Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Geospatial Data / HPC / GNSS Colorado OR Boston USD $230,000

Attis Global; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 195,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative technology company is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to design and maintain critical systems for a scientific mission that enhances our understanding of Earth systems. This role demands a hands-on engineer with deep expertise in Linux, Python, and HPC technologies. Join an elite team focused on solving significant scientific challenges and enjoy a generous salary and equity package.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Engineering roles such as SRE, HPC Engineer, or Infrastructure Engineer.
• Proven ability to handle multi-terabyte datasets.
• Passion for tackling fundamental scientific challenges.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain compute and storage infrastructure.
• Ensure reliability, performance, and scalability of HPC applications.
• Collaborate with scientists to meet computational needs.

Skills

Linux

Python

C++

HPC

Networking

Storage

Tools

Slurm

Lustre

GPFS

Torque

Job description

Overview

Onbehalfofmyclient,IamseekinganexceptionalSeniorInfrastructureEngineertobuildandoperatethefoundationalsystemsforaground-breakingscientificmission.Youwillberesponsiblefordesigningandmaintainingthehigh-performanceinfrastructurethatprocessesvastamountsofuniquedata,directlyimpactingourabilitytounderstandcomplexEarthsystems.

Thisisonlyaroleforatrue"engineer'sengineer"whoreallyunderstandsthetechstheyuseonadeeplevel,andwhothrivesonsolvingincrediblyhardproblemsatscale.

WhyJoin?

Ageneroussalaryofupto$230k+equity+15%bonus+fullbenefitspackage.

WorkonaMissionThatMatters:Applyyourdeepengineeringskillstoatangible,real-worldscientificchallenge.Thisisn'tjustanotherapp;yourworkwillcontributetoadeeperunderstandingofourplanet.

SolveUnsolvedProblems:Thisisagreenfieldopportunity.Youwillfaceuniquechallengesindatascaleandprocessingthatrequirefirst-principlesthinking,notjustapplyingstandardsolutions.

ACultureofExcellence:Youwilljoinasmall,eliteteamofA-playerswhovalueintellectualhonestyandtechnicalrigoraboveallelse.Thisisa"no-bluffing"environmentwhereyourexpertisewillbechallengedandrespected.

BuildtheFoundation:AsakeySeniorInfrastructureEngineer,youwillhaveamonumentalimpactonthetechnicaldirectionandsuccessoftheentiremission.

TheCompany

Aventure-backed,deep-techcompanyoperatingattheintersectionofaerospaceandlarge-scaledataanalytics.Byleveragingaproprietaryconstellationofsatellitesandnovelsensortechnology,thecompanycapturesvast,uniquedatasetsabouttheEarth'satmosphere.Thisdataisthelifebloodoftheirbusiness,enablingthemtogeneratesomeoftheworld'smostaccurateandhigh-resolutionenvironmentalpredictions.

TheRole

Yourprimaryresponsibilityistheoperationalexcellenceofthecoredataprocessingandcomputinginfrastructure.

Youwillbeahands-onbuilderandoperator,notahigh-levelarchitect.

Design,build,andmaintainthecomputeandstorageinfrastructure,bothinthecloudandon-premise.

Ensurethereliability,performance,andscalabilityofdata-heavy,high-performancecomputing(HPC)applications.

Operatethesystemsthatprocesspetabytesofrawsensordata,makingitavailableforcomplexscientificmodels.

Automateeverythingyoucan,fromdeploymenttomonitoringandmaintenance.

Collaboratecloselywithscientiststounderstandtheircomputationalneedsandprovidearock-solidfoundationfortheirwork.

ThisrolerequiresatrueEngineerwholovesbeing"intheweeds"ofcomplexsystems.

TheEssentialRequirements

Thisisaseniorrolewithexceptionallyhighstandards.Tobeconsidered,youmustdemonstratedeepexpertiseacrossALLthefollowingareas.

5+yearsinEngineeringrolessuchasanSRE,HPCEngineer,orInfrastructureEngineerinademanding,data-intensiveenvironment.*

Aprofound,first-principlesunderstandingofLinuxsystems,networking,andstorage.

Expert-levelproficiencyandhands-onexperiencewithbothPythonANDC++.

GoodHPCknowledge.

Provenexperiencebuildingandoperatingsystemsthathandlemulti-terabytedatasets.

Crucially,ademonstrablehistoryofapplyingyourdeepengineeringskillsinaresearch,aerospace,oranother"hardscience"domain.Experienceinbusinessorweb-centricdataenvironmentsisnotafitforthisrole.

Agenuine,non-negotiablepassionforusingtechnologytosolvefundamentalscientificchallenges.

WhatWillMakeYouStandOut

Hands-onexperiencewithspecificHPCtechnologieslikeschedulers(Slurm,Torque)andparallelfilesystems(Lustre,GPFS).

Specificdomainknowledgeinatmosphericscience,geophysicaldata,GNSSorradarsignalprocessing.

*DataScientists,MLScientists,BIEngineers,DataAnalysts,ApplicationEngineers,andMLEngineerswhofocusonmodelproductionization,featurestores,andusinghigh-levelMLOpstoolswilllikelyfailthedeep,low-levelsystemsinterviewquestions,andarenotafitforthisroleunfortunately.

Ifyouareinterestedinthisrole,pleaseapplywithyourresumethroughthissite.

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