The Role
Design, build, and operate on-prem and cloud HPC platforms for scientific research. Provide architecture, platform administration, workflow support (Nextflow), performance tuning, troubleshooting, CloudOps/IaC (AWS/GCP), documentation, and mentorship while ensuring security and regulatory compliance.
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About Us
RCH Solutions is an established and rapidly growing global provider of computational, research, and data science expertise within Life Sciences and Healthcare. At RCH Solutions, our team rallies around a culture crafted for learning and achieving. We’re relentless in our pursuit for innovation and demanding of ourselves to deliver a ground-breaking computing experience for our clients, so that they can deliver life-saving science to humanity.
Core Values
At RCH, our Core Values are more than just words—they represent the threads that weave together the fabric of our culture. Used as a guide when interviewing new team members; as a barometer when evaluating our performance as individuals and teams, and even when deciding which customers to work with, RCH’s Values embody the behaviors upon which we measure our success and create a framework for our growth as people and professionals.
Our Core Values:
Job Description
RCH Solutions is seeking an HPC Engineer to work closely with customer stakeholders, scientists, and IT professionals to deliver Compute at Scale and support our customer's scientific initiatives. The objectives for this role center on developing, evolving, and administering HPC platforms along with support for Scientific applications, workflows, and other related infrastructure both on-prem and Cloud hosted. Our ideal candidate also has hands on experience with Linux system administration as well as solution architecting and engineering (on-prem and cloud based) and will be instrumental in transforming how IT computing services are leveraged to support our client's growth. This role will involve driving architecture, roadmaps, and execution of projects to establish and operate IT infrastructure best practices for customers.
Responsibilities include full stack support - design and evolution of platforms, application administration, supporting customer workflows, profiling and performance tuning, monitoring and maintenance of scoped systems, platform and systems administration, troubleshooting hardware, software, and networking related issues, solution architecting and hands on engineering (on-prem + Cloud), as well as documentation. You will use your experience in these technologies to provide top of the line consulting services and recommendations to clients. These would be performed as part of customer Research or Analytics initiatives as well as in a consultative, advisory, or customer support manner.
Specific focuses and responsibilities include:
RCH provides services and solutions for the unique challenges of Life Sciences advanced computing, and leverages teams with cross-functional IT skills to meet these challenges. The ideal candidates for this role will have experience working with cross-functional IT (Public Cloud skills being a plus) and sciences skillsets.
Great talent should benefit from a great work environment. If you join our team, you’ll have access to:
**This is a fully remote position and the candidate will be required to work on an East Coast (US) schedule.
**Role is only open to applicants not needing sponsorship now or in the future, no third parties please.
************The secret code is Donkey************
RCH Solutions is an established and rapidly growing global provider of computational, research, and data science expertise within Life Sciences and Healthcare. At RCH Solutions, our team rallies around a culture crafted for learning and achieving. We’re relentless in our pursuit for innovation and demanding of ourselves to deliver a ground-breaking computing experience for our clients, so that they can deliver life-saving science to humanity.
Core Values
At RCH, our Core Values are more than just words—they represent the threads that weave together the fabric of our culture. Used as a guide when interviewing new team members; as a barometer when evaluating our performance as individuals and teams, and even when deciding which customers to work with, RCH’s Values embody the behaviors upon which we measure our success and create a framework for our growth as people and professionals.
Our Core Values:
- Embrace Excellence: We strive for best in class delivery of innovation and service.
- Be Accountable: Integrity, ownership and accountability are non negotiables.
- Adventure Together: We are committed to fostering a culture that embraces continuous improvement.
- Succeed as a Team: We believe harnessing the power of a team drives outcomes not achievable by individuals.
- Boundaries and Balance: Work-life balance is a core facet of our culture.
Job Description
RCH Solutions is seeking an HPC Engineer to work closely with customer stakeholders, scientists, and IT professionals to deliver Compute at Scale and support our customer's scientific initiatives. The objectives for this role center on developing, evolving, and administering HPC platforms along with support for Scientific applications, workflows, and other related infrastructure both on-prem and Cloud hosted. Our ideal candidate also has hands on experience with Linux system administration as well as solution architecting and engineering (on-prem and cloud based) and will be instrumental in transforming how IT computing services are leveraged to support our client's growth. This role will involve driving architecture, roadmaps, and execution of projects to establish and operate IT infrastructure best practices for customers.
Responsibilities include full stack support - design and evolution of platforms, application administration, supporting customer workflows, profiling and performance tuning, monitoring and maintenance of scoped systems, platform and systems administration, troubleshooting hardware, software, and networking related issues, solution architecting and hands on engineering (on-prem + Cloud), as well as documentation. You will use your experience in these technologies to provide top of the line consulting services and recommendations to clients. These would be performed as part of customer Research or Analytics initiatives as well as in a consultative, advisory, or customer support manner.
Specific focuses and responsibilities include:
- Collaborating with cross-discipline team members and customers to deliver HPC and peripheral Compute at Scale services.
- Thorough understanding of related industry best practices.
- Supporting internal and customer Architecture and Design efforts.
- Supporting customers with their workflow pipelines (advisory and hands-on).
- Comprehensively documenting new and existing computational assets.
- Maintaining the flexibility to pivot as engagement scopes may evolve.
- Support for AWS & GCP Cloud applications, migrations, and modernization.
- CloudOps / IaC for on-going platform management.
- Setup and configuration of AWS & GCP Cloud infrastructure for new platform builds.
- Ensuring system compliance with company security standards and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Transition support for modernized services to operational teams.
- Provide engineering level troubleshooting and services restoration for operational issues as they arise on supported platforms.
- Provide training/mentorship for junior level team members.
- Escalation point on multiple engagements to ensure resolution
- A bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
- 5+ years of experience administering HPC clusters and systems.
- Experience with SLURM and Grid Engine scheduling software preferred.
- 5+ years of professional experience in Solution Architecture or Cloud Infrastructure Deployment and support.
- 5+ years professional experience developing or administering compute solutions for Scientific / Research IT domains, Life Sciences being preferred.
- Experience with POSIT products (Package Manager, Connect, Workbench) either in an end-user or administrator capacity.
- Experience developing scientific workflows on HPC systems using Nextflow
- Extensive command-line system administration experience:
- User and group management
- Advanced knowledge of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, LDAP, NFS, SMB
- Building applications from source code, installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting application-level Linux and scientific software in line with industry best practices.
- Installation of Linux operating system and fine tuning
- Familiarity with leveraging and maintaining Linux package management systems
- Intermediate OS level networking knowledge.
- Experience using with scripting tools, automation tools, and configuration management tools
- Ansible, Terraform and Cloud Formation experience preferred
- Experience administering and integrating Scientific / Research applications.
- Strong time-management skills; able to complete projects in a timely manner, plan and prioritize tasks while keeping leadership and stakeholders updated regularly on status.
- Excellent communication skills, including preparation of written documentation for IT colleagues and end users.
- Proactive thinking skills to identify potential issues and solution options prior to incidents occurring.
- Extreme attention to detail is needed to interface with multi different clients simultaneously.
- Ability to understand and analyze complex technical problems and situations.
- Candidates must be a passionate engineer with a strong vision and a desire to stay on top of trends in the Scientific Computing sector.
- Ability to work independently or with a team
- Ability to take a project from start to finish with minimal supervision
RCH provides services and solutions for the unique challenges of Life Sciences advanced computing, and leverages teams with cross-functional IT skills to meet these challenges. The ideal candidates for this role will have experience working with cross-functional IT (Public Cloud skills being a plus) and sciences skillsets.
- Experience with Python, R, or other related data science programming languages.
- Experience working with databases and/or supporting.
- Experience managing large amounts of data effectively.
- Experience working with AI/ML technologies.
- Experience with containerizing compute workload via Docker or Singularity.
- Experience with Nvidia DGX systems.
Great talent should benefit from a great work environment. If you join our team, you’ll have access to:
- A competitive salary and bonus package based on experience
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits, including Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Company-provided Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Company-sponsored 401(k) Plan
- Company-provided continuing education benefit
- Team-focused culture and unlimited opportunity for advancement
**This is a fully remote position and the candidate will be required to work on an East Coast (US) schedule.
**Role is only open to applicants not needing sponsorship now or in the future, no third parties please.
************The secret code is Donkey************
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
- 5+ years administering HPC clusters and systems
- Experience with SLURM scheduling software
- Experience with Grid Engine scheduling software
- 5+ years professional experience in Solution Architecture or Cloud Infrastructure deployment and support
- 5+ years developing or administering compute solutions for Scientific/Research IT domains (Life Sciences preferred)
- Experience with POSIT products (Package Manager, Connect, Workbench)
- Experience developing scientific workflows on HPC systems using Nextflow
- Extensive command-line Linux system administration experience
- User and group management
- Advanced knowledge of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, LDAP, NFS, SMB
- Building applications from source, installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting application-level Linux and scientific software
- Installation and fine-tuning of Linux operating systems
- Familiarity with Linux package management systems
- Intermediate OS-level networking knowledge
- Experience using scripting, automation, and configuration management tools
- Ansible, Terraform, and CloudFormation experience
- Experience administering and integrating Scientific / Research applications
- Experience with AWS and GCP cloud infrastructure, migrations, and modernization
- CloudOps / Infrastructure as Code experience for platform management
- Strong time-management and project delivery skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication, including documentation
- Proactive problem identification and solution orientation
- Extreme attention to detail and ability to manage multiple clients
- Ability to analyze complex technical problems and situations
- Ability to work independently or with a team and take projects to completion with minimal supervision
- Provide training and mentorship for junior team members
- Experience containerizing compute workloads via Docker or Singularity
- Experience with Nvidia DGX systems
- Experience with Python, R, or other data science programming languages
- Experience working with databases and managing large amounts of data
- Experience with AI/ML technologies
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The Company
What We Do
RCH Solutions is a global provider of specialized scientific computing and Bio-IT services for Life Sciences and Healthcare organizations. They help clients clear the path to discovery and streamline research across the entire lifecycle, from early R&D and preclinical research to clinical operations and commercialization, utilizing expertise in cloud, HPC, AI/ML, and data science.
