Pfizer
Healthcare
StaffEngineerHighPerformanceComputing
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“Staff Engineer High Performance Computing at Pfizer. Skills: High Performance Computing, Cloud HPC, Infrastructure Engineering, DevOps. Drive execution of HPC solutions. Lead technical architecture of cloud HPC platform”
What You'll Achieve.
Maintain high-performance environment; Ensure high performance; Ensure reliability; Ensure scalability; Ensure cost efficiency; Ensure security; Ensure repeatable environment provisioning; Ensure repeatable environment scaling
Industry & Context.
Troubleshooting; System analysis; Benchmarking; Root cause analysis
Occasional travel, Permanent work authorization in US
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
B.S. in computer science, life science, data science or similar, 6+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure engineering, Proven track record developing and supporting robust HPC frameworks in a cloud environment, Expert level experience with AWS or GCP, Knowledge of core compute and storage services relevant to HPC, Deep understanding of modern CI/CD practices, Deep understanding of observability and monitoring of cloud-based HPC infrastructure, Knowledge of distributed systems, Knowledge of production system reliability, Solid understanding of cloud networking, Solid understanding of cloud identity, Solid understanding of cloud security controls, Solid understanding of core cloud services
Nice to Have
M.S. in computer science, life science, data science or similar, 10-15 years experience in HPC/Cloud engineering, Expertise with EKS/GKE/Kubernetes, Deep experience with HPC environments, Deep experience with job schedulers, Deep experience with NVIDIA GPU compute, Prior experience with AWS ParallelCluster, Prior experience with Parallel Computing Services, Prior experience with Google Cloud Cluster Toolkit, Familiarity with cloud financial models, Familiarity with cost optimization, Familiarity with user support services, Familiarity with application delivery, Familiarity with Linux administration, Familiarity with job scheduling, Familiarity with resource optimization, Ability to influence and collaborate with peers, Ability to develop and coach others, Ability to oversee and guide work of colleagues
What You'll Do.
Drive execution of HPC solutions
Lead technical architecture of cloud HPC platform
Establish go-forward cloud HPC platform computing technologies
Implement robust engineering practices
Champion infrastructure as code
Configure core services supporting HPC at scale
high-performance cloud native infrastructure
Lead development and operationalize cloud-based HPC infrastructure
Serve as primary technical evaluate
Advocate for go-forward technology platforms
Drive consensus for technology platforms
Collaborate with stakeholders to develop technical roadmap
Lead deep-dive discussions with cloud providers
Define HPC-related requirements for SOWs
Drive culture of shared ownership
Drive culture of transparency
Drive culture of engineering excellence
Perform troubleshooting
Perform system analysis
Manage escalated issues
Maintain high-performance environment
Design and own high-throughput infrastructure
Design and own parallel infrastructure
Design and own low-latency infrastructure
Establish technical standards
Establish best practices
Establish architectural frameworks
Establish implementation guidelines
Recommend cutting-edge HPC technologies
Integrate specialized accelerators
Integrate novel storage solutions
Integrate managed services
Integrate open-source toolkits
Own OS image development
Own job scheduler configuration
Own high performance storage systems
Ensure high performance
Ensure cost efficiency
Drive adoption of infrastructure automation
Establish internal standards
Promote internal standards
Enforce internal standards
Ensure repeatable environment provisioning
Ensure repeatable environment scaling
Establish infrastructure lifecycle management procedures
Determine KPIs for monitoring
Determine KPIs for logging
Determine KPIs for alerting
Develop user-facing dashboards
Drive resource management
Drive cost efficiency
Drive workload optimization
Design workflows for observability
Design alerting systems for observability
Design utilities for observability
Design workflows for user experience
Design alerting systems for user experience
Design utilities for user experience
Design workflows for administrator experience
Design alerting systems for administrator experience
Design utilities for administrator experience
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with stakeholders; Collaborate with users; Collaborate with leaders; Collaborate with technical partners; Collaborate with HPC engineers; Collaborate with scientific computing specialists; Collaborate with peers; Collaborate with colleagues
Communication Scope
Technical documentation; Executive presentations
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning
Full Job Description
**** **ROLE SUMMARY** Pfizer is committed to the application of computational science in the areas of drug discovery and development and has recently initiated a large-scale migration of computational infrastructure to cloud. This role provides technical vision and will drive the execution of high-performance computing (HPC) solutions that support computational workloads across the organization. We are seeking an experienced individual to lead the technical architecture of the cloud HPC platform. Key responsibilities include establishing go-forward cloud HPC platform computing technologies, implementing robust engineering practices, championing infrastructure as code (IaC), and configuring core services that support HPC at scale in the cloud environment. You will work with HPC engineers and scientific computing specialists to develop robust, scalable, high-performance cloud native infrastructure that underpins modernization of the scientific computing platform. **ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES** **Strategic Leadership** This role will lead development and operationalize cloud-based HPC infrastructure required for research, modeling, and large-scale data processing across multiple cloud environments. * Serve as a primary technical expert; evaluate, advocate for, and drive consensus among senior managers and engineers for the go-forward technology platforms and toolkits used for HPC service delivery. * Collaborate with stakeholders, users, and leaders to develop a long-term technical roadmap for cloud-based HPC services. * Lead deep-dive discussions with technical partners at major cloud providers, defining HPC-related requirements and deliverables for Statements of Work. * Drive a culture of shared ownership, transparency, and engineering excellence through mentoring, coaching, and example setting. * Perform troubleshooting, system analysis, and benchmarking to manage escalated, difficult to resolve issues and maintain a high-performance environment. **HPC Platform Architectu
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