Guardant Health is hiring a
Senior HPC Engineer

Summary

The job is for a technical engineer to manage and grow the HPC infrastructure at Guardant Health, a precision oncology company. The role involves troubleshooting production systems, maintaining system reliability and performance, working with vendors, and participating in a 24/7 on-call rotation.

Requirements

• 4+ years of Linux/Unix administration, knowledge of Unix network protocols, TCP/IP network fundamentals, core infrastructure technologies and virtualization
• 4+ years of large-scale data storage and compute clusters (HPC) infrastructure
• 2+ years working in and with on-premise and cloud-based (AWS, Google, IBM and Azure) data-centers
• 3+ years of building software release and ops processes and automation toolset
• 4+ years providing documentation of system administration

Responsibilities

• Help manage multiple HPC clusters and cluster file systems
• Help research, develop and implement the next generation HPC solution
• Troubleshoot the production system stack down to source code level e.g. shell scripts, python and others
• Maintains, monitors, and supports the infrastructure environment and/or facilities
• Used and maintained enhanced production monitoring and additional capability
• Support improvements for increased system reliability and performance
• Work with offsite consultants to maintain the infrastructure
• Work with vendors to troubleshoot, upgrade and repair systems as needed
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience administering IBM’s General Parallel File System
• Experience administering Grid Engine scheduler
• Experience administering SLURM scheduler
• Experience with using Bright Cluster Manager
• Experience with cloud bursting technologies
• Experience with wide area file systems
• Experience with docker and container technologies
• Experience with Kubernetes, preferably with Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Operating infrastructure compliant with HIPAA and SOX standards

Benefits

• Hybrid Work Model: At Guardant Health, we have defined days for in-person/onsite collaboration and work-from-home days for individual-focused time
• The US base salary range for this full-time position is $148,000 to $199,800. The range does not include benefits, and if applicable, bonus, commission, or equity