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HPC Infrastructure Services Specialist Executes and ensure service deployments and management to enable modern delivery flows of High Performance Computing solutions.
About the Role
Key Responsibilities:
- High Performance Computing (HPC) Specialist for Novartis Core Infrastructure Services team performs the operational health deployment and lifecycle of HPC technology
- Designs innovative solutions utilizing projects and qualification frameworks to run and optimize our complex infrastructures.
- Act as technical and organizational escalation point during major and critical incidents.
- Responsible to track suppliers and partner for effective and efficient delivery of projects
- Contributes to service / platform strategy development
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: :
We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
What you’ll bring to the role:
- 3+ years’ experience within an HPC/scientific computing environment and associate's degree in computer science or equivalent industry experience.
- Hands-on experience with system administrative task in Linux environment, and fluency in scripting (shell scripting in bash required, Python knowledge would be advantageous). Able to build software from sources including knowledge of build systems (e.g. Make, CMake...)
- Knowledge of one or more HPC scheduling mechanisms (e.g. Grid Engine, Slurm, LSF...) ; computer architectures and multi-threaded/parallel processing applications; Strong knowledge of Unix systems performance tuning.
- Hands-on knowledge of network- and distributed filesystems (e.g. NFS, Lustre or other parallel file systems, etc.). Worked in environments with highspeed / low latency network (e.g. InfiniBand, MPI etc.)
- Experience with shared memory and/or GPU and/or distributed memory computation jobs. Exceptional service orientation, excellent problem-solving abilities, keen attention to detail and Fluent English speaker
Desirable requirements:
- Over 5 years' experience within an HPC/scientific computing environment
- Working knowledge of DevOps tools and practices (e.g. Ansible, Chef, CI/CD etc.) Experience designing and building infrastructure within a public cloud platform (e.g. AWS, GCP or Azure)
You’ll receive:
Monthly pension contribution matching your individual contribution up to 3% of your gross monthly base salary; Risk Life Insurance (full cost covered by Novartis); 5-week holiday per year; (1 week above the Labour Law requirement) ; 4 paid sick days within one calendar year in case of absence due to sickness without a medical sickness report; Cafeteria employee benefit program – choice of benefits from Benefit Plus Cafeteria in the amount of 12,500 CZK per year; Meal vouchers in amount of 105 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company); Public Transportation allowance; MultiSport Card. Find out more about Novartis Business Services: https://www.novartis.cz/
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Accessibility and accommodation:
Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.
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