The Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is one of the most dynamic university campuses in Europe and ranks among the top 20 universities worldwide. The EPFL employs 6,000 people supporting the three main missions of the institutions: education, research and innovation. The EPFL campus offers an exceptional working environment at the heart of a community of 16,000 people, including over 10,000 students and 3,500 researchers from 120 different countries.

HPC Systems Engineer (W/M)

Your mission :

The SCITAS platform provides EPFL researchers and partners with access to infrastructure and expertise in High Performance Computing (HPC). SCITAS also contributes to research and development activities so as to maintain the EPFL's reputation as a leading research facility.

In order to strengthen our team, we are seeking an
HPC Systems Engineer. The successful candidate will join the Systems Team who is responsible for the deployment, operations and evolution of the HPC services. Including of our 2k+ nodes compute infrastructure, and associated storage systems.
Main duties and responsibilities include :

• HPC systems deployment and administration


• HPC cluster management and general purpose computing software deployment


• Collaboration with the Applications Support Team


• Recommend process improvements to ensure system scalability and reliability


• Support and training for the user community


• Keeping up to date with changes in HPC technology

Your profile :

Applicants
must have:

• Extensive experience in managing Linux systems and services (4+ years)


• Experience with Configuration Management tools, such as Puppet, Ansible or similar


• Proficiency in a scripting language


• Ability to solve complex problems and investigate independently


• Experience in working in a collaborative environment


• Proficiency in English or French and willingness to learn the other

Applicants
should have:

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in an applicable field


• Experience with workload management systems such as Slurm at large scales


• Experience with parallel storage systems, such as GPFS, BeeGFS or similar


• Experience with monitoring and alerting systems

We offer :

• a young, dynamic, inter-disciplinary, and multicultural environment with plenty of academic challenges


• an opportunity to evolve in a framework promoting advanced technology


• opportunities for continuing education

Start date :

As soon as possible
Term of employment :

Unlimited (CDI)
Remark :

Only candidates who applied through EPFL website or our partner Jobup’s website will be considered.apply online