HPC Technical Lead

GDIT is seeking HPC Technical Lead to help support an upcoming contract for FDA activities in College Park, MD.

PLEASE NOTE:

• This position is contingent upon contract award, expected to start in March 2027.
• Work visa sponsorship will NOT be provided for this position.

The High-Performance Computing (HPC) Technical Lead is a technical expert guiding the architecture, optimization, and evolution of Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) high‑performance computing and scientific data ecosystems. This role bridges scientific research needs with advanced computing solutions, delivering technical leadership across a world-class government organization. This position will draw on your expertise in all aspects of scientific computing including HPC, storage, scientific applications, and networking infrastructure, to guide and implement solutions for a diverse scientific user community.  Under your leadership, you will be responsible for developing and implementing customer support policies and procedures with a focus on metrics driven execution to ensure that scientific and computational services are delivered to our client on time and efficiently. You must be able to simultaneously manage various duties and obligations such as project and team management to ensure customer satisfaction while enhancing the caliber of services delivered.

Primary activities include:

• Interface with federal and contractor stakeholders including both scientists and technologists to ensure technical requirements aligned to mission needs.
• Design HPC architectures in support of scientific business needs
• Serve as the senior technical authority for scientific HPC operations
• Guide and manage HPC delivery teams responsible for managing both infrastructure and scientific applications and workloads such as genomics, bioinformatics, modeling, simulation, statistical computing, and AI/ML pipelines.
• Support integration of laboratory instruments, scientific workstations, private networks, middleware, and specialized scientific software.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across distributed compute systems, storage platforms, scientific applications, and instrument‑connected environments.
• Prepare technical documentation, configuration guidance, and engineering recommendations.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED - REQUIRED:

• Citizenship: Work visa sponsorship will NOT be provided.

• Clearance: Ability to obtain a Public Trust
• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical field.
• Year’s Experience: 5+ years of experience in HPC engineering, scientific computing, bioinformatics platforms, or advanced research infrastructure.
• Technical Skills:
  • Experience with High-Performance Computing (HPC)
  • Expertise with Linux environments, HPC schedulers, GPUs, and peta-scale storage systems.
  • Experience supporting research computing users and their associated workloads.
  • Ability to communicate technical concepts to scientists, engineers, and program stakeholders.
  • Experience managing people
• Location: HYBRID - Employee must be willing to report onsite in College Park, MD (primary office) or Gaithersburg, MD several days a week.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Citizenship: US Citizen
• Education: Master’s Degree or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Scientific Computing, or related field.
• Technical Skills:
  • Experience with core HPC tooling including schedulers (e.g., slurm, TORQUE/Moab), storage (e.g., GPFS, Lustre), and advanced HPC networking (e.g., MPI, Infiniband).
  • Experience with genomics, next‑generation sequencing, or bioinformatics pipelines.
  • Experience performance tuning user workloads (e.g., job sizing, code porting, compilation, parallelization, GPU acceleration).
  • Knowledge of cloud/HPC hybrid architectures (AWS preferred).
  • Experience supporting scientific computing in federal environments.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
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● Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals.
● Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off.
● Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace.

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY:
Explore a career in program management at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your passion for the mission and delivering results.

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