HPC Specialist for Usage Analysis, User Support and Software Licensing (f/m/d)
Your Tasks
Your responsibilities include in particular:
- Providing, maintaining and optimizing scientific and technical software on Linux‑based HPC systems and advising researchers on the efficient use of parallel applications.
- Managing license quotas of commercial scientific software and further developing license‑manager‑based processes in HPC environments.
- Analyzing and resolving complex issues related to the operation and use of scientific software on high‑performance computers.
- Installing, porting and evaluating scientific software on novel architectures (e.g. ARM‑based systems or GPU‑accelerated platforms).
- Analyzing HPC system usage and scientific software usage, building and maintaining central statistics and evaluation structures, and linking usage data with scientific computing projects to support needs‑based license planning and the further development of HPC services.
- Supporting the review process for scientific computing time allocations and contributing to the development of user support processes and services.
- Creating documentation and contributing to workshops and training courses.
Your Profile
Job requirements:
- University degree (Master's or equivalent) in natural sciences, engineering, computational sciences, computer science or mathematics.
- Solid practical experience in using and installing scientific software on parallel high‑performance computing systems.
- Proven experience in high‑performance computing (HPC), particularly with batch systems, parallel jobs and Linux‑based workflows.
- Knowledge of databases, statistics and usage data, as well as experience with APIs for system and data integration.
- Working knowledge of Linux operating systems, software license managers and software development environments.
- Good command of English; basic German skills or willingness to acquire them.
- High degree of initiative, analytical thinking, results orientation and ability to work in a team
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