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High Performance Computing Systems Administrator

Broomfield, CO 80021

Posted: 06/10/2025 Employment Type: Contract Department: Core Technologies - Contract Job Number: 30570 Industry: AERO - Aerospace

Job Description

Position Title: High Performance Computing Systems Administrator

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract opportunity located in Broomfield, CO.

Job Responsibilities:
  • Server Maintenance: Oversee the configuration, installation, and upgrades of hardware and software, ensuring compliance with security policies and procedures.
  • Documentation: Keep thorough documentation of network server configurations, application licensing agreements, and third-party software.
  • Support and Monitoring: Provide on-call support, monitor infrastructure proactively, and resolve issues promptly.
  • Software and Hardware Testing: Participate in testing new software and hardware.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with the Application and Development teams to onboard new team members. Provide real-time training and maintain/improve existing development pipelines that utilize HPC clusters.

Job Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field
  • 10 plus years proven experience in a similar role
  • Relevant experience may be considered in liu of required education
  • Experiencing deploying/maintaining on-prem HPC Clusters
  • Experience deploying/maintain of HPC Clusters in cloud environments
  • Experience with slurm/pbs/torque schedulers
  • Experience running Monte Carlo simulations
  • Experience with high speed networks (Intel Omnipath, Nvidia Infiniband)
  • Experience nfs and parallel file sytems (Beegfs/Lustre)
  • Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Scripting experience (Bash, python)
  • Basic understanding of cybersecurity principles and practices, focusing on engineering and technical solutions

Preferred Job Qualifications:
  • Experience with virtual python/conda environments
  • Experience with Red Hat Identity Management (IDM) or FreeIPA
  • Experience with Nvidia GPUs
  • Working knowledge of Puppet/Chef/Ansible
  • Experience with CI/CD and DevSecOps.
  • Experience with Singularity Containers

Job Details:
  • Job Type: Contract
  • Location: Broomfield, CO.
  • Pay Rate Range: $60-83/hr.
  • ITAR obligations are associated with this role, U.S. citizenship, U.S. legal permanent resident status, or protected person status under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a) (1), (3) is required.

Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k plan.

About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.

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