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Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat. Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your role and responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced Senior Systems Engineer with US Government Top Secret/SCI security clearance with Full

Scope Polygraph to support a small standalone system dedicated to high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial

intelligence (AI) workloads. This role demands a blend of operational expertise and strategic technical vision, focusing on the

management and optimization of our standalone HPC/AI system. The ideal candidate will manage the technical operation of

our infrastructure, develop standardized procedures for hardware, network, and software management across the system, and

expertly oversee cluster management (including provisioning, optimization, and monitoring of clustered resources for HPC/AI

workloads, such as NVIDIA BCM).

Required technical and professional expertise

This position requires broad expertise in HPC/AI system administration, with a focus on:

• Refining infrastructure management frameworks

• Traditional infrastructure management (hardware, networking, directory services)

• Modern HPC/AI support (Linux/Ubuntu, Proxmox, NVIDIA BCM, WEKA storage)

• Designing scalable, secure, and highly available system architectures

• REQUIRED ON DAY 1: Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance + Full Scope Polygraph

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or related technical field, or equivalent experience

• 7+ years’ experience in systems engineering or related field

• Operating Systems & Infrastructure:

o Expert-level Linux systems engineering

o Windows client operating systems deployment/maintenance

o Linux (Ubuntu) server operating systems deployment/maintenance

• Hardware & Networking:

o Server hardware

o Network hardware, wiring, and switching configurations

• Virtualization & Containerization:

o Virtualization (ideally Proxmox)

o Containerization (ideally Docker/Podman with Ray or Kubernetes)

• Management & Orchestration:

o Directory services and PKI infrastructure deployment/maintenance

o Configuration management (ideally Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or DSC)

o Cluster orchestration (ideally NVIDIA Base Cluster Management (BCM))

• Development Support & Software Management:

o Development support services (Gitlab, Jenkins, Nexus)

o Operating system software repository synchronization (Apt, Snap, Yum)

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Supporting or developing on standalone networks

• Supporting or developing HPC or AI workloads using hardware acceleration

• Experience with compliance with enterprise data policy

• Experience with system security policy and accreditation processes

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.