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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # HPC Technical Lead - **Company:** General Dynamics Information Technology - **Location:** Silver Spring, MD, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $211,531.0 - $286,189.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Private Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Big Data, Bioinformatics, Extract Transform Load (ETL), File Systems, Middleware, General Parallel File Systems, Linux System Administration, Performance Tuning, Scientific Computating, Computational Statistics, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), Data Storage Technologies, Parallel Computation, HybridCloud, Information Technology, Slurm, Machine Learning Operations - **Published:** August 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=98a5f3ccc1bd0e8d ## About the Role * Citizenship: US Citizen or Green Card Holder * Clearance: Ability to obtain a Public Trust * Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical field. * Year's Experience: 10-12+ years of experience in HPC engineering, scientific computing, bioinformatics platforms, or advanced research infrastructure. * Technical Skills: + Strong expertise with Linux environments, HPC schedulers, parallel computing, GPUs, and large-scale storage systems. + Experience optimizing scientific workloads and supporting research computing users. + Ability to communicate technical concepts to scientists, engineers, and program stakeholders., * Education: Master's Degree or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Scientific Computing, or related field. * Technical Skills: + Experience with Slurm, TORQUE/Moab, GPFS, Lustre, MPI, or containerized scientific environments. + Experience with genomics, next-generation sequencing, or bioinformatics pipelines. + Knowledge of cloud/HPC hybrid architectures (AWS preferred). + Experience supporting scientific computing in federal environments., 10 + years of related experience * may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree ## Description The High-Performance Computing (HPC) Technical Lead is the senior technical expert guiding the architecture, optimization, and evolution of Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) high-performance computing and scientific data ecosystems. This role bridges scientific research needs with advanced computing solutions, providing technical leadership across HPC clusters, parallel storage, scientific applications, cloud/HPC hybrid environments, and performance engineering. The ideal candidate combines deep hands-on HPC experience with the ability to advise scientists and guide modernization. * Serve as the senior technical authority for HPC operations, architecture, and performance optimization across compute, schedulers, networking, and storage. * Support scientific workloads including genomics, bioinformatics, modeling, simulation, statistical computing, and AI/ML pipelines. * Optimize user workloads through job sizing, code porting, compilation, parallelization, GPU acceleration, and performance tuning. * Lead technical strategy for scientific data storage, parallel file systems, high-speed networking, data movement, and large-scale data workflows. * Provide guidance on future-state HPC and hybrid cloud architectures, expansion planning, and modernization initiatives. * Support integration of laboratory instruments, scientific workstations, private networks, middleware, and specialized scientific software. * Coordinate with FDA scientists and computational users to ensure computing resources match scientific mission needs. * Troubleshoot complex issues across distributed compute systems, storage platforms, scientific applications, and instrument-connected environments. * Prepare technical documentation, configuration guidance, and engineering recommendations. ## Related Videos - [Running Secure Life Science Research at Scale using Hybrid GPU HPC and Kubernetes 🧬](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100355-running-secure-life-science-research-at-scale-using-hybrid-gpu-hpc-and-kubernetes) - [Alibaba Big Data and Machine Learning Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/37-alibaba-big-data-and-machine-learning-technology) - [Developer’s Perspective: Overview of the Tezos Blockchain Ecosystem](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/237-developer-s-perspective-overview-of-the-tezos-blockchain-ecosystem) - [Geometric deep learning for drug discovery](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/264-geometric-deep-learning-for-drug-discovery) - [Exploring BOS: The Blockchain Operating System by NEAR Protocol](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/781-exploring-bos-the-blockchain-operating-system-by-near-protocol) - [PySpark - Combining Machine Learning & Big Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/44-pyspark-combining-machine-learning-big-data) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Top 6 Hackathons for Developers in 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/263-top-6-hackathons-for-developers-in-2023) - [7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) - [A Guide to Green Tech and Green IT Careers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/374-a-guide-to-green-tech-and-green-it-careers) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Best Paying Jobs in Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/256-best-paying-jobs-in-technology)