc.; and, optimizing job queues.
  • Experience with HPC or large-scale distributed computing environments and technologies such as high-speed low-latency interconnects (e.g. InifiniBand), parallel file systems (e.g. Lustre), and virtualization environments and tools (e.g. VMWare).
  • Experience developing Python/bash/Perl scripts and employing automation frameworks such as Ansible.
  • General knowledge employing Docker containers and Kubernetes ecosystems.
  • Working knowledge in one or more programming languages (e.g. C/C , Fortran, etc.).
Pay Transparency Statement: AMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $129,800.00/Yr. - USD $216,700.00/Yr. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors permitted by law. AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance. EEO Statement: EEO Race/Sex/Disability Status/Veteran Status

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