HPC Engineer- SCI+

Job#: 2019821

Job Description:

Title: HPC Engineer
Location: Arlington, VA
Duration: 3 Months, 1 year extension likely 
Clearance: Candidates must be a US Citizen with a TS/SCI+ clearance
Scope:
The on-site HPC Engineer will assist in tasks and directions provided by the customer to include:
• HPC configuration, management and maintenance.
• Extended knowledge transfer.
• SID documentation (planning, cables, labeling, switches, etc.)
• Addressing hardware failures and support tickets.
• Validation of firmware versions and settings.
• Validation of HPC software versions and settings.
• Validation of Dell HPC best practices.
• Assist with benchmark testing.
o High Performance Linpack (HPL), Alltoall, bidirectional bandwidth and Stream.
• Knowledge of gpfs storage.
• Experience Ubuntu and SLES.
• Network (IB & Enet) testing and management.
• Experience with Kubernetes is a plus.
During the residency service, Services personnel may perform the following over the duration of the engagement:
Administration:
• Monitors, reviews, and manages Dell infrastructure listed in the SOW.
• Manages user requests.
• Manages and reviews log files.
• Generate regular operational reports.
• Provide capacity planning.
• Assist with disaster recovery planning and design.
Problem Management:
• Isolates and troubleshoots incidents.
• Performs service incident coordination.
• Opens service requests on behalf of the Customer.
• Participates in root cause analysis review.
Change Management:
• Performs software/firmware management assistance and collaboration.
• Implements change management requests.
• Assists with solution documentation of policies and procedures in conjunction with the compliance manager(s) and with key stakeholders.
• Monitor’s migration activities
Continual Service Improvement:
• Recommends procedure changes that result in operational optimization.
• Shares best practices from other engagements.
• Provides performance tuning recommendations.
Post Implementation Planning and Knowledge Sharing:
• Works with customers technical leadership on an ongoing basis to ensure they have awareness of system status and discuss architectural design, strategies and plans for the future.
• Performs transition planning with deployment team.
• Performs incremental host and network configuration beyond deployment scope.
• Conducts knowledge transfer for new technology features, management and admin activities, and Standard Operating Procedures
• Provides recommendations on product enhancements and upgrades.
• Implements Dell EMC System Management Tools
• Works with customer staff to develop Run Books (document products and environment, including system information, code level, access instructions, configuration, “how tos”)
Change Evaluation and Recommendations:
• Reviews IT processes and policies (Incident, capacity, performance and change management, user, and back up policy) – as part of new solution or continuous improvement.
• Assists with the solution documentation of policies and procedures in conjunction with the compliance manager(s) and with other key stakeholders.
• Conducts knowledge transfer to address the Customer’s skills and resource gaps as well as technology recommendations.
•Task: Seeking experience with HPC environments, backround in Ubuntu Linux, knowledge of front end IP networking .

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