Summary
The HPC Infrastructure Services (Senior) Engineer executes and ensures service deployments and management to enable modern delivery flows of High-Performance Computing solutions.
About the Role
Job Description
Major accountabilities:
High Performance Computing (HPC) Specialist for Novartis Core Infrastructure Services team performs the operational health deployment and lifecycle of HPC technology
Designs innovative solutions utilizing projects and qualification frameworks to run and optimize our complex infrastructures.
Act as technical and organizational escalation point during major and critical incidents.
Responsible to track suppliers and partner for effective and efficient delivery of projects
Contributes to service / platform strategy development
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve.
What you'll bring to the role
6+ years' IT experience, of which at least 3 in an HPC/scientific computing environment
Associate's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent industry experience
Experience designing and building infrastructure within a public cloud platform (e.g. AWS, GCP or Azure) as they relate to HPC workloads
Hands-on experience with system administrative task in Linux environment, and fluency in scripting (shell scripting in bash required, Python knowledge would be advantageous)
Can build software from sources including knowledge of build systems (e.g. Make, CMake...)




Extensive knowledge of one or more HPC scheduling mechanisms (e.g. Grid Engine, Slurm, LSF... etc.)
Extensive knowledge of one or more HPC cluster management software packages (e.g. Bright Cluster Manager / Base Command Manager, xCat, OpenHPC... etc.)
Solid knowledge of computer architectures and multi-threaded/parallel processing applications
Hands-on knowledge of network- and distributed filesystems (e.g. NFS, GPFS, Gluster, BeeGFS, Lustre or other parallel file systems, etc.)
Worked in environments with high speed / low latency network (e.g. InfiniBand)
Strong knowledge of Unix systems performance tuning
Experience with shared memory and/or GPU and/or distributed memory computation jobs
Working knowledge of DevOps (e.g. Ansible, Chef, CICD etc.) tools and practices
Desired: experience setting up, maintaining, and tuning infrastructure for AI/ML workloads
Desired: experience with HPC infrastructure supporting a scientific / research / pharmaceutical / bioinformatics / cheminformatics environment
Exceptional service orientation, excellent problem-solving abilities, keen attention to detail.
Fluent English speaker
Why Novartis:
Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients' lives. Ready to create a brighter future together?
Benefits and Rewards:
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