Lead Cloud HPC DevOps Engineer

Ansys is the global leader in engineering simulation, helping the world's most innovative companies deliver radically better products to their customers. By offering the best and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software, Ansys helps companies solve the most complex design challenges and engineer products limited only by imagination.

Summary / Role Purpose

The Cloud HPC DevOps Engineer is responsible for the planning, development and operation of the Ansys internal cloud HPC resources.  The engineer, in conjunction with other stakeholders, manages the demand pipeline, contributes to the case for change, then leads the engineering effort to enhance the platform.  The engineer also leads delivery activities, aligning technical implementation and work practices to company standards. 

The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to innovation, collaborative working practices and a passion for the core technology.  You will have outstanding technical skills, a deep understanding of HPC paradigms and cloud platforms, along with DevOps working practices.  You will be recognized as a subject matter expert and able to articulate best working practices to a highly technical user base.  You will have extensive experience of operational support, IT best practice and governance.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of the technical strategy, with elements of design, build and operations
  • Provide technical architecture input into strategic designs
  • Deliver cloud HPC platforms that conform with the design
  • Provide ongoing operation support for cloud HPC platforms
• Contribute to resource planning activities, providing detailed estimates for effort, platform and ongoing costs
• Ensure automation, infrastructure-as-code and DevOps best practices are integrated in the design, delivery and operation of cloud HPC platforms
• Take ownership of service issues, using sound judgement to propel issues to resolution
• Work with peers and SMEs to create complete technical implementations
• Engage peers to review your project artefacts, incorporate feedback and refine outputs accordingly
• Develop and communicate task level detail for project plans
• Prepare budgetary recommendations as needed
• Must be able to effectively coordinate and multi-task across various groups and functional teams both inside and outside of the organization.
• Mentor peers in best practice techniques, methods, standards and processes
• Provide leadership and guidance to staff, fostering an environment that encourages employee participation, teamwork, and communication.

      Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, business, management disciplines, or related field
• 5+ years of HPC operational experience
• 8+ years of experience in technical roles
• Extensive experience of traditional on-premise HPC platforms, including hardware, job schedulers, high performance networks, GPU compute, high performance shared storage platforms and remote visualization platforms.
  • Schedulers: SLURM, UGE, LSF, PBS Pro and techniques/platforms relating to autoscaling
  • Storage: Lustre, BeeGFS, Ceph
  • Visualization: DCV, VNC, RGS, Citrix, VMware
  • Hardware: Dell, NVIDIA, Cray
  • Cloud: Azure, AWS, GCP, Oracle
  • DevOps: Git, ADO, VSC, Ansible, Terraform, CI/CD
• Strong experience of compute optimization techniques, benchmarking, investigating performance issues
• Adapt and learn quickly; keeping pace with the rapid changes in the IT industry
• Proven problem analysis and critical thinking skills; excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to balance multiple priorities in pressure situations
• Thorough knowledge of project management techniques and success factors 
• Experience of creating high quality documentation and solution architecture artefacts

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Core competencies for this position also include effective time management, problem solving, customer focus, a drive for results, the ability to communicate effectively, teamwork and organization skills
• Certifications of interest (not required, but preference given):
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • AWS Certified: Solutions Architect (Professional)

CULTURE AND VALUES
Culture and values are incredibly important to Ansys. They inform us of who we are, of how we act. Values aren't posters hanging on a wall or about trite or glib slogans. They aren't about rules and regulations. They can't just be handed down the organization. They are shared beliefs – guideposts that we all follow when we're facing a challenge or a decision. Our values tell us how we live our lives; how we approach our jobs. Our values are crucial for fostering a culture of winning for our company:

• Customer focus
• Results and Accountability
• Innovation
• Transparency and Integrity
• Mastery
• Inclusiveness
• Sense of urgency
• Collaboration and Teamwork

 WORKING AT ANSYS
At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary of leaders, collectively aiming to change the world with innovative technology and remarkable solutions.  With the prestigious reputation in servicing well-known, world-class companies, standards at Ansys are high, met by those willing to rise to the occasion and meet those challenges head-on.  Because at Ansys, it’s about the learning, the discovery and the collaboration.  It’s about the “what’s next” as much as the “mission accomplished”.  It’s about the melding of disciplined intellect with strategic direction and results that have, can and will impact real people in real ways, forged within a working environment built on respect, autonomy and ethics.
 
At Ansys, you will find yourself among those eager to drive the world towards the next best thing with hands planted firmly on the wheel.
Our team is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology so our customers can turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at lower cost.  As a measure of our success in attaining these goals, Ansys has been recognized as one of the world's most innovative companies by prestigious publications such as Bloomberg Businessweek and FORTUNE magazines.
 
Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a component of the NASDAQ-100.
 
For more information, please visit us at www.ansys.com
 
Ansys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.
 
Ansys does not accept unsolicited referrals for vacancies, and any unsolicited referral will become the property of Ansys.  Upon hire, no fee will be owed to the agency, person, or entity.