HPC Engineer

Responsibilities

• Support the operation and maintenance of large-scale GPU computing clusters
• Assist researchers with job submission, troubleshooting, and resource utilization
• Monitor cluster health, performance, and availability
• Troubleshoot Linux, hardware, storage, networking, and software issues
• Support Slurm administration and user management
• Assist with cluster deployment, upgrades, and validation
• Develop scripts and automation tools to improve efficiency
• Maintain technical documentation and operational procedures
• Participate in incident response and operational support
• Collaborate with researchers, vendors, and internal teams

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, IT, Mathematics, Physics, or a related discipline
• Experience with Linux administration
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, Go, or C/C++
• Understanding of networking fundamentals
• Experience with Git and software development workflows

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Proficiency with containers (Docker, Apptainer, Enroot)
• Exposure to AI/ML infrastructure
• Experience in HPC, distributed systems, or research computing environments

About the Company

The Institute for Foundation Models (IFM) at MBZUAI operates some of the world’s largest AI supercomputing environments, supporting frontier AI research and foundation model development across thousands of GPUs.