HPC Engineer📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Penta Consulting, a technology service provider delivering professional and managed solutions across EMEA, is seeking an experienced HPC Engineer for a full-time position in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This role is essential for the design, deployment, configuration, and operation of large-scale high-performance computing (HPC) environments. The ideal candidate will possess a deep, hands-on understanding of all components within an HPC ecosystem and a proven track record of successfully implementing and managing complex infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain HPC clusters end-to-end, including compute nodes, storage tiers, high-speed networking (InfiniBand / RoCE), and management fabric.
• Provision and administer NVIDIA Base Command Manager (BCM) for bare-metal cluster imaging, OS lifecycle management, and GPU fleet health monitoring.
• Deploy and manage the NVIDIA AI Enterprise Suite, covering installation, licensing, updates, and integration with MLOps pipelines (NeMo, Triton, RAPIDS).
• Deploy and operate NVIDIA GPU Operator and Network Operator on Kubernetes to automate driver and CUDA lifecycle, DCGM exporter, and MIG configuration.
• Configure and serve NVIDIA NIM inference endpoints, and implement NVIDIA Blueprint reference architectures for production AI workloads.
• Install, administer, and tune Slurm, including partitions, QOS, fair-share policies, node accounting, MPI integration, and Slurm-on-Kubernetes hybrid scheduling.
• Bootstrap and operate Kubernetes clusters using kubeadm, ensuring control plane High Availability (HA), etcd backup, and zero-downtime upgrades.
• Administer RHEL and Canonical Ubuntu across all cluster nodes.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI or GitHub Actions for infrastructure provisioning and HPC software delivery.
• Profile and tune GPU and CPU workload performance, resolving bottlenecks across hardware, drivers, MPI fabric, and application layers.
• Implement cluster monitoring solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, and DCGM, defining alerting and capacity planning thresholds.
• Enforce security best practices, including node hardening, kernel patching, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and compliance audits across the HPC environment.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience in designing, deploying, configuring, and operating all components of a large-scale high-performance computing environment.
• Hands-on experience with RHEL and Canonical Ubuntu administration.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure provisioning and software delivery.
• Proficiency in performance profiling and tuning for GPU and CPU workloads.
• Experience with cluster monitoring tools and capacity planning.
• Strong understanding of security best practices for HPC environments.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Technical Skills

• HPC Clusters
• Compute Nodes
• Storage Tiers
• High-Speed Networking (InfiniBand, RoCE)
• Management Fabric
• NVIDIA Base Command Manager (BCM)
• NVIDIA AI Enterprise Suite
• MLOps Pipelines (NeMo, Triton, RAPIDS)
• NVIDIA GPU Operator
• NVIDIA Network Operator
• Kubernetes
• NVIDIA NIM
• NVIDIA Blueprint
• Slurm
• MPI Integration
• kubeadm
• RHEL
• Canonical Ubuntu
• CI/CD Pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions)
• Infrastructure Provisioning
• GPU and CPU Workload Performance Tuning
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• DCGM
• Capacity Planning
• Node Hardening
• Kernel Patching
• RBAC
• Compliance Audits

Work Environment and Details

This is a full-time position for an HPC Engineer located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role requires 5-10 years of relevant experience in high-performance computing environments.