Senior High Performance Computing (HPC) Engineer / Performance Engineer/Cloud Optimization Analyst

Torch Technologies

Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL with over 1200 employee-owners. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of Defense. As one of the nation's top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: "Lighting the Pathway of Freedom". And, as a Certified Evergreen ESOP, we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us!

We are hiring Senior Data & HPC Engineers / Simulation Analysts / Cloud Optimization Specialists at a mid-level to senior-level to support and optimize data-intensive and high-performance computing environments. This role combines data engineering, simulation modeling, distributed computing, and cloud cost optimization responsibilities - critical to modern scientific computing and mission-driven analytics.

You will develop and manage ETL/ELT pipelines, analyze large-scale data, deploy parallelized HPC workloads, and manage cloud infrastructure for performance and efficiency. You will also be responsible for the installation, configuration, monitoring, and performance tuning of HPC data storage systems and high-speed networks.

As a Senior Data & HPC Engineer your duties will include but are not limited to the following:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines for structured and unstructured datasets (ETL/ELT).

• Analyze streaming data, support real-time analytics, and develop data visualization dashboards.

• Develop and run simulation models for predictive analytics, optimization, or research purposes.

• Install, configure, and maintain HPC clusters, high-speed networks, and data storage systems.

• Deploy and optimize parallel computing jobs using tools like MPI, CUDA, OpenMP, and Slurm.

• Monitor system performance, conduct benchmarking and performance tuning.

• Implement tools for cloud resource optimization (e.g., Spot.io, CloudHealth, AWS/Azure cost tools).

• Gather and report system and performance metrics and automate usage analytics.

• Lead or contribute to system resource control, data archiving, data transfer, and troubleshooting.

• Mentor junior staff (Senior-level only) and contribute to technical leadership and architectural decisions.

Required Qualifications:

• ship.

• Bachelor's Degree (Master's Degree preferred) in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 10 years applicable HPC engineering experience.
• Clearance Requirements: Active or eligible for DoD Security Clearance

• Proven leadership in HPC system management, simulation analysis, and performance optimization.

• Experience managing complex storage clusters, HPC networks, and cloud optimization frameworks.

• Ability to provide technical mentorship and lead complex initiatives across teams.

Tools / Technologies:

• Domain

Tools / Technologies

Data Engineering:

• Kafka, Spark, Flink, Apache Airflow, Delta Lake, Snowflake, BigQuery

Programming:

• Python (Pandas, NumPy), R, Bash

Visualization & BI:

• Tableau, Power BI

Simulation/Modeling:

• scikit-learn, statsmodels, SimPy, TensorFlow

HPC/Parallelization:

• MPI, CUDA, OpenMP, Slurm

Storage/Performance:

• High-speed networks, distributed file systems, parallel I/O

Cloud & Optimization:

• AWS ParallelCluster, Spot.io, CloudHealth, AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform Cost Tools

Schedule: M-F; 8-5

Work Location: Customer- site

Travel: Yes, 0-10%

Relocation Assistance Available: No

Position Contingent Upon Award of Contract: No

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Benefits:

Torch Technologies is proud to offer a stable and professional work environment, a competitive salary, and an excellent, comprehensive benefit package including: ESOP participation, 401(k) match and safe-harbor contribution, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, Health Saving Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts, EAP, education assistance, paid time off, and holidays.

Applying to Torch Technologies:

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