Principal / Sr. Principal Hpc Systems Engineer - Transformational Computing

Requisition ID: R10130266


Category: Engineering


Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States of America | Linthicum, Maryland, United States of America+ 1 more


Citizenship required: United States Citizenship


Clearance Type: Polygraph


Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position


Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)


Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time


Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available


Positions Available: 2


At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come.
Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.
We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way.
Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible.
Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.




Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace.
Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world's biggest challenges.
We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible.
With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.




The Transformational Computing business within Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) is a highly motivated, talented, and growing organization focused on advancing the science and engineering of superconducting electronic systems into new capabilities and products.
Transformational Computing is developing technologies to transform computing beyond Moore's Law by advancing development of computer architectures, processing and memory subsystems, and large-scale, high-performance computing systems.




The HPC team is seeking an experienced High-Performance Computer (HPC) system engineer to provide full systems lifecycle support for growing compute infrastructure.
The engineer will collaborate with other team members to focus on system build, support, sustainment, and growth activities.
As a member of this team, the engineer may apply knowledge and experience to support daily operation of compute; network and storage infrastructure; software and system configuration; and usage recommendations to enhance or increase end-user productivity.




The HPC Systems Engineer will:




Provide day to day support (technical/non-technical) & administration of HPC services, including user training, problem resolution, resources & priorities management.




Work in a small team dedicated to supporting and growing High Performance Computing clusters used by multiple teams with multiple levels of requirements.




Maintain smooth operation of multiple systems in different environments.




Provide configuration management support.




Monitor system health and resolve issues in a timely fashion.




Troubleshoot and document issues as they arise.




As part of a cross-functional systems team, mentor, and cross-train other team members.




Willingness to learn and understand state of the art concepts and technologies that are foundational to the transformational computing technical architectures.




Engage in systems thinking and demonstrate technical leadership.




This position will serve on-site in Annapolis Junction, MD.




Basic Qualifications for Principal HPC Systems Engineer:




- Bachelor's Degree or higher in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) such as Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a similar technical discipline with 5 years of related experience, or 3 years with a Master's Degree, or 0 years with a PhD.




- IAT Level I Certification Required




- Must be willing to work on site 100% of time.




- Limited travel to local Northrop Grumman facilities may be required.




- This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with poly clearance per business requirements.




- Experience and direct technical knowledge of the following:




Strong knowledge and experience with High Performance Computing concepts to include cluster architecture, parallel file systems, and high-speed InfiniBand interconnects.


Strong Linux (Red Hat/CentOS) proficiency


Demonstrated ability to provision and configure HPC environments and components to include job scheduling (Slurm), multi-user login environments, and cluster management software (Bright, OpenHPC, Warewulf, etc.)


Experience with systems monitoring tools such as Nagios.


Strong understanding and experience with systems automation tools (Ansible, Salt, Puppet)


Ability to analyze and optimize system performance in high performance computer networks.




Basic Qualifications for Senior Principal HPC Systems Engineer:




- Bachelor's Degree or higher in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) such as Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a similar technical discipline with 9 years of related experience, or 7 years with a Master's Degree, or 4 years with a PhD.




- IAT Level I Certification Required




- Must be willing to work on site 100% of time.




- Limited travel to local Northrop Grumman facilities may be required.




- This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with poly clearance per business requirements.




Experience and direct technical knowledge of the following:




Strong knowledge and experience with High Performance Computing concepts to include cluster architecture, parallel file systems, and high-speed InfiniBand interconnects.


Strong Linux (Red Hat/CentOS) proficiency


Demonstrated ability to provision and configure HPC environments and components to include job scheduling (Slurm), multi-user login environments, and cluster management software (Bright, OpenHPC, Warewulf, etc.)


Experience with systems monitoring tools such as Nagios.


Strong understanding and experience with systems automation tools (Ansible, Salt, Puppet)


Ability to analyze and optimize system performance in high performance computer networks.




Preferred Qualifications:




Active TS/SCI with poly security clearance.




Good written and verbal communication, mentoring experience, and good interpersonal skills.




Prior experience working with clusters or supercomputers.




Hands-on experience HPC hardware diagnostic and repair




Experience with Software compilation process (compilers, GNU Make, CMake, etc.)




Experience working with information security teams to ensure cybersecurity compliance of multi-user systems.




Working knowledge of JSIG and STIG.




Experience with various MPI implementations, IntelMPI, OpenMPI, MPICH




Experience with InfiniBand and the InfiniBand protocol




Experience with Nvidia CUDA libraries and GPUs




Experience with global and parallel files systems, such as BeeGFS




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Salary Range: $99,800 - $157,000


Salary Range 2: $123,800 - $194,500


Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.
Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.




Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce.
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