Senior HPC Systems Specialist
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General Information
Position Number 001982
Vacancy Open to All Candidates
Working Title Senior HPC Systems Specialist
Position Designation EHRA Non-Faculty
Employment Type Permanent - Full-time
Months per Year 12
Work Schedule 8:00 am – 5:00 pm; Monday – Friday with occasional evening and weekend hours required, as necessary.
Hours per week 40
FLSA Status Exempt
Division OneIT
Department Office of OneIT (Adm)
Work Location Kennedy
Salary Range
Primary Purpose of Department The Office of OneIT provides highly reliable information technology infrastructure, tools, and services to empower the University to achieve its academic, research, administrative, and service goals.
The Research Computing group within OneIT provides researchers at the
University with powerful High Performance Computing (HPC) services, in
addition to educational HPC resources dedicated to teaching academic classes.
Primary Purpose of Position This Senior HPC Systems Specialist serves as a key team member reporting to the Director of University Research Computing. This position performs critical systems management and other operational duties, with responsibilities and objectives delegated by the Director. This position contributes to shaping the strategic direction of University Research Computing. At times, this position may provide leadership or supervision of the technical work of other staff members.
Summary of Position Responsibilities This position is responsible for supporting the ongoing operation of the Research Computing facilities, including systems management and maintenance, developing and deploying upgraded capability, and interacting with and supporting users. The position is also responsible for supporting technical design and strategy development. The position also includes responsibility for directing the technical work of other members of staff.
Minimum Education/Experience
Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of progressively responsible experience
designing, provisioning, administering, and supporting production HPC
systems and clusters; or
An equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.
Preferred Education, Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Experience installing, maintaining, and optimizing HPC scientific
applications, libraries, and toolchains (MPI, OpenMP, CUDA, compilers,
numerical libraries).
Proficiency with HPC software management tools such as EasyBuild and
Spack, and environment module systems such as Lmod.
Experience supporting researchers in higher education or research
environments by troubleshooting job failures, optimizing workflows,
debugging application issues, and providing technical guidance.
Experience with HPC monitoring, logging, and accounting tools, including
Grafana, Prometheus, Slurm accounting, Elastic Stack, or similar
monitoring platforms.
Experience supporting GPU computing environments, including NVIDIA
drivers, CUDA, GPU scheduling, monitoring, and performance optimization;
familiarity with AMD ROCm is desirable.
Experience with container technologies in HPC environments, including
Apptainer/Singularity, and supporting reproducible containerized research
workflows.
Necessary Certifications/Licenses
Preferred Certifications/Licenses
RHCSA
RHCE
Special Notes to Applicants
If there is a document you feel is relevant to this position that you
would like reviewed with your resume and application, you may upload it to
the “Other Documents” section of the Applicant Documents.
The finalist will be subject to a Criminal Background Check and/or a Motor
Vehicle Report
The Search Committee will not contact references without first verifying
permission with the finalist.
Please ensure your resume reflects the knowledge, skills, abilities, and
experiences to support your answers to the supplemental questions.
UNC Charlotte Benefits Information:
https: // hr.charlotte.edu/benefits/benefits-overview/
Posting Open Date 08/19/2026
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Open Until Filled Yes
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Do you have a bachelor's degree and 4+ years of progressively responsible experience designing, provisioning, administering, and supporting production HPC systems and clusters, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience?
Yes, at least a bachelor's degree and 4+ years of progressively responsible experience designing, provisioning, administering, and supporting production HPC systems and clusters.
Yes, an associate's degree and 6+ years of progressively responsible experience designing, provisioning, administering, and supporting production HPC systems and clusters
Yes, a high school diploma/GED and 8+ years of progressively responsible experience designing, provisioning, administering, and supporting production HPC systems and clusters
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