HPC Consultant (HPC Engineer 1/2)
- Req. Number: IRC140736
- Organization : HPC-ENV/HPC Environments
- City, State: Los Alamos, New Mexico
What You Will Do
Join the High Performance Computing Environments Group (HPC-ENV) at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where we manage and operate advanced large scale computing infrastructure supporting a diverse range of critical workloads. The HPC Consulting team provides direct support to HPC customers to enhance the productivity of the user community by providing quality technical support for wide range of workloads, which include:
Team Responsibilities
Our Consultants are a user-facing team who provide support and engage with LANL customers via documentation, consulting, and training. As HPC Consultants we are a single point of contact for HPC systems, and deliver customer-focused services, tools and software. The Division's goal is to create an effective HPC environment in which scientists can be as productive as possible on world-class supercomputing systems.
The HPC Division supports the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) mission by managing a world-class supercomputing center. We support stockpile stewardship for NNSA/DOE and accelerate scientific discovery for scientists. We integrate and support some of the world's largest supercomputers during an exciting time in computing with the focus on traditional large-scale simulations, data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
HPC Engineer 1 ($94,300 - $154,600)
HPC Engineer 2 ($104,000 - 172,200)
In addition to the duties outlined above, a successful HPC Engineer 2 candidate will be required to:
What You Need
Minimum Job Requirements:
Desired Qualifications:
Education/Experience for HPC Engineer 1: Position Requires a bachelor's in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field.
Education/Experience for HPC Engineer 2: Position Requires a bachelor's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, and 3 years of relevant experience in high performance computing or scalable AI computing, or data center environments or equivalent combination of education and experience in related field.
Work Location: The work location for this position is hybrid and is located in Los Alamos. Hybrid is defined as working partially onsite/partially offsite but within 2 hours ground commute of this location. All work locations are at the discretion of management and can change at any time with appropriate notice. Current departmental policy requires a minimum of 60% on-site hours.
Position commitment:
Regular appointment employees are required to serve a period of continuous service in their current position in order to be eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the time required, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. The position commitment for this position is 1 year.
Note to Applicants:
Due to federal restrictions contained in the current National Defense Authorization Act, citizens of the People's Republic of China-including the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau-as well as citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), and the Russian Federation, who are not Lawful Permanent Residents ("green card" holders) are prohibited from accessing facilities that support the mission, functions, and operations of national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities, which includes Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Where You Will Work
Located in beautiful northern New Mexico, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security. Our generous benefits package includes:
§ PPO or High Deductible medical insurance with the same large nationwide network
§ Dental and vision insurance
§ Free basic life and disability insurance
§ Paid childbirth and parental leave
§ Award-winning 401(k) (6% matching plus 3.5% annually)
§ Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
§ Flexible schedules and time off (PTO and holidays)
§ Onsite gyms and wellness programs
§ Extensive relocation packages (outside a 50 mile radius)
Additional Details
Directive 206.2 -
Employment with Triad requires a favorable decision by NNSA indicating employee is suitable under NNSA Supplemental Directive 206.2. Please note that this requirement applies only to citizens of the United States. Foreign nationals are subject to a similar requirement under DOE Order 142.3A.
Clearance:
Q (Position will be cleared to this level). Selected applicants will be subject to a background investigation conducted by or on behalf of the Federal Government, and must meet eligibility requirements* for access to classified matter. This position requires a Q clearance. and obtaining such clearance requires US Citizenship except in extremely rare circumstances. Dependent upon the position, additional authorization to access classified information may be required, which may or may not be available to dual citizens. Receipt of a Q clearance and additional access authorization ultimately is a decision of the Federal Government and not of Triad.
*Eligibility requirements: To obtain a clearance, an individual must be at least 18 years of age; U.S. citizenship is required except in very limited circumstances. See DOE Order 472.2 for additional information.
New-Employment Drug Test: The Laboratory requires successful applicants to complete a new-employment drug test and maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing. Although New Mexico and other states have legalized the use of marijuana, use and possession of marijuana remain illegal under federal law. A positive drug test for marijuana will result in termination of employment, even if the use was pre-offer.
Regular position: Term status Laboratory employees applying for regular-status positions are converted to regular status.
Internal Applicants: Regular appointment employees who have served the required period of continuous service in their current position are eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the required period of continuous service, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. Please refer to Policy Policy P701 for applicant eligibility requirements.
Equal Opportunity: Los Alamos National Laboratory is an equal opportunity employer. All employment practices are based on qualification and merit, without regard to protected categories such as race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status or spousal affiliation, physical or mental disability, medical conditions, pregnancy, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, or citizenship within the limits imposed by federal, state, and local laws and regulations. The Laboratory is also committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process. To request such an accommodation, please send an email to applyhelp@lanl.gov or call (505)-664-6947 opt. 3.
Join the High Performance Computing Environments Group (HPC-ENV) at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where we manage and operate advanced large scale computing infrastructure supporting a diverse range of critical workloads. The HPC Consulting team provides direct support to HPC customers to enhance the productivity of the user community by providing quality technical support for wide range of workloads, which include:
- Large-Scale Modeling & Simulation (e.g., physics, engineering, climate)
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML) deployments
- Emerging Software for next-generation computing needs
Team Responsibilities
Our Consultants are a user-facing team who provide support and engage with LANL customers via documentation, consulting, and training. As HPC Consultants we are a single point of contact for HPC systems, and deliver customer-focused services, tools and software. The Division's goal is to create an effective HPC environment in which scientists can be as productive as possible on world-class supercomputing systems.
The HPC Division supports the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) mission by managing a world-class supercomputing center. We support stockpile stewardship for NNSA/DOE and accelerate scientific discovery for scientists. We integrate and support some of the world's largest supercomputers during an exciting time in computing with the focus on traditional large-scale simulations, data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
HPC Engineer 1 ($94,300 - $154,600)
- Direct Customer Support: Provide expert guidance and consultation to scientists, engineers, and other HPC users to enhance their workflows and enable use of HPC systems through phone, email, ticketing systems, and in-person consultations.
- Collaborate with team members to troubleshoot HPC issues and improve user experience.
- Documentation and Training: Develop user guides, best practices, and training materials to help the user community get the most from the HPC environment.
- System Efficiency: Work with HPC system administrators to identify issues, improve overall system performance and resource utilization.
HPC Engineer 2 ($104,000 - 172,200)
In addition to the duties outlined above, a successful HPC Engineer 2 candidate will be required to:
- Work independently to implement customer solutions to current problems and enhance our HPC user environment.
- Represent LANL HPC Consulting at workshops, meetings, and conferences with other HPC and NNSA/DOE sites.
- HPC Application Support: Provide in-depth support for users of HPC systems, including installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of scientific and engineering applications.
- Performance Optimization: Analyze and optimize the performance of parallel applications and workflows to ensure efficient use of HPC resources.
- Code Profiling and Tuning: Collaborate with software developers and users to profile and tune applications for performance, memory usage, and scalability on HPC platforms.
- May provide technical and professional expertise to students & junior staff through mentorship and training.
What You Need
Minimum Job Requirements:
- Experience with Linux-based systems.
- Programming experience (2+ years) in languages such as C, C++, Fortran, and Python.
- Knowledge of HPC, their environments and supporting infrastructure. Knowledge of distributed systems, including system architectures, computer networks, and software.
- Communication Skills - Demonstrated effective communication skills in classroom or team situations, such as making, and presenting technical demonstrations, system documentation, and user manuals.
- Additional Job Requirements for HPC Engineer 2:
- In addition to the requirements outlined above, qualification at the higher level requires:
- Demonstrated experience with HPC environments and one or more of the domains found within such as parallel software, operating systems, parallel file systems, archives, parallel applications and job schedulers.
- Proficiency in parallel programming in a CPU and/or GPU computing scientific environment such as (MPI, OpenMP, CUDA, etc.)
- Documentation and Training - Experience developing user guides, best practices, and training materials to help the HPC user community.
- Knowledge of HPC computational workflows and experience debugging them.
Desired Qualifications:
- Familiarity with GPU computing in scientific environments using CUDA.
- Experience building scientific applications
- Customer Service - Recent experience in a customer service role, ticketing systems.
- Experience with DevOps tools including container runtimes and CI/CD tooling.
- Experience with code profiling, tuning, and performance optimization.
- Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks (PyTorch, Tensorflow, SciPy, NLTK).
Education/Experience for HPC Engineer 1: Position Requires a bachelor's in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field.
Education/Experience for HPC Engineer 2: Position Requires a bachelor's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, and 3 years of relevant experience in high performance computing or scalable AI computing, or data center environments or equivalent combination of education and experience in related field.
Work Location: The work location for this position is hybrid and is located in Los Alamos. Hybrid is defined as working partially onsite/partially offsite but within 2 hours ground commute of this location. All work locations are at the discretion of management and can change at any time with appropriate notice. Current departmental policy requires a minimum of 60% on-site hours.
Position commitment:
Regular appointment employees are required to serve a period of continuous service in their current position in order to be eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the time required, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. The position commitment for this position is 1 year.
Note to Applicants:
Due to federal restrictions contained in the current National Defense Authorization Act, citizens of the People's Republic of China-including the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau-as well as citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), and the Russian Federation, who are not Lawful Permanent Residents ("green card" holders) are prohibited from accessing facilities that support the mission, functions, and operations of national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities, which includes Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Where You Will Work
Located in beautiful northern New Mexico, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security. Our generous benefits package includes:
§ PPO or High Deductible medical insurance with the same large nationwide network
§ Dental and vision insurance
§ Free basic life and disability insurance
§ Paid childbirth and parental leave
§ Award-winning 401(k) (6% matching plus 3.5% annually)
§ Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
§ Flexible schedules and time off (PTO and holidays)
§ Onsite gyms and wellness programs
§ Extensive relocation packages (outside a 50 mile radius)
Additional Details
Directive 206.2 -
Employment with Triad requires a favorable decision by NNSA indicating employee is suitable under NNSA Supplemental Directive 206.2. Please note that this requirement applies only to citizens of the United States. Foreign nationals are subject to a similar requirement under DOE Order 142.3A.
Clearance:
Q (Position will be cleared to this level). Selected applicants will be subject to a background investigation conducted by or on behalf of the Federal Government, and must meet eligibility requirements* for access to classified matter. This position requires a Q clearance. and obtaining such clearance requires US Citizenship except in extremely rare circumstances. Dependent upon the position, additional authorization to access classified information may be required, which may or may not be available to dual citizens. Receipt of a Q clearance and additional access authorization ultimately is a decision of the Federal Government and not of Triad.
*Eligibility requirements: To obtain a clearance, an individual must be at least 18 years of age; U.S. citizenship is required except in very limited circumstances. See DOE Order 472.2 for additional information.
New-Employment Drug Test: The Laboratory requires successful applicants to complete a new-employment drug test and maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing. Although New Mexico and other states have legalized the use of marijuana, use and possession of marijuana remain illegal under federal law. A positive drug test for marijuana will result in termination of employment, even if the use was pre-offer.
Regular position: Term status Laboratory employees applying for regular-status positions are converted to regular status.
Internal Applicants: Regular appointment employees who have served the required period of continuous service in their current position are eligible to apply for posted jobs throughout the Laboratory. If an employee has not served the required period of continuous service, they may only apply for Laboratory jobs with the documented approval of their Division Leader. Please refer to Policy Policy P701 for applicant eligibility requirements.
Equal Opportunity: Los Alamos National Laboratory is an equal opportunity employer. All employment practices are based on qualification and merit, without regard to protected categories such as race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status or spousal affiliation, physical or mental disability, medical conditions, pregnancy, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, or citizenship within the limits imposed by federal, state, and local laws and regulations. The Laboratory is also committed to making our workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, for individuals to participate in the application and hiring process. To request such an accommodation, please send an email to applyhelp@lanl.gov or call (505)-664-6947 opt. 3.
