Storage and Compute Engineer

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In our team, you will work with the cutting edge of High-Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure in Autonomous Drive. You and the team will ensure the smooth daily operations of our HPC environments and help support our users in the business to ensure that Volvo Cars gets the most value and performance out of the solution as possible.

Our team is managing an existing cluster and we are now in the project phase for the next generation major High Throughput Cluster (HTC) with over 100PiB storage and CPU/GPU nodes.

What you'll do:

You will work closely with Autonomous Drive & Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (AD and ADAS) developers and engineers as a HPC Subject Matter Expert (SME) supporting in optimizing code and strategies to run in HPC, recommend ways of working, arrange workshops and training sessions, capture requirements, identify solutions, setting up proof of concepts, help manage workloads and other related tasks.

You will also be involved in the continuous improvement and extension of the Storage and Compute (S&C) solutions as well as in the ongoing operations together with our S&C suppliers. You will be given a high degree of trust and be empowered to solve issues to ensure that the business receives the HPC services that they need.

In addition you will:

• Work with technical engineers in the business areas assisting with methods/workflow, application optimization, automation etc to improve the overall user experience and efficiency
• Act as a local Subject Matter Expert (SME) for everything related to HPC/HTC including Linux, configuration management, schedulers, hardware, applications etc
• Assist in developing standards and procedures and to work with our external providers to implement them.
• Participate in both internal IT and business projects as SME.
• Work with our external service providers to assist in advanced troubleshooting, reviewing and signing off root cause analysis reports etc.
• Participate as an SME and team member in the development of our next generation HPC/HTC solution.  

What you'll bring:

• To be successful in this position you are a Linux native and fluent in Python and/or other scripting languages.
• You have experience from working with HPC technologies and are familiar with tools like Slurm/PBS/LSF or similar, Docker/Singularity as well as Terraform/Ansible or other infrastructure automation languages.
• Experience of HPC administration in an enterprise environment including administration of network, servers, storage, clients etc.
• Experience with storage concepts such as scale-out NAS (NFS), SMB, parallel filesystems (Lustre), POSIX, and object storage (to name but a few)
• Experience with parallel computing (HPC/HTC), performance troubleshooting & optimization, operating environments at large scale
• Communicative and a positive attitude
• Understand and speak English at a professional level
• Ability to coordinate and handle more than one task at the same time
• Have a curious approach to new things and willingness to learn and improve
• Experience of Agile way of working 
   

Who are we?

Everything we do starts with people. Our purpose is to provide freedom to move, in a personal, sustainable and safe way. We are committed to simplifying our customers’ lives by offering better technology solutions that improve their impact on the world and bringing the most advanced mobility innovations to protect them, their loved ones and the people around them. 

Volvo Cars’ continued success is the result of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive working environment. The people of Volvo Cars are committed to making a difference in our world. Today, we are one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with over 40,000 employees across the globe. We believe in bringing out the best in each other and harnessing the true power of people. At Volvo Cars your career is designed around your talents and aspirations so you can reach your full potential. Join us on a journey of a lifetime as we create safety, autonomous driving and electrification technologies of tomorrow.