Associate Director - HPC Infrastructure Architect (HPC)

Location: Prague, Czech Republic; flexible and hybrid working options are available where possible.

Annual base salary: 1,120,210.00–2,080,390.00 CZK, with potential performance-based bonus.

Company

hirify.global develops medicines and uses scientific computing, AI and high-performance computing to support research and development.

What you will do

• Own the HPC reference architecture, including cluster topologies, CPU/GPU nodes, storage, interconnects, schedulers and supporting software.
• Define workload placement across dedicated clusters, cloud environments and AI platforms based on performance, data gravity, cost and compliance.
• Develop capacity plans for compute, accelerators, storage and networks, including power, rack and cooling requirements for data centres and colocation sites.
• Establish data-locality, data-movement, replication and recovery principles across instruments, laboratories, storage tiers, archives and cloud.
• Translate scientific requirements into sizing, benchmarking and procurement input; maintain architecture decisions and validate feasibility before engineering build.
• Coordinate with scientists, research IT, infrastructure operations and engineers; coach engineers and analysts and ensure secure, compliant and operable designs.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience designing, building or operating large-scale HPC environments.
• Expertise in HPC platform architecture, capacity planning and multi-cluster infrastructure design.
• Strong experience supporting Linux-based compute clusters in enterprise or scientific computing environments.
• Hands-on knowledge of workload schedulers such as Slurm, LSF or comparable HPC technologies.
• Understanding of CPU and GPU infrastructure design, performance optimization and benchmarking methodologies.
• Experience with high-performance storage, parallel file systems and high-speed networking, including InfiniBand and Ethernet fabrics.
• Knowledge of containerized, reproducible scientific workflows and hybrid or cloud-based HPC environments.
• Knowledge of large-scale data management, including replication, archiving, power, cooling and rack planning; research or scientific computing experience is highly desirable.

Nice to have

• Ability to work fluently with scientists and translate research needs into infrastructure terms.
• Evidence-based sizing and benchmarking, long-horizon planning and collaboration across engineering, facilities and research organizations.
• Fluent written and spoken English; additional languages are an asset.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with flexible and hybrid working options where possible.
• Insurance plans, retirement plans, wellbeing resources and global recognition programs.
• Minimum 14 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Performance-based bonus eligibility in addition to base salary.
• Inclusive environment committed to diversity, equity, accessibility and equal treatment.