[Hiring] Systems Engineer @PulseRise Technologies

Role Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Systems Engineer specializing in High Performance Computing (HPC) to support, maintain, and optimize our HPC infrastructure. The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise, hands-on experience with HPC environments, and a strong understanding of performance engineering, systems operations, and automation.

Project Start: ASAP

Project Duration: Until December 2026

Location: Remote (with on‑site onboarding in Cologne)

English: Fluent

German: as a plus

Responsibilities

• Incident & Service Operations
  • Incident Management: Respond to, diagnose, and resolve HPC-related incidents to ensure system stability and minimize downtime.
  • Service Request Management: Process and fulfill service requests related to HPC resources, tooling, and services.
• Technical Tasks
  • Troubleshooting: Investigate and resolve complex technical issues across HPC clusters, applications, networking, and performance workflows.
  • Testing & Validation: Develop, execute, and document test plans to validate system reliability, scalability, and performance.
  • Documentation: Create and maintain detailed documentation on system architecture, configurations, workflows, and optimizations.
  • Manage, monitor, and optimize HPC clusters, job scheduling systems, and related infrastructure.
  • Analyze performance bottlenecks and apply optimization techniques across compute, memory, and networking layers.
  • Support software development, integration, and deployment workflows within HPC environments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in software development and/or systems engineering with a strong focus on HPC environments.
• Expertise in Linux operating systems, specifically Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
• Strong programming/scripting skills: C, C++, Python, Bash, Ansible.
• Hands-on experience with parallel computing frameworks: MPI, OpenMP, CUDA.
• Solid knowledge of computer architecture, performance tuning, and system optimization.
• Experience managing HPC clusters, including job schedulers (e.g., Slurm, PBS, LSF).
• Strong networking knowledge, particularly InfiniBand.
• Understanding of ITIL best practices, especially: Incident Management, Service Management, Process Optimization.

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to work in distributed, remote teams.
• Clear communication and documentation skills.
• Proactive, structured, and solution-oriented mindset.