HPC Architect

AbbVie Information Research (IR) Scientific and Cloud Computing team is seeking a highly motivated High Performance Computing (HPC) Architect to provide technical leadership for scientific and R&D computing environments. This role is responsible for architecting and evolving on-premises cloud and hybrid HPC platforms including compute GPU networking storage workload management containers automation security and scientific software services. The successful candidate will have strong hands-on experience with HPC infrastructure AWS and hybrid cloud environments Slurm infrastructure as code automation DevOps practices and enterprise IT operations. The HPC Architect will guide the design implementation lifecycle management and support of secure scalable reliable and cost-effective solutions while partnering with R&D stakeholders and fostering collaboration innovation and continuous improvement. 

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the technical architect for AbbVie IRs on-premises cloud and hybrid HPC based scientific-computing environments. Responsible for architecture standards infrastructure (software and hardware) lifecycle evaluation of POC capacity planning and cost management. 
• Architect and continuously evolve all aspects of scientific HPC computing platforms including operational and maintenance processes. 
• Design implement and support HPC compute and networking infrastructure - compute networking and storage. 
• Administer and optimize Slurm workload management including partitions queues priorities fair-share reservations resource limits GPU scheduling accounting job troubleshooting performance tuning and integration with Posit and other research platforms. 
• Establish secure reproducible container and scientific software environments using Apptainer/Singularity Docker-compatible workflows environment modules compilers MPI CUDA Python R and application dependencies. 
• Assist with the architecture and support of Posit Workbench Posit Connect Posit Package Manager and related analytics platforms integrating them with Slurm Active Directory storage GPUs and scientific software. 
• Implement secure identity and access management in accordance with AbbVie security SOPs and applicable industry standards. Architect implement and support vulnerability-management processes and remediation efforts. 
• Lead efforts to automate provisioning configuration patching testing monitoring remediation and lifecycle activities. 
• Maintain observability metrics architecture diagrams inventories dependency maps configuration standards runbooks support procedures and end-of-life plans while addressing technical debt operational risks and capacity constraints. Lead the development of appropriate reporting and monitoring tools and dashboards. 
• Lead design and incident reviews vendor engagements proofs of concept capacity planning and implementation governance; provide technical direction and mentorship to engineering and partner teams. 
• Partner with R&D to create appropriate solutions for research workloads. 

Qualifications :

Required:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science IT or related field with 7 years of experience; OR Masters Degree with 6 years of experience; OR PhD 2 years experience.
• Respective years of experience in application program development.
• Leadership experience is required including the ability to guide collaborate with and influence technical teams projects and workstreams both within and outside the organizational structure. Demonstrated ability to balance technical depth with people leadership and stakeholder management. 
• Expert knowledge of Linux HPC compute and GPU architectures CPU/memory/NUMA/PCIe design MPI NVIDIA GPUs CUDA MIG node provisioning firmware drivers and hardware lifecycle management. 
• Strong experience with Slurm including partitions queues scheduling policies resource management GPU scheduling accounting troubleshooting and performance optimization. 
• Strong knowledge of HPC networking including Mellanox/NVIDIA InfiniBand RDMA Aruba switching Ethernet VLANs routing segmentation subnet management monitoring and low-latency communications. 
• Experience with high-performance and distributed storage including Weka or comparable platforms Lustre NFS CIFS/SMB storage gateways quotas permissions data movement replication backup archival and recovery. 
• Experience integrating Active Directory or equivalent identity services with SSH SSSD sudo service accounts security groups filesystem permissions and least-privilege access models. 
• Experience with Apptainer/Singularity Docker-compatible workflows container security reproducibility GPU/MPI enablement image management and scientific software environments using modules compilers Python R CUDA and related dependencies. 
• Experience supporting interactive research platforms such as Posit Workbench Posit Connect Jupyter or comparable tools including integration with Slurm GPUs identity services storage and software environments. 
• Experience architecting cloud and hybrid HPC solutions including networking security identity provisioning storage autoscaling infrastructure as code workload placement cost management monitoring and lifecycle operations. 
• Strong scripting automation and DevOps skills. 
• Knowledge of observability centralized logging alerting incident response root-cause analysis capacity planning performance engineering cybersecurity vulnerability management encryption patching and access governance. 
• Experience creating architecture diagrams technical standards operating models runbooks migration plans lifecycle strategies and executive-level recommendations. 
• Experience working in Data Science Life Sciences or Pharmaceutical industry working in regulated or enterprise IT environments.

Preferred:

• Work experience in the pharmaceutical industry preferred.

Additional Information :

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: 

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. 
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation holidays sick) medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs. 

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus commission incentive benefits or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity driving innovation transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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