HPC Infrastructure Platform Engineer

Founded in 1999 in the beautiful Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, Cadre5 provides innovative technical solutions to our customers locally and nationally. Our Cadre5 Lab Partners division has partnered with The High-Performance Computing Systems Section within the National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to recruit an HPC Infrastructure Platform Engineer to join the HPC Infrastructure group. The preferred candidate will possess commensurate knowledge, skills and abilities in addition to relevant education, certifications, experience and demonstrated ability to work as a member of a team.

NCCS Provides state-of-the-art computational and data science infrastructure coupled with dedicated technical and scientific professionals tackling large-scale problems across a broad range of scientific domains for accelerating scientific discovery and engineering advances. NCCS hosts the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), one of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National User Facilities which operates Frontier, the nation’s first exascale supercomputer.

ORNL delivers scientific discoveries and technical breakthroughs needed to realize solutions in energy and national security and provides economic benefit to the nation. This premier research institution located near Knoxville in Oak Ridge, TN, addresses national needs through impactful research and world-leading research centers.

This is a full-time, permanent position that can telecommute. The ideal candidate will be willing to relocate to the Knoxville, TN/Oak Ridge, TN area and work on-site as needed.

Why Cadre5?

• Working with highly talented team members
• 3 weeks’ vacation
• Excellent medical insurance, including employer-paid benefits

Job Responsibilities:

Linux Administration:

• Deploy, configure and manage HPC-scale services in a Linux environment, primarily RedHat and Rocky
• Perform regular patches, updates and backups
• Monitor systems using tools like Nagios and Grafana
• Respond to and assist in troubleshooting issues

Kubernetes Administration and Automation:

• Build and maintain foundational internal platforms and tools to enable the HPC Infrastructure team to reliably deploy, monitor and scale applications
• Design standardized and automated workflow patterns, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines
• Offer self-service, excellent documentation and assistance to HPC Infrastructure group members for efficient consumption of platform services
• Develop, maintain and review high-quality code for internal tools using programming languages such as Python, Golang, or Rust
• Define policies and procedures for automation and configuration management for the team and organization as a whole

Project Management and Leadership:

• Lead small Infrastructure projects through the project lifecycle
• Mentor and train junior staff, creating training documentation, holding knowledge sharing sessions, and fostering skill growth throughout the team
• Propose and implement improvements to existing Infrastructure systems as well as new systems, processes and procedures

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or closely related field and a minimum of 5 years of experience in Linux systems and Kubernetes platform administration, or a master’s degree and a minimum of 4 years of experience in Linux systems and Kubernetes platform administration
• An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered
• The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy "Q" clearance is required. This requires US Citizenship.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent interpersonal/communication skills and the ability to work within a team
• Strong experience designing, building and maintaining Kubernetes platform tools
• Strong working knowledge of Linux system fundamentals and common network protocols
• Programming and scripting skills in common languages such as Python and bash
• Understanding of versioning and code review tools like GitHub and GitLab
• Experience implementing and supporting highly available systems and services
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Puppet or Ansible
• Experience deploying and maintaining virtual environments using VMWare
• Experience deploying, maintaining and troubleshooting a variety of infrastructure services such as OpenLDAP, DNS, DHCP, etc.
• Ability to plan, prioritize and complete assigned projects with minimal supervision

Benefits

Cadre5 offers excellent pay and benefits, to include full medical, dental, and vision coverage coupled with 401K match, 15 days PTO, and 10 holidays.

Cadre5 is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, are encouraged to apply. Cadre5 is an E-Verify Employer.