HPC Enterprise Architect

Position Description:

Lenovo is seeking an experienced HPC Enterprise Architect for the Lenovo SSG Architecture team. The ideal candidate will play a key role in support of the design, architecture, development, and deployment of HPC-related service offerings for customers globally.

The chosen candidate will be part of Lenovo Solutions & Services Group (SSG) and work closely with the HPC Practice for service offering design, architecture, definition, development, and build for our Professional Services, Managed Services, and TruScale Services businesses.

• This role is primarily internal but includes some customer-facing work.

Ideal candidate for this role, is someone who has been involved in HPC from a solution architect or technical delivery lead perspective and understands the market direction. The candidate will should have experience working with pre-sales, sales and HPC delivery teams. 

In this role, you will:

• Support the HPC Services Practice in the development and delivery of HPC-related service offerings
• Technical lead for HPC services offerings, working closely with the HPC Practice leader throughout the service offering lifecycle, including:
• Participate in the creation of new service offerings, starting with participation in the Ideation phase and providing expert guidance.
• Collaborate with other architects and technical teams to ensure that HPC solutions are well-integrated with other services and technologies.
• Assisting/leading early implementations with Technical Consultants
• Presentation delivery in support of:
• Our offering development process
• Field enablement/training
• Service delivery activities
• Collaborate with the HPC Practice to create technical documentation and diagrams for communicating solutions and designs to customers, partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Assist in the documentation of project requirements, statements of work, and service descriptions for HPC service offerings in support of the Lenovo TruScale and Hybrid Cloud businesses.
• Stay up to date on emerging HPC technologies and trends and provide recommendations for new services or technology offerings.
• Some business partner interaction.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience with HPC environments
• Extensive experience in HPC architecture and design, with a proven track record of delivering complex HPC solutions.
• Experience in designing and implementing HPC solutions on public cloud, private cloud, and on-premises infrastructure.
• Deep knowledge of HPC technologies, including MPI, OpenMP, Infiniband, GPFS, Lustre, and other file systems, cluster management tools such as Slurm, Torque, or LSF, and scheduling software such as PBSPro.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with virtualization and containerization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Singularity.
• Strong understanding of networking technologies and protocols, including TCP/IP, Infiniband, and RDMA.
• Familiarity with one or more programming languages such as C, C++, Fortran, Python, or Java.
• Experience working in a multi-vendor, multi-cloud environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Skills:

• Understanding of the relationship between various HPC software and hardware components
• Deep dive understanding of one or more specific areas is a plus
• Industry knowledge and experience with HPC solutions as deployed for a variety of environments and use cases
• Demonstrated ability to clearly articulate technical issues, resolutions, and recommendations for customers, development teams, and leadership
• Experience training others in understanding and using HPC-related solutions
• Experience working in a customer-facing environment preferred