HPC Operations Engineer

Location: New York, United States

Salary: $175,000–$225,000 annual base salary, plus eligible discretionary bonus

Company

hirify.global is a quantitative trading firm that develops high-performance electronic trading infrastructure and operates as a large global organization.

What you will do

• Provide first-line operational support for HPC users across scheduling, compute, storage, and access.
• Troubleshoot job failures, scheduler errors, resource constraints, and infrastructure incidents through resolution or documented escalation.
• Monitor queues, node status, storage, and service availability across the Research compute fleet.
• Perform maintenance, patching, configuration updates, provisioning, reinstalls, and decommissions of Linux machines.
• Create and maintain runbooks, knowledge-base articles, and user guides.
• Identify recurring issues and propose workflow improvements or automation candidates.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2+ years supporting Linux-based production environments.
• Solid Linux administration fundamentals, including RHEL-family and/or Ubuntu systems.
• Methodical troubleshooting skills and the ability to determine when escalation is required.
• Experience working directly with users in a technical support or operations role.
• Strong written communication and attention to operational detail.

Nice to have

• Bash or Python scripting for routine operational tasks.
• Experience with Slurm, HTCondor, or LSF batch schedulers.
• Knowledge of NFS, automounter, LDAP, PXE, kickstart, or Ansible.
• Prior HPC or large-scale compute experience.
• Familiarity with Prometheus and Grafana.

Culture & Benefits

• Generous paid time off policies.
• Hybrid working opportunities.
• Financial wellness tools and savings plans available by region.
• Free breakfast, lunch, and snacks in the office.
• Wellness reimbursements, sports teams, fitness events, volunteer opportunities, and charitable giving.
• Workshops and continuous learning opportunities.