Presentation
HPC Kubernetes Engineering Manager
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NorthMark Compute and Cloud
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Dallas, Texas
SessionJob Postings
DescriptionThe Position
We are seeking a highly skilled Kubernetes Engineering Manager with a focus on HPC to join our Platform Engineering function in Dallas. Kubernetes underpin all facets of our Research platforms and HPC estate here at NMC². As the HPC Kubernetes Engineering Manager you will take ownership of the strategic roadmap, design and delivery of our Kubernetes platform. In addition, you will focus on continuous optimizations and performance enhancements of our kubernetes platform as Research demands augment. We are looking for a highly experienced technical manager who can lead the significant scaling up our existing compute platforms and who excels working on the bleeding edge of technology; pushing the boundaries of HPC compute performance and providing an innovative approach to solving complex technical challenges that arise. The HPC Kubernetes Engineering Manager will collaborate closely with the Kubernetes Platform Management team to ensure a smooth transition of new engineering capabilities, with a strong focus on operational excellence in all aspects of design and implementation.
Responsibilities:
Strong leadership and strategic vision in the design, deployment and scaling of a high-performance kubernetes platform
Pro-active stakeholder engagement, ensuring the Kubernetes platform supports broader business outcomes and research demands
Confident communication and collaboration, you will help drive cross functional engineering initiatives across the Technology and Research organizations
Vendor Management experience, working closely with our key vendors providing continuous feedback to leverage and influence roadmaps and ensuring efficient and timely deployment, support and maintenance of critical platforms
People leadership, managing and developing engineers and a high performing team across the UK and US
A deep understanding of emerging trends and technologies in the Kubernetes ecosystems, working closely with Architecture and Innovation Teams to appraise and adopt
Ensuring platforms are reliable, highly available and secure, managed with a DevOps mindset and Infrastructure-as-Code toolset
Budget control, capacity forecasting and management
We are seeking a highly skilled Kubernetes Engineering Manager with a focus on HPC to join our Platform Engineering function in Dallas. Kubernetes underpin all facets of our Research platforms and HPC estate here at NMC². As the HPC Kubernetes Engineering Manager you will take ownership of the strategic roadmap, design and delivery of our Kubernetes platform. In addition, you will focus on continuous optimizations and performance enhancements of our kubernetes platform as Research demands augment. We are looking for a highly experienced technical manager who can lead the significant scaling up our existing compute platforms and who excels working on the bleeding edge of technology; pushing the boundaries of HPC compute performance and providing an innovative approach to solving complex technical challenges that arise. The HPC Kubernetes Engineering Manager will collaborate closely with the Kubernetes Platform Management team to ensure a smooth transition of new engineering capabilities, with a strong focus on operational excellence in all aspects of design and implementation.
Responsibilities:
Strong leadership and strategic vision in the design, deployment and scaling of a high-performance kubernetes platform
Pro-active stakeholder engagement, ensuring the Kubernetes platform supports broader business outcomes and research demands
Confident communication and collaboration, you will help drive cross functional engineering initiatives across the Technology and Research organizations
Vendor Management experience, working closely with our key vendors providing continuous feedback to leverage and influence roadmaps and ensuring efficient and timely deployment, support and maintenance of critical platforms
People leadership, managing and developing engineers and a high performing team across the UK and US
A deep understanding of emerging trends and technologies in the Kubernetes ecosystems, working closely with Architecture and Innovation Teams to appraise and adopt
Ensuring platforms are reliable, highly available and secure, managed with a DevOps mindset and Infrastructure-as-Code toolset
Budget control, capacity forecasting and management
RequirementsRequirements:
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
Extensive technical experience with Kubernetes tailored for HPC/ML workloads in a complex distributed environment
Contribute to performance tuning of ML workloads across GPU/CPU clusters - optimizations for workload scheduling, GPU integration, and resource management for distributed training jobs
Experience scaling a high performance kubernetes platforms geographically at scale
Implement and manage multi-tenant compute environments ensuring isolation and performance
Integrate with distributed file systems and high-speed interconnects (e.g., InfiniBand, RoCE)
Ability to collaborate effectively across teams to deliver engineering solutions with a strong emphasis on operational excellence and seamless capability handover
Confident stakeholder management and communication skills, aligning to value driven outcomes
Excellent team leadership, project management skills and promoting a high performance culture
Drive engineering best practices across CI/CD, automation & tooling, configuration management and SRE concepts
A commitment to security by designing and building secure, high-integrity systems
Company DescriptionNorthMark Compute & Cloud (NMC²) is backed by dedicated leadership and investment, with a clear mission as it operates at the bleeding edge of technology. Its goal is to scale and enhance the high-performance computing (HPC) and cloud infrastructure that supports its clients' research, production, and delivery, enabling breakthroughs that shape the industries of tomorrow. Its engineers build critical infrastructure to eliminate friction in scientific research, simulations, analysis, and decision-making, accelerating discovery and driving faster innovation.
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Event Type
Job Posting
TimeMonday, 17 November 20254:08pm - 4:09pm CST
LocationHall 6
United States of America
NorthMark Compute and Cloud
In-person
Full Time
Permanent