Senior High Performance Computing Engineer

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Job Description

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Senior High Performance Computing Engineer

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will.

Role Description:

The role is responsible for the design, integration, and management of high performance computing (HPC) systems that encompass both hardware and software components into the organization’s network infrastructure. This individual will be responsible for all activities related to handling and supporting the Business and platforms including system administration, as well as incorporating new technologies under the challenge of a sophisticated and constantly evolving technology landscape. This role involves ensuring that all parts of a system work together seamlessly to meet the organization’s requirements.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Implement, and manage cloud-based infrastructure that supports HPC environments that support data science (e.g. AI/ML workflows, Image Analysis).

• Collaborate with data scientists and ML engineers to deploy scalable machine learning models into production.

• Ensure the security, scalability, and reliability of HPC systems in the cloud.

• Optimize cloud resources for cost-effective and efficient use.

• Keep abreast of the latest in cloud services and industry standard processes.

• Provide technical leadership and guidance in cloud and HPC systems management.

• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for deploying resources to multi-cloud environments.

• Monitor and fix cluster operations/applications and cloud environments.

• Document system design and operational procedures.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a [type of person] with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s degree with a 4 - 6 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field with hands-on HPC administration OR

• Bachelor’s degree with 6 - 8 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field with hands-on HPC administration OR

• Diploma with 10-12 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field with hands-on HPC administration

• Demonstrable experience in cloud computing (preferably AWS) and cloud architecture.

• Experience with containerization technologies (Singularity, Docker) and cloud-based HPC solutions.

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Packer, Ansible and Git.

• Expert with scripting (Python or Bash) and Linux/Unix system administration (preferably Red Hat or Ubuntu).

• Proficiency with job scheduling and resource management tools (SLURM, PBS, LSF, etc.).

• Knowledge of storage architectures and distributed file systems (Lustre, GPFS, Ceph).

• Understanding of networking architecture and security best practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting research in healthcare life sciences.

• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and service mesh architectures.

• Knowledge of AWS Lambda and event-driven architectures.

• Exposure to multi-cloud environments (Azure, GCP).

• Familiarity with machine learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch) and data pipelines.

• Certifications in cloud architecture (AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect, etc.).

• Experience in an Agile development environment.

• Prior work with distributed computing and big data technologies (Hadoop, Spark).

Professional Certifications (please mention if the certification is preferred or mandatory for the role):

• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) or Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC)

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional

Soft Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams

• Effective communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, cloud-first environment.

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.

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As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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