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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # HPC Software Engineer - **Company:** Oak Ridge National Laboratory - **Location:** Oak Ridge, TN, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Application Packaging, Bash Shell, Big Data, Ubuntu (Operating System), CentOS, Configuration Management, Software Quality, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Continuous Integration, R (Programming Language), Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), Linux Servers, MATLAB, Nagios, Package Management Systems, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Software Systems, Web Pages, Zabbix, Diagnostic Tools, Scripting, High Performance Computing, CheckMK, Grafana, Git, Information Technology, Slurm, Puppet, Ansys, Jenkins, Vmware - **Published:** October 27, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.com/details/5937229108 ## About the Role * BS degree in computer science, computer engineering, information technology, information systems, science, engineering, business, or a related discipline and a minimum of 5 years of aligned professional experience is required for consideration. An overall combination of equivalent education and experience may be considered. * 3 or more years with managing UNIX/Linux Systems. * 3 or more years of proven experience with configuration management and automation tools such as Git, Jenkins, Ansible, or Puppet. * Moderate proficiency in at least one scripting language such as Bash, Python, or others. * Experience performing advanced troubleshooting and system administration with Linux Servers. * Experience supporting large data systems., * A strong desire to innovate and identify new technologies and opportunities and be able to communicate the potential benefits of those choices to others within the team and our research partners. * A collaborative and upbeat approach to thrive on the opportunity to build trust and credibility and ultimately become a trusted advisor to our research teams. * Active DOE Q, active DOD Top Secret, or active DOD TS/SCI clearance is heavily preferred for consideration. * Solid understanding of multiple operating systems and cluster technologies. * Experience with Rocky/Centos/RHEL, Ubuntu, VMware. * Understanding of HPC platforms to support users with SLURM job submissions and troubleshooting. * Experience building and running containerized applications in an HPC environment. * Experience with multiple deployment mechanisms like Diskless, Warewulf, and traditional deployment (cobbler, PXEboot, and/or Bright). * Experience managing systems utilizing GPU (NVIDIA and AMD) clusters for AI/ML and/or image processing. * Experience with performance and diagnostic tools for benchmarking, analysis and tuning of systems, networking, and storage. * Experience with Grafana, CheckMK, Nagios, Zabbix, or other network and device monitoring systems. * Experience with scientific software such as Matlab, R, Ansys, etc. * Experience with cluster administrative tools as Spack, Ansible, Git, etc. * Previous experience working in a government, scientific or other highly technical environment. * Good documentation skills, including ability to prepare simple documentation web pages. * Excellent written and oral communication skills. * Motivated self-starter with the ability to work independently and to participate creatively in collaborative teams across the laboratory. * Ability to function well in a fast-paced research environment, set priorities to accomplish multiple tasks within deadlines, and adapt to ever changing needs., * This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a clearance from the Department of Energy. As such, this position is a Workplace Substance Abuse (WSAP) testing designated position. WSAP positions require passing a pre-placement drug test and participation in an ongoing random drug testing program. ## Description * Advocate and promote HPC and clustered computing software solutions to researchers who process large data sets, run simulations, and develop scientific code as part of their projects. * Design, develop, optimize, and maintain scientific software, workflows, libraries, and tools for production HPC environments. * Ensure the performance, scalability, portability, reliability, and maintainability of software running on production systems. * Leverage automation, testing, and modern software engineering practices to minimize maintenance overhead and improve software quality and reproducibility. * Collaborate with technical points of contact and research teams to install, port, optimize, benchmark, and tune scientific applications and toolsets. * Support software environments for a wide range of computational workflows, including parallel and distributed applications, data-intensive pipelines, and accelerator-enabled workloads. * Work closely with system administrators, infrastructure engineers, and researchers to align software solutions with available compute, storage, and networking resources. * Contribute to CI/CD practices, software packaging, documentation, and sustainable development workflows for research computing environments. * Deliver ORNL's mission by aligning behaviors, priorities, and interactions with our core values of Impact, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Service. Promote equal opportunity by fostering a respectful workplace - in how we treat one another, work together, and measure success.