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The facility opened in 2014 and accommodates more than 10,000 employees and visitors.\nBy bringing many global functional groups together, the campus provides employees with the tools and capabilities needed today, and in the future, to achieve business objectives and accelerate the discovery of new resources, technologies and products. It was designed to foster improved collaboration, creativity and innovation and enhance the company’s ability to attract, develop and retain the top talent in the industry.\nThe campus is located in Spring, Texas, on 385 wooded acres immediately to the west of Interstate Highway 45 (I-45), at the intersection of I-45 and the Hardy Toll Road, approximately 25 miles from the cultural vibrancy of downtown Houston.\nThe campus was constructed to the highest standards of energy efficiency and environmental stewardship. Its design incorporates extensive research into best practices in building and workplace design through extensive benchmarking of the world’s top academic, research, and corporate facilities.\nLearn more about what we do in Houston here.\nWhat role you will play in our team\nThe High Performance Computing (HPC) Systems Engineer role has the overall responsibility to work within a small team of highly skilled HPC specialists to provide a performant, reliable, and secure high-performance computing (HPC) environment. The HPC Systems Engineer will be involved in various aspects of designing and engineering our HPC system as well as be responsible for managing day-to-day operations and maintenance activities including, but not limited to the following: general troubleshooting of any issues that may arise, monitoring overall system health, performing system maintenance tasks, and evaluating new hardware/system software.\nSpring, TX, USA\nWhat you will do\nEstablish strategies for overall support of the systems portfolio (4 supercomputers and large parallel file systems across the domain)\nEvaluate new hardware and software and understand potential benefits/impacts it can have in the scientific computing and seismic imaging environments\nPerform software installations and upgrades, inclusive of operating system in world class HPC environment\nMonitor overall system performance and health and partner with 3rd parties on hardware support as needed\nProvide support for the management of data in the environment (140+ Petabytes of parallel filesystem)\nAdvanced consulting with users to resolve problems and ensure they can effectively utilize the systems\nInteract with both business customers and technical teams that are globally distributed and within varied time zones\nEngaging with vendors for problem resolution of existing infrastructure and discussion of roadmaps and new technologies for evaluations\nFoster a supportive work environment and maintains open, productive interactions among team and across organizations\nBuild and maintain cross-organizational contacts to facilitate execution of work\nAbout you\nSkills and Qualifications\nB.E./B.Tech in Computer Science or related degree area (e.g., Computer Engineering, Information Systems) or equivalent skills work experience.\nA minimum of 5 years of hands-on Linux experience (e.g., RHEL, CentOS) and production infrastructure support (e.g., networking, storage, monitoring, compute, installation, configuration, maintenance, upgrade, retirement)\nA minimum of 5 years' experience in HPC technologies (e.g., installation, configuration, maintenance, upgrade, retirement, problem resolution) such as parallel/distributed files systems (e.g., Lustre, GPFS), high speed interconnect fabrics (e.g., Infiniband, Omni-Path), and HPC batch scheduling software suites (e.g., PBSPro, SLURM)\nExperience in HPC technologies such as parallel/distributed files systems (e.g., Lustre, GPFS), high speed interconnect fabrics (e.g., Infiniband, Omni-Path), and HPC batch scheduling software suites (e.g., PBSPro, SLURM)\nSolid understanding of data center operations fundamentals in networking, cooling, and power\nPreferred Knowledge/Skills/Experience\nStrong IT skills in infrastructure and applications\nExperience with supporting large scale production environments\nExperience in implementing changes and security controls in a global framework.\nUnderstanding of data center operations fundamentals in networking, cooling, and power\nKnowledge and experience with installing/compiling vendor and open-source software\nKnowledge and experience with application/infrastructure deployment and support in one or more of the major cloud environments\nYour benefits\nAn ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.\nWe offer you:\nPension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life. \nSavings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match. \nWorkplace Flexibility: We have several programs such as “Flex your Day”, providing ad-hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer-term programs such as leaves of absence and part-time work.\nComprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans. \nCulture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing. \nEmployee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you. \nDisability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.More information on our Company’s benefits can be found at www.exxonmobilfamily.com.\nPlease note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.\n\nStay connected with us\nLearn more at our website\nFollow us on LinkedIN and Instagram\nLike us on Facebook\nSubscribe our channel at YouTube\nEEO Statement\n\nExxonMobil is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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