Enterprise Solutions Architect

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Solution Architect with expertise in High

Performance Computing (HPC) and Container platforms in Linux-based environments to join

our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for architecting solutions including

but not limited to installation, configuration, integration and implementation of HPC

technologies and enterprise-grade container orchestration platform.

We are looking for a person with very strong technical skills and a proven track record of

designing and working with container platforms such as Red Hat OpenShift, SUSE Rancher,

CNCF Kubernetes, HPC Schedulers such as Slurm or PBS Pro, HPC/AI Cluster

management technologies such as HPCM or BCM and the ability to work in a dynamic

customer-focused team that requires excellent interpersonal skills.

Key Responsibilities:

Candidate must have strong proficiency as a Solution Architect in at least three areas and

proficiency in other areas.

1. Leadership and Strategy:

Develop HPC and container platform roadmaps and strategies for growth

based on business needs.

Engage in and enhance the complete service lifecyclefrom

conceptualization and design to implementation and operation.

Identify the growth path and scalability options of a solution and include these

in design activities.

2. Solution Planning and Design:

Gather requirements, assess technical feasibility, and design integrated HPC

and container solutions that align with business objectives.

Architect and optimize the technical solutions to meet the requirements of the

customer.

Identify the potential challenges and constraints that impact the solution and

project plan.

3. Opportunity assessment:

Respond to the technical sections of RFIs/RFPs and Lead proof-of-concept

engagements to a successful conclusion

Utilize an effective consultative approach to advance opportunities.

4. Innovation and Research:

Stay abreast of emerging technologies, trends, and industry developments

related to HPC, Kubernetes, containers, cloud computing, and Security.

Develop best practices, Accelerators and Show & Tell for HPC and container

platform solutions and integrations.

5. Customer-centric mindset:

Strong focus on understanding customer business requirements and solving

complex cloud technology issues

Be the trusted advisor, delight customers, and deliver exceptional customer

experiences to drive customer success.

Communicate complex technical concepts and findings to non-technical

stakeholders

6. Team Collaboration:

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including system administrators,

developers, data scientist and project managers, to ensure successful project

delivery.

Understands the roles and effectively engages other teams and resources

within the company

Mentor and train new team members and lead the way in participation in tech

talks, forums, innovation.

Required Skills:

Knowledge and experience with Linux System Administration, package management,

scheduling, boot procedures/troubleshooting, performance optimization, and

networking concepts.

In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience with HPC technologies, workload

schedulers Slurm, Altair PBS pro, and cluster managers HPCM, Bright cluster

manager.

In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience with containerization technologies like

Docker, Singularity, or Podman.

In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience with at least two of the container

orchestration technologies like CNCF Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, SUSE

Rancher RKE/K3S, Canonical charmed kubernetes or HPE Ezmeral Runtime. Good

to have

Good knowledge and hands-on experience with OpenStack cloud solutions.

Good knowledge and hands-on experience with virtualization technologies like KVM,

OpenShift virtualization

Good knowledge and hands-on experience with at least two various Linux

distributions like RHEL, SLES, Ubuntu, Debian.

Good Knowledge of GPU technologies, NVIDIA GPU operator, NVIDIA vGPU

technology

Good knowledge of HPC networking stack (high speed networking), InfiniBand,

Mellanox

Good experience in performance optimization and health assessment of HPC

components

such as operating systems, storage, servers, parallel file systems, schedulers, and

container orchestration platforms.

Must be good in any of the programming or scripting languages like python, bash

Good understanding of DNS, TCP/IP, Routing and Load Balancing.

Knowledge of network protocols like TCP/IP, S3, FTP, NFS, or SMB/CIFS

Familiarity with microservices architecture, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps tools.

Excellent problem-solving abilities, analytical thinking, and communication skills to

interact with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Ability to lead technical projects by gathering the requirements, preparing the

architecture / design and executing it end to end. Must be able to bring clarity and

drive complex projects involving multiple stakeholders.

Solid business acumen and ability to converse with client on issues and challenges.

Demonstrates a solid knowledge of the company's breadth of solutions.

Demonstrates a high-level understanding of all related vendor product roadmaps.

Qualifications:

Bachelors/masters degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a

related field.

Proven experience as a Solutions Architect, HPC and Container platform Specialist,

or similar role, with expertise in designing and implementing complex solutions.

Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers and Kubernetes (RHCSA, RHCE), CNCF

certification - CKA, CKAD, CKS is preferred.

Typically, 6-8 years of experience in delivering complex HPC and container platform

projects.