AWS/ HPC Consultant (TS/SCI Clearance Preferred)

• Design, deploy, and maintain High Performance Computing (HPC) environments supporting compute-intensive workloads.
• Administer and optimize Linux-based clustered systems.
• Manage and support job scheduling and workload management platforms (e.g., Slurm, PBS, or similar).
• Monitor and tune system performance to ensure efficient utilization of compute, storage, and network resources.
• Support high-speed interconnects (e.g., InfiniBand) and parallel file systems such as Lustre, GPFS, or BeeGFS.
• Collaborate with engineers, scientists, and mission stakeholders to translate computational requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Implement automation using scripting languages such as Bash or Python.
• Ensure system reliability, security, and compliance with organizational and government standards.
• Provide technical documentation and user support.
• Contribute to capacity planning and infrastructure enhancements.
• Nice to Have: Support the integration or extension of HPC workloads using AWS-based technologies for hybrid computing scenarios.

Security Clearance: Active Top Secret/SCI clearance preferred, but not required, The ideal candidate will have strong experience with large-scale, on-premises or hybrid HPC infrastructures and a passion for optimizing system performance. While the primary focus is on traditional HPC environments, familiarity with AWS-based technologies is beneficial for supporting hybrid or cloud-extended HPC use cases., * U.S. Citizenship.

• Demonstrated experience supporting High Performance Computing (HPC) or large-scale distributed computing environments.
• Strong proficiency in Linux/Unix system administration.
• Experience with job schedulers such as Slurm, PBS, or LSF.
• Understanding of parallel and distributed computing concepts.
• Familiarity with high-performance networking and parallel storage systems.
• Scripting experience using Bash, Python, or similar languages.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
• Experience supporting federal or defense customers.
• Familiarity with GPU-accelerated computing and performance optimization.
• Experience with container technologies such as Singularity/Apptainer or Docker.
• Exposure to configuration management or automation tools.
• Experience with AWS-based technologies (e.g., AWS services supporting HPC or hybrid environments).
• Relevant industry or technical certifications.

Strategic Business Systems, Inc. (SBS) is a national Information Technology services company headquartered in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. SBS provides comprehensive IT infrastructure design, integration, and operational services. Our expertise spans the full spectrum of infrastructure technologies, including networking, servers, data storage, disaster recovery, cybersecurity, and internet technologies.