Cloud Simulation Platform Engineer – HPC & Scientific Computing (mfd) – with salary information

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Covestros digital R&D world is awaiting you: In theHigh Performance & Quantum Computingteam within Digital R&D you will operate and shape the technological foundation for scientific simulations on a global scale. You will work at the intersection of cloud infrastructure software engineering and scientific computing with a high degree of technical ownership and direct influence on the speed and quality of digital R&D outputs. If you are passionate about modern platforms for Computational R&D and are looking for an environment where you can truly make a difference this is your opportunity.

In addition to our wide range of benefits a full-time position offers an attractive starting salary between77600/yearand93900/yearplus a variable component. The starting salary is based on your qualifications and professional experience.

Your area of impact what to expect on a daily basis:

• Operation maintenance and continuous improvement of Apache Airflow deployments on AWS EKS for reliable and scalable execution of scientific simulation workflows

• Implementation of infrastructure-as-code solutions using ArgoCD and Helm as well as GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment and lifecycle management

• Configuration and management of Kubernetes workloads on AWS EKS including namespaces resource quotas and autoscaling via Karpenter for compute-intensive simulation jobs

• Setup and maintenance of observability tooling (monitoring logging alerting) for proactive incident detection and rapid resolution in Airflow and simulation environments

• Collection and consolidation of requirements from workflow developers and platform users and translation into architecture-relevant decision inputs

• Support for the design of custom Airflow components (plugins operators) as well as the setup of isolated HPC compute environments for sensitive simulation and data workloads

• Creation of technical documentation via Backstage/TechDocs and Confluence project tracking in Jira and technology scouting in the cloud-native and DevOps space

Your profile what sets you apart:

• You hold a PhD in computer science physics chemistry mathematics or a related natural science or engineering discipline or have equivalent demonstrated experience in deploying and operating scientific software and/or AWS cloud infrastructure

• Solid experience with infrastructure-as-code (e.g. ArgoCD Helm) and CI/CD pipeline development with GitHub Actions

• Software development skills including compilation linking parallel computing libraries and GPU acceleration round out your technical foundation

• Hands-on experience with Apache Airflow (deployment operations plugin and operator development) or a strong willingness to learn in this area

• Knowledge of Kubernetes (ideally EKS) including workload configuration autoscaling and resource management or high motivation to get up to speed quickly

• Experience with AWS cloud services and cloud-native infrastructure patterns as well as fluent English for communication in an international R&D environment

Nice to have but not required:

• Experience with observability tooling (Prometheus Grafana OpenTelemetry or similar)

• Familiarity with Backstage/TechDocs Confluence Jira and agile working methods

• Active interest in AI-assisted coding tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot Claude or similar)

• Background in an R&D or scientific computing environment (industry or academia) and familiarity with simulation software and high-performance computing

This position is generally available on a full-time basis. Would you like to work part-time Feel free to apply in that case as well stating your desired percentage.

For initial questions please contact Chris Rziha (). Please do not use this email address to send your application or CV. To apply please click the Apply button. Applications submitted by email will not be considered.

Perfection Not required!

The requirements are not met 100% but you are still interested in the position Are you curious courageous and colorful as we are No problem!

Well tackle this together - as a team! With proper onboarding and tailored development opportunities.

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Anyone who wants to contribute to a better world with Covestro can also expect a lot.

We want you to feel at home at Covestro. To feel youre treated fairly and transparently. That means financial security a healthy work-life balance and generous benefits.

Specifically it means for us: flexible working hours the compatibility of family and work active health promotion and the ability to convert part of your salary into long-term or retirement savings. And thats not all.

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