Senior Systems Engineer Principal – HPC/AI System Administrator, Multi-discipline Expert

🕒 August 4

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $136k - $184k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

⚙️ Systems Engineer

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General Dynamics Information Technology

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1954

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

General Dynamics Information Technology is a company at the forefront of technological innovation, offering a wide range of services including consulting, digital modernization, and application services. The company is heavily involved in implementing solutions related to artificial intelligence, cloud computing, cybersecurity, high-performance computing, and quantum technologies. GDIT is committed to supporting government and defense sectors, providing mission-critical services such as logistics and supply chain management, intelligence, and homeland security. The company also focuses on diverse and inclusive hiring practices and actively promotes employee well-being. Through its digital accelerator solutions and pioneering use of emerging technologies, GDIT aims to propel agencies' missions forward and address complex technological challenges.

📋 Description

• Lead, manage, and support daily HPC system operations • Maintain the reliability of the scheduling and system software stack supporting NOAA’s 24/7 numerical weather prediction mission • Collaborate with GDIT HPC engineers, system administrators, developers, and NWS operational staff • Troubleshoot issues and enhance system performance • Ensure consistent delivery of high-impact forecasting products • Improve system efficiency, scheduler reliability, job throughput, and operational resiliency • Analyze complex problems, propose innovations, and support implementation of technical enhancements • Use Linux system administration, HPC scheduler expertise, scripting languages, performance monitoring tools, and parallel computing technologies • Keep two large-scale supercomputing systems operating at peak performance • Participate in an on-call rotation supporting 24/7 operational systems • Travel occasionally for team collaboration, training, or customer interaction

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science • 8+ years of related experience • US citizenship required • Linux system administration experience, with Rocky/SLES preferred • Experience with HPC batch schedulers such as PBS Pro, Slurm, or similar • Scripting abilities in Bash, Python, or Perl • Understanding of HPC architectures, distributed computing, and MPI-based workloads • Troubleshooting skills across multi-node HPC environments • Ability to participate in an on-call rotation supporting 24/7 operational systems • Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a distributed technical team • Occasional travel for team collaboration, training, or customer interaction

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages • 401(k) with company match • Competitive pay • Paid time off • Full-flex work week • AI-powered career tool identifying career steps and learning opportunities • Internal mobility team supporting career goals • Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts • Dental plan options • Vision plan • Ability to contribute pre- and post-tax dollars to 401(k) up to IRS annual limits • Vacation, sick, personal, holiday, paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave • Typically 15 days of paid leave per calendar year • 10 paid holidays per year • Up to 160 hours of paid family leave in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees • Short- and long-term disability benefits • Life insurance • Accidental death and dismemberment insurance • Personal accident insurance • Critical illness insurance • Business travel and accident insurance • Award-winning culture of innovation • Military-friendly workplace