HPC Consultant

Description

Summary: Seeking an HPC Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain high-performance computing and quantum computing infrastructure, aligning with R&D needs and ensuring platform excellence. Highlights: 1. Work with cutting-edge HPC and quantum computing technologies 2. Enable critical scientific and industrial projects 3. Collaborative and multidisciplinary team environment **Key Accountabilities*** **Design, deploy, and maintain HPC.** * **Experience in high\-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure deployments** * Lead the technical architecture of compute clusters, high\-speed interconnects, and storage systems. * Work closely with R\&D teams to align infrastructure with application and research requirements. * Define operational standards, automation strategies, and best practices. * Ensure platform availability, performance, and security. * Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and their applicability. * Act as a technical reference for HPC and quantum computing within the organization. **Responsibilities**Design and implementation of: * HPC platforms: compute clusters, GPU acceleration, high\-performance interconnects (InfiniBand, advanced Ethernet). * Scheduling and orchestration: SLURM, PBS, or similar workload managers. * Storage systems: parallel file systems (Lustre, GPFS), object storage, and hybrid solutions. * Containers and reproducible environments: Singularity/Apptainer, Docker, Kubernetes for HPC workloads. * Automation \& Infrastructure as Code: Ansible, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines. * Quantum computing integration: quantum simulators, SDKs (Qiskit, Cirq, Braket), and cloud or hardware backends. * Performance tuning and resource optimization. * Advanced user support and incident resolution. * Technical documentation and knowledge sharing. * Collaboration with vendors, research centers, and technology partners. **Desired Skills and Qualifications Technical Skills**Strong experience in: * Large\-scale Linux systems. * HPC and accelerated computing (CPU/GPU). * SLURM or other job schedulers. * High\-performance networking (InfiniBand, RDMA). * HPC containers (Singularity/Apptainer). * Automation (Ansible, Terraform, Bash, Python). * Knowledge of: * Quantum computing fundamentals and hybrid workflows. * Quantum SDKs (Qiskit, Cirq, Braket, or similar). * HPC–Cloud integration (AWS, Azure, GCP). * Experience with NVIDIA/AMD hardware and Mellanox networking is a plus. * Ability to translate scientific or business requirements into technical solutions. * Languages: Spanish \& English **Experience**Proven experience (3\+ years) as: * HPC Platform Engineer * Scientific Computing Systems Engineer * DevOps / SRE in high\-performance environments * Experience in research institutions, supercomputing centers, or advanced industrial environments is highly valued. **Why Join Us*** Cutting\-edge technology: work with HPC and quantum computing applied to real\-world challenges. * High impact: your platforms will enable critical scientific and industrial projects. * Collaborative culture: highly skilled, multidisciplinary teams. * Professional growth: access to advanced training, certifications, and collaboration with leading technology partners.