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Assoc. Dir. - HPC Infrastructure Sr. Engineer (Location: Czech Republic OR Mexico OR India) Join to apply for the Assoc. Dir. - HPC Infrastructure Sr. Engineer (Location: Czech Republic OR Mexico OR India) role at Novartis México. Summary: Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role. Please only apply if this location is accessible for you. Key Responsibilities High Performance Computing (HPC) Specialist for Novartis Core Infrastructure Services team performs the operational health deployment and lifecycle of HPC technology. Designs innovative solutions utilizing projects and qualification frameworks to run and optimize our complex infrastructures. Acts as technical and organizational escalation point during major and critical incidents. Responsible for tracking suppliers and partners for effective and efficient delivery of projects. Contributes to service / platform strategy development. What You’ll Bring To The Role Associate\'s degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent industry experience and 6+ years’ IT experience, including at least 3 in an HPC/scientific computing environment. Experience in high speed / low latency networks (e.g., InfiniBand). Experience designing and building infrastructure within a public cloud platform (e.g., AWS, GCP or Azure) as it relates to HPC workloads. Strong knowledge of Unix systems performance tuning. Working knowledge of DevOps (e.g., Ansible, Chef, CICD) tools and practices. Hands-on experience with system administration in Linux environments; scripting (bash) required; Python knowledge advantageous. Experience building software from sources (e.g., Make, CMake). Extensive knowledge of one or more HPC scheduling mechanisms (e.g., Grid Engine, Slurm, LSF). Experience with shared memory and/or GPU and/or distributed memory computation jobs. Extensive knowledge of one or more HPC cluster management software packages (e.g., Bright Cluster Manager / Base Command Manager, xCat, OpenHPC). Solid knowledge of computer architectures and multi-threaded/parallel processing applications. Hands-on knowledge of network- and distributed file systems (e.g., NFS, GPFS, Lustre or other parallel file systems). Desirable Requirements Experience setting up, maintaining, and tuning infrastructure for AI/ML workloads. Experience with HPC infrastructure supporting a scientific / research / pharmaceutical / bioinformatics / cheminformatics environment. You’ll Receive (applicable Only To CZ) Monthly pension contribution matching your individual contribution up to 3% of your gross monthly base salary; Risk Life Insurance (full cost covered by Novartis); 5-week holiday per year; (1 week above the Labour Law requirement); 4 paid sick days within one calendar year in case of absence due to sickness without a medical sickness report; Cafeteria employee benefit program – choice of benefits from Benefit Plus Cafeteria in the amount of 12,500 CZK per year; Meal vouchers in amount of 105 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company); Public Transportation allowance; MultiSport Card. Accessibility And Accommodation Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail with your request and contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message. Benefits and Rewards Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally: Job Details Seniority level: Mid-Senior level Employment type: Full-time Job function: Information Technology Industries: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing #J-18808-Ljbffr