Senior HPC Operations Manager

ASRC Federal, InuTeq proudly supports NASA's High-Performance Computing Services program with our site in Mountain View, CA at the Ames Research Center. Make a DIFFERENCE on a program that supports 4 On-site Supercomputers totaling ~17,000 nodes and 25+ combined petaflops. Our program provides High-Performance Computing services throughout the HPC lifecycle for computational requirements, architecture, acquisition, and operations to federal government customers. Our employees embrace innovation and are committed to a culture of continuous, standards-driven, process improvement, and assimilation of industry best practices.

ASRC seeks a Senior HPC Operations Manager to manage the High Performance Computing team supporting the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Division, at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

Major Duties & Responsibilities:

• Create and foster partnerships with HPC research at NASA, leverage technical background to recommend the design and development of HPC research products, and review operating metrics to direct the resolution of operational and maintenance problems
• Drive operational work through various ticketing and work-tracking tools
• Manage HPC systems compliance ensuring the HPC systems maintain their Authority to Operate (ATO) annually
• Work regularly with vendors to evaluate and procure new technologies
• Manage a team of ~20 HPC systems administrators/engineers and subcontractors to support all HPC systems in a 24x7 operational environment
• Staff Management: Hire, develop, and coach staff to ensure project and team success
• Project Management: Provide project management of informal to formal projects, ensuring on-time, on-scope, and on-budget delivery
• Act as the primary customer interface to NASA Civil Servant contract task requesters
• Manage and ensure high-quality delivery of contract deliverables

Skills:

• A minimum of a B.S. Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Five (5) or more years of Management experience, including mentoring groups and individuals in technical environments
• Proven experience directly managing large teams of people (~20 people)
• A minimum of Seven (7) years of experience working with HPC hardware, software, and monitoring technologies
• A minimum of 5 years as a government contractor
• Demonstrated experience managing large projects using various industry best practices
• Demonstrated experience managing large-scale production systems
• Excellent communication/people, time management, and organizational skills
• Impeccable written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in technical writing

Preferred:

• Project Management Professional Certification
• A minimum of 10 years as a government contractor