Basic Qualifications

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field. Also requires 10+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 8 years of job-related experience. Agile experience preferred.

Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities for this Position

General Dynamics Mission Systems has an immediate opening for a High-Perfance Computing (HPC) System Architect. This position provides an opportunity to further advance the cutting-edge technology that supports some of our nation's core defense/intelligence services and systems. General Dynamics Mission Systems employees work closely with esteemed customers to develop solutions that allow them to carry out high-stakes national security missions.

The HPC System Architect will lead system design efforts for existing HPC programs and for HPC program proposals. This involves defining and analyzing requirements, assessing alternative solutions, and integrating technologies and components into end-to-end systems meeting customer needs.
Representative Duties and Tasks: • Designs systems architecture for new or existing HPC systems that includes compute, interconnect, and storage components.• Performs design trade-offs and analysis of system performance (including benchmarking), reliability/availability, and maintainability to verify that systems meet requirements.• Develops test plans and procedures and executes test programs.• Maintains understanding of the HPC community and technology trends to enable building the next generation HPC systems.• Provides hands on experience with the operations/system administration of production HPC clusters to meet operational requirements.• Supports procurement of system components by evaluating technologies/sources, preparing specifications, and evaluating proposals.• Strong writing skills for technical documents, system procedures, user wiki's and FAQs• Provides guidance and mentoring to less experienced Systems Engineers.• Works as a team leader, team member, or individual contributor.
• Good communication skills to identify and resolve problems.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities • Bachelor's degree or equivalent and 10+ years of experience working in a HPC environment.• Subject matter expertise with Lustre that includes experience with benchmarking, tuning and troubleshooting complex Lustre issues.
• Knowledge of various HPC architectures, processors, compilers and libraries.

Note: The compensation information listed is a good faith estimate for this position only and is provided pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act and Equal Pay Transparency Rules. It is estimated based on what a successful Colorado applicant might be paid. It assumes that the successful candidate will be in Colorado or perform the position from Colorado. Similar positions located outside of Colorado will not necessarily receive the same compensation.

If performed in Colorado, this position has a salary range of USD $123,728.00/Yr. - USD $210,672.00/Yr.

Company Overview

General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We offer highly competitive benefits and pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose. You will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high performance team!

General Dynamics is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer that is committed to hiring a diverse and talented workforce. EOE/Disability/Veteran