HPC on AWS Lead /Specialist/ SME- REMOTE

Job Title: HPC on AWS Lead /Specialist/ SME- REMOTE

• MUST HAVE : a resource with US Citizenship and Active Secret Service Clearence( SCI )
  
• Skill Set:  DevOps/HPC tooling resource, exp with infra, landing zone etc.  for a project for Secret Deployment/AWS GovCloud
  

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the Design & Build: Develop scalable, high-performance architectures leveraging AWS HPC services such as AWS ParallelCluster, FSx for Lustre, EFA (Elastic Fabric Adapter), AWS Batch, and EC2 HPC instances.
  

• Solution Implementation: Deploy, automate, and optimize HPC clusters and data pipelines for compute- and memory-intensive workloads, including modeling, simulation, genomics, CFD, AI/ML training, and financial risk analysis.
  

• Performance Optimization: Benchmark, tune, and monitor system performance for compute, storage, and networking components to achieve optimal throughput and cost efficiency.
  

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Implement reproducible environments using Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation to streamline provisioning, CI/CD, and configuration management.
  

• Data and Storage Management: Design high-throughput parallel storage solutions using S3, FSx for Lustre, EBS, and EFS; integrate with hybrid and on-prem HPC environments.
  

• Security and Compliance: Apply AWS Well-Architected Framework and HPC security best practices to ensure compliance with enterprise, academic, or government standards.
  

• Collaboration and Leadership: Partner with application scientists, DevOps teams, and business stakeholders to translate workload requirements into optimized HPC architectures. Provide mentoring and technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams.
  

• Documentation and Knowledge Sharing: Develop architecture diagrams, reference implementations, and technical playbooks to support ongoing HPC adoption and operations.
  

Required Skills & Experience:

• 8-10 years of experience in high-performance computing, distributed systems, or cloud architecture.
  

• Proven expertise in AWS HPC services (EC2 HPC, ParallelCluster, Batch, FSx for Lustre, EFA).
  

• Strong knowledge of Linux systems administration, networking (Infiniband, EFA, MPI), and job schedulers (Slurm, Torque, PBS Pro).
  

• Hands-on experience with automation and IaC (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
  

• Scripting and development proficiency (Python, Bash, or similar).
  

• Experience with monitoring tools (CloudWatch, Grafana, Prometheus) and cost-optimization strategies.
  

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or AWS Certified Advanced Networking preferred.
  

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.
  

Preferred Attributes:

• Experience with GPU workloads, containerized HPC (ECS/EKS with ParallelCluster), or hybrid/on-prem to cloud HPC migrations.
  

• Strong communication and presentation skills for executive and technical audiences.
  

• Demonstrated thought leadership in HPC strategy, performance benchmarking, and AWS innovation.