HPC Engineer

About MBZUAIThe Institute for Foundation Models (IFM) operates some of the world’s largest AI supercomputing environments.Position SummaryThis role provides operational coverage during Abu Dhabi overnight hours and serves as a primary point of contact for infrastructure monitoring, incident triage, researcher support, and production operations., * Monitor health, performance, and availability of large-scale GPU clusters.

• Respond to incidents and perform first-level triage.
• Support researchers and troubleshoot job failures.
• Execute operational runbooks and recovery procedures.
• Validate cluster deployments, upgrades, and maintenance activities.
• Track infrastructure utilization and operational metrics.
• Develop automation and monitoring tools.
• Contribute to documentation and reporting.

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Incident Management, Supercomputing, Research Skills, Production Support, Operational Support, GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), Performance Analysis, Incident Response, Identify Issues, Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related disciplines., * 2+ years in Linux systems administration, SRE, DevOps, cloud operations, HPC, or infrastructure operations.

• Strong Linux troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with scripting using Python or Bash., * Slurm.
• GPU infrastructure.
• AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, or similar tools.
• Containers and Kubernetes.
• AI/ML infrastructure exposure.
• Research computing environments.

$150,000 - $300,000 a year Salary Range The posted salary range represents the company’s good faith estimate of the compensation for this position upon hire. The actual compensation offered may vary within this range depending on individual qualifications, including but not limited to relevant skills, experience, education, certifications, geographic location, and specific business needs. Benefits Include *Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits *Bonus *401K Plan *Generous paid time off, sick leave and holidays *Paid Parental Leave *Employee Assistance Program *Life insurance and disability