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HPC Support Engineer

Job Locations US-VA-Charlottesville
Job ID 2026-3000
Type
Regular Full-Time

Overview

HPC Support Engineer
Location: Charlottesville, VA

Clearance Required:  Active TS (SCI eligibility) clearance 

 

At Bcore, our strength comes from how we deliver impact to the mission. Whether it’s architecting critical IT solutions, producing actionable intelligence, or developing cutting edge technology, we succeed because of the expertise, collaboration, and agility of our teams. Our Mission Services division combines enterprise IT, cloud solutions, DevSecOps, systems engineering, software development, and operational support. Bcore accelerates decisive advantage for warfighters and intelligence professionals by fusing human insight, rapid-fire engineering, precision-measured outcomes, and relentless grit into mission-ready solutions. 

 

Do you want to join a team that is building tailored technical solutions to modernize our government’s mission and our client’s business?  Do you have a desire to change how people work?  Are you interested in helping to protect our nation’s cyber interests? Join our growing team supporting the Army customer missions as an HPC Support Engineer.

Responsibilities

What you get to do every day:
  • Support users executing computational workloads on secure HPC clusters in classified and unclassified environments
  • Assist with scheduler job scripts and application execution on systems such as Slurm or PBS, including CPU, GPU, and distributed workloads
  • Troubleshoot slow, hanging, or failing HPC jobs, including MPI-based, GPU, and large-scale parallel applications
  • Guide users on compiling and running scientific, modeling, or data processing applications in Linux HPC environments
  • Promote HPC best practices for job scheduling, resource allocation, and workload performance
  • Monitor workload patterns and recommend improvements to cluster throughput and efficiency
  • Develop scripts and tools using Bash or Python to automate operational tasks
  • Maintain documentation and knowledge base articles on system capabilities, job execution procedures, and troubleshooting
  • Analyze workload performance to identify inefficiencies or configuration issues
  • Coordinate with HPC systems engineers on infrastructure or cluster issues impacting user workloads
  • Provide responsive on-site support for mission-critical HPC workloads
  • Maintain source-controlled scripts and tools using Git or similar version control systems
  • Assist users with environment modules and runtime configurations required for HPC applications

Qualifications

Clearance Required: Active TS clearance (with SCI Eligibility)

 

Certification Required: Ability to obtain DoD 8140 (8570) IAT Level II certification

 

Education/Experience:

  • BS degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related STEM field (or experience in lieu of degree)
  • 5+ years of Linux experience including command line system usage, scripting, and troubleshooting applications in multi-user server environments.
Required Skills:
  • Professional experience administering or supporting Linux systems via command line (RHEL derivatives preferred)
  • Experience developing scripts using Bash, Python, or similar languages
  • Experience troubleshooting software execution issues in distributed computing environments
  • Working knowledge of job schedulers such as Slurm, PBS, Torque, or similar platforms
  • Experience supporting users in technical computing or engineering environments
  • Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical users

What is ideal?

  • Experience as a user or administrator of HPC clusters
  • Experience with parallel computing frameworks (MPI, OpenMP, or CUDA-based GPU workloads)
  • Experience supporting scientific or engineering applications requiring large-scale compute resources
  • Experience using performance monitoring and optimization tools for compute workloads
  • Experience compiling applications in C, C++, Fortran, or Python environments
  • Experience working in classified computing environments
  • Experience supporting GPU-enabled workloads

What you can expect from us

  • Recognizing great achievements do not go unnoticed by bcore through service anniversaries, spot awards, and employee referral bonuses
  • You’ll join a growing organization of passionate, top-shelf, IT engineering professionals with extensive experience in actively developing the technology revolution in the Intelligence community
  • Highlights of our benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k) match and potential Profit Sharing, Universal Leave, STD/LTD/Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance, Stipends, Referral Bonuses, and more!
  • Compensation is unique to each candidate and compensation packages are based on education, experience, and other requirements.
BCore is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.

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