HPC & Linux Engineer at Stowers Institute in Kansas City, MO

The Stowers Institute is seeking an HPC & Linux Engineer to support and advance the Linux and high-performance computing environments that enable scientific research across the Institute. This position is responsible for the administration, engineering, reliability, and ongoing improvement of Linux infrastructure, HPC/GPU computing platforms, and supporting technologies.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise Linux systems and HPC/GPU computing environments.
• Install, configure, patch, upgrade, and lifecycle-manage Linux servers and compute nodes.
• Support HPC job scheduling, resource allocation, performance, and capacity management.
• Install, compile, configure, and maintain scientific applications, libraries, and software packages.
• Develop automation for system provisioning, configuration, software deployment, patching, and routine administration.
• Support Linux integration with enterprise identity and authentication services, including Active Directory, LDAP, Kerberos, and MFA.
• Monitor system health, utilization, availability, and performance and proactively resolve infrastructure issues.
• Support integration with enterprise storage, networking, virtualization, backup, and monitoring platforms.
• Partner with researchers and IT teams to troubleshoot computational workloads and deliver research computing solutions.
• Maintain technical documentation and participate in infrastructure projects, upgrades, and technology evaluations.

Required Skills and Experience

• 5+ years of Linux systems administration or engineering experience in enterprise, research, or similarly complex environments.
• Experience supporting HPC or other large-scale computing environments.
• Strong Linux administration, troubleshooting, networking, storage, and security knowledge.
• Experience with HPC workload scheduling and resource management.
• Experience installing, compiling, and troubleshooting Linux and scientific software.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash, or similar technologies.
• Experience with enterprise identity services such as Active Directory, LDAP, and Kerberos.
• Experience with virtualization and/or container technologies.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience supporting scientific computing in a biomedical, academic, or research environment.
• Experience with GPU computing and HPC workload managers such as Slurm.
• Experience with Docker, Apptainer/Singularity, Ansible, Puppet, or similar technologies.
• Experience with enterprise or high-performance storage and VMware environments.
• Familiarity with monitoring platforms, Git, and infrastructure automation practices.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.

To Apply

Submit the requested documents to careers@stowers.org or to Administration Department, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 E 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110.

Requested Documents:

• Cover Letter
• Resume

Work Location: In person