The Stowers Institute is seeking an HPC & Linux Engineer to support and advance the Linux and high-performance computing environments that enable scientific research across the Institute. This position is responsible for the administration, engineering, reliability, and ongoing improvement of Linux infrastructure, HPC/GPU computing platforms, and supporting technologies.
Responsibilities
- Administer, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise Linux systems and HPC/GPU computing environments.
- Install, configure, patch, upgrade, and lifecycle-manage Linux servers and compute nodes.
- Support HPC job scheduling, resource allocation, performance, and capacity management.
- Install, compile, configure, and maintain scientific applications, libraries, and software packages.
- Develop automation for system provisioning, configuration, software deployment, patching, and routine administration.
- Support Linux integration with enterprise identity and authentication services, including Active Directory, LDAP, Kerberos, and MFA.
- Monitor system health, utilization, availability, and performance and proactively resolve infrastructure issues.
- Support integration with enterprise storage, networking, virtualization, backup, and monitoring platforms.
- Partner with researchers and IT teams to troubleshoot computational workloads and deliver research computing solutions.
- Maintain technical documentation and participate in infrastructure projects, upgrades, and technology evaluations.
Required Skills and Experience
- 5+ years of Linux systems administration or engineering experience in enterprise, research, or similarly complex environments.
- Experience supporting HPC or other large-scale computing environments.
- Strong Linux administration, troubleshooting, networking, storage, and security knowledge.
- Experience with HPC workload scheduling and resource management.
- Experience installing, compiling, and troubleshooting Linux and scientific software.
- Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash, or similar technologies.
- Experience with enterprise identity services such as Active Directory, LDAP, and Kerberos.
- Experience with virtualization and/or container technologies.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Experience supporting scientific computing in a biomedical, academic, or research environment.
- Experience with GPU computing and HPC workload managers such as Slurm.
- Experience with Docker, Apptainer/Singularity, Ansible, Puppet, or similar technologies.
- Experience with enterprise or high-performance storage and VMware environments.
- Familiarity with monitoring platforms, Git, and infrastructure automation practices.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
To Apply
Submit the requested documents to careers@stowers.org or to Administration Department, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 E 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110.
Requested Documents:
- Cover Letter
- Resume
