HPC Operations Engineer

Details

As an HPC Operations Engineer at NVIDIA, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the flawless operation of the company's high-performance computing (HPC) environment. You will be part of a world-class team that powers semiconductor build and advanced engineering workflows, helping develop the future of computing in an innovative and collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide first-line support for HPC users across scheduling, compute, storage, and access-related issues.
• Troubleshoot job failures, scheduler errors, resource constraints, and performance concerns, driving issues to resolution or escalating them appropriately.
• Triage infrastructure incidents, gather diagnostics, and escalate issues to subject matter experts when they extend beyond defined ownership.
• Monitor system health, queues, node status, and service availability to ensure stable daily operations.
• Complete established operational procedures for maintenance, patching, and configuration updates.
• Develop and maintain operational documentation, runbooks, knowledge base articles, and guidelines for users and internal teams.
• Contribute to process improvements by identifying recurring issues and proposing practical workflow refinements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 2 years of experience supporting Linux-based production environments.
• Solid Linux systems administration fundamentals, including RHEL/CentOS and/or Ubuntu.
• Ability to troubleshoot technical issues methodically and determine when a customer concern requires attention.
• Experience interacting directly with users in a technical support or operations role.
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to produce clear documentation and procedural guides.
• Demonstrated ability to follow established processes while maintaining attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Foundational scripting or automation experience, such as Bash or Python, sufficient to support routine operational tasks.
• Solid understanding of workload schedulers such as LSF, Slurm, or similar systems.
• Strong understanding of network computing supporting infrastructure, including NFS, automounter, and LDAP.
• Experience supporting HPC or large-scale compute environments.
• Familiarity with EDA workloads.

Benefits

• Base salary range of $124,000–$195,500 for Level 2.
• Base salary range of $152,000–$241,500 for Level 3.
• Eligibility for equity and benefits.
• NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and is an equal opportunity employer.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until July 13, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.