Overview:

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Founded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,900 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $940 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry. GTRI's renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.   

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Project/Unit Description

This position is with the Advanced Computing Branch (ACB) of the Advanced Research in Computing and AI Division (ARCAID) of the Information and Communications Lab (ICL) if the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). The role is full-time and requires on-site presence, as the duties revolve around the design, configuration, deployment, and evaluation of high performance computing systems.

Job Purpose

The High Performance Computing (HPC) Engineer is responsible for advancing the application and accessibility of HPC within complex environments encountered by GTRI’s National Security sponsor base. HPC Engineers design, implement, and field HPC systems to ensure they meet performance, scalability, reliability, and availability standards. With GTRI’s specific projects and customer bases, HPC Engineers are given challenging tasks where such systems must operate in more straining environments or meet other rigorous data and security standards based upon the classification and sensitivity levels. This role will support the development of novel approaches for the deployment, maintenance, and monitoring of HPC systems in these austere environments. The development and optimization of HPC clusters, ensuring they meet requirement performance and scalability standards is a primary responsibility, while also being able to engage with sponsors and customers to clearly understand operational environments and additional requirements for HPC systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement HPC solutions
• Optimize system performance
• Mentor junior staff
• Engage directly with sponsors to capture requirements and translate into technical specifications.
• Develop software leveraging parallel computing (both shared and distributed memory models) and execute such codes in various HPC environments.
• Ensure compliance with security regulations to achieve Authority to Operate (ATO)

Additional Responsibilities

• Development of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for network and cluster administration
• Development of Linux scripts for use in system administration and development
• Support the design, development, analysis, and implementation of software on medium- and large-scale clusters and computing environments
• Create parallel computing tools and frameworks to support mission applications
• Lead the development of technical reports
• Benchmark software on distributed systems and analyze results
• Conduct sponsored research programs and independent research projects involving the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence to signals analysis
• Develop algorithms and code to analyze and make predictions from application-specific datasets
• Document and present results in appropriate forums
• Lead new proposal efforts to acquire sponsored research projects
• Lead sponsored research tasks including directing up to three students or researchers

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or a related discipline and 5 years of experience
• Demonstrated Linux command line experience (1+ projects)

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters or PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or a related discipline
• Demonstrate mastery of cluster computing concepts
• Experience with machine learning, artificial intelligence, or image / signal processing
• Top Secret Clearance

Travel Requirements

<10% travel

Education and Length of Experience

Levels 3+4

This position vacancy is an open-rank announcement. The final job offer will be dependent on candidate qualifications in alignment with Research Faculty Extension Professional ranks as outlined in section 3.2.1 of the Georgia Tech Faculty Handbook

• 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineer
• 3 years of related experience with a Masters’ degree in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineer
• 0 years of related experience with a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineer

U.S. Citizenship Requirements

Due to our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be U.S. Citizens.

Clearance Type Required

Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain an active security clearance.

Benefits at GTRI

Comprehensive information on currently offered GTRI benefits, including Health & Welfare, Retirement Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Time Off, and Professional Development, can be found through this link: https://benefits.hr.gatech.edu/.

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