HPC Systems Administrator

About the Position

HPC Systems Administrator

Munich, Germany

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About the Company

Helsing is a defence AI company dedicated to protecting our democracies. Our mission is to achieve technological leadership, ensuring open societies can make sovereign decisions and control their ethical standards. We are an ambitious team of engineers, AI specialists, and programme managers committed to solving complex problems. Our open and transparent culture encourages healthy debates on the use of technology in defence, its benefits, and its ethical implications.

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Responsibilities

As an HPC Systems Administrator based in Munich, you will:

• Own the day-to-day administration of compute nodes, workload schedulers, parallel storage, high-speed interconnects, and licence servers
• Ensure the environment remains highly available and consistently performant through proactive monitoring, patching, firmware updates, and incident response
• Administer the workload scheduler (Slurm, PBS Pro, or similar), managing queues, fair-share policies, accounting, and quotas to optimise resource utilisation
• Manage the simulation software stack and user environments using tools such as Lmod, Spack, or EasyBuild
• Collaborate with hardware and software vendors to resolve support cases, process RMAs, and ensure upgrade quality
• Automate operational workflows using Bash, Python, and Ansible to improve system efficiency and reduce manual intervention
• Maintain the strict security posture required for cleared work and support ongoing compliance reviews
• Onboard users and maintain comprehensive documentation to empower engineers to self-serve

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Requirements

• Experience administering Linux systems within a production HPC or large shared compute environment
• Hands-on experience managing workload schedulers such as Slurm, PBS Pro, LSF, or similar
• Production experience with parallel filesystems (Lustre, BeeGFS, or GPFS) and high-speed interconnects (InfiniBand or RoCE)
• Capable of scripting and automating complex workflows with Bash, Python, and Ansible
• Effective management of commercial simulation software (CAE, CFD, or EM) and licence servers, including FlexLM

Note: We operate in an industry where women, as well as other minority groups, are systematically under-represented. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the listed qualifications; ability and impact cannot be summarised in a few bullet points.

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Nice to Have

• Experience administering Altair or Siemens simulation suites
• Background working within classified or strictly regulated environments
• Expertise in GPU computing, including CUDA and NVIDIA toolchains, alongside MPI stack management
• Familiarity with HPC containers using Apptainer, Enroot, or Pyxis
• Experience with identity management systems such as Keycloak, FreeIPA, Active Directory, or Kerberos
• Competence in infrastructure-as-code practices using tools such as Terraform

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We Offer

• Competitive salary and VSOP options
• Relocation support: up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation
• Learning: €500/£450 yearly allowance
• Health & wellness: gym membership and mental health support (Nilo.health)
• Social: regularly company events and monthly social allowances
• Enhanced parental leave: 22 weeks fully paid for primary caregivers & 6 weeks for secondary caregivers
• Family support: 5 days of paid family emergency leave, 100% remote work option during pregnancy and phased return to work

These are the core benefits across all locations, there may be additional benefits in certain locations.

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