HPC Manager

Insight Global is seeking a HPC Manager to join one of our largest higher education clients. This individual will be reporting to the Director of Enterprise Infrastructure (OIT) In the last 6 months our client has merged their Platform Research Org with their Enterprise Infrastructure Org- They need someone to come in and give the technical direction of the merged organizations.

This individual is expected to come in and lead the team responsible for the High-Performance Computing (HPC) platforms and closely related infrastructure. This role owns the reliability, performance, security, and day‑to‑day operation of a large, high‑power computing environment, while also leading the team that supports it.

This role oversees day-to-day reliability and long-term evolution of clustered compute, GPU resources, high-performance storage, and the scheduler/tooling that support research at scale. The manager drives a culture of operational excellence and collaboration with researchers and campus IT partners, ensuring secure, performant, and cost-effective HPC services aligned to university priorities and compliance standards, while planning capacity, guiding technology roadmaps, and coordinating vendor engagements to build a future-ready research computing ecosystem.

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• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in IT systems administration/engineering, including direct experience with hardware, virtualization technologies, various operating systems, and production support of clustered or large scale environments.

• Proven leadership skills with at least 3 years of team lead experience.

• Demonstrated expertise with HPC technologies: Linux at scale, job schedulers, workload accounting, and performance tuning.

• Experience with high-performance research storage for HPC, including parallel filesystems, with knowledge of quotas, snapshots, and DR concepts.

• Familiarity with high-speed interconnects, GPUs/accelerators, and node provisioning in clustered environments.

• Proficiency with automation and configuration management, and with common scripting languages for operations.

• Strong understanding of security best practices for shared compute/storage services, including identity/integrations (LDAP/AD), access controls, and patch/vulnerability management.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across central IT, researchers, and vendors.

• Proven project management skills in planning, execution, risk management, and delivery.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.

• Prior experience managing a multi tenant HPC environment in higher education or a similar complex research setting.

• Experience designing/operating GPU-capable and heterogeneous clusters; container workflows and module systems.

• Experience with cost modeling and utilization reporting.

• Familiarity with compliance sensitive research workflows and data governance.

• Budget planning, hardware lifecycle, and vendor/SOW management.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.