HPC Engineer

Institute of Foundation Models

Sunnyvale, CA Full-time$150k–$300k / year Posted 30+ days ago
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About MBZUAI The Institute for Foundation Models (IFM) operates some of the world's largest AI supercomputing environments. Position Summary This role provides operational coverage during Abu Dhabi overnight hours and serves as a primary point of contact for infrastructure monitoring, incident triage, researcher support, and production operations. RESPONSIBILITIES • Monitor health, performance, and availability of large-scale GPU clusters. • Respond to incidents and perform first-level triage. • Support researchers and troubleshoot job failures. • Execute operational runbooks and recovery procedures. • Validate cluster deployments, upgrades, and maintenance activities. • Track infrastructure utilization and operational metrics. • Develop automation and monitoring tools. • Contribute to documentation and reporting. EDUCATION Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related disciplines. EXPERIENCE • 2+ years in Linux systems administration, SRE, DevOps, cloud operations, HPC, or infrastructure operations. • Strong Linux troubleshooting skills. • Experience with scripting using Python or Bash. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS • Slurm. • GPU infrastructure. • AWS, Azure, or GCP. • Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, or similar tools. • Containers and Kubernetes. • AI/ML infrastructure exposure. • Research computing environments. Benefits Include *Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits   *Bonus *401K Plan *Generous paid time off, sick leave and holidays *Paid Parental Leave *Employee Assistance Program *Life insurance and disability

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