Join the NIH High Performance Computing Team

The NIH HPC Staff advances research at NIH by planning, managing, and supporting the NIH High Performance Computing (HPC) resource, including a high-performance cluster, petabye-scale storage, and leading-edge biomedical applications.

The team of system administrators and scientists supports the computational needs of over 600 labs and 2500 NIH intramural researchers in multiple research areas, including genomics, computational chemistry, structural biology, and machine/deep learning.

The positions are located on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Md.

We are currently recruiting for the following positions. If interested, send your resume to hpc-jobs@hpc.nih.gov

(Updated Sep 2022)

Storage Administrator

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic individual who will work with our staff of system administrators and scientists to design, deploy and administer the storage systems that support the Linux-based NIH HPC cluster. The incumbent will be a critical part of the team responsible for managing 40+ PB of storage for Biowulf.

This individual will:

Required skill set:

Additional desired skills are below. Candidates with a subset of these skills are encouraged to apply.

This is a contractor position.
System Administrator
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We are currently looking for enthusiastic individuals who will work with our staff of system administrators and scientists to design, deploy and administer the NIH HPC cluster, petabyte-scale data storage systems, and associated specialized systems.

This individual will:

Required skill set:

Additional desired skills are below. Candidates with a subset of these skills are encouraged to apply.

A bachelor's degree and 2+ years work experience or equivalent knowledge and expertise in Linux systems administration is required. This is a contractor position.

Support Scientist
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We are currently looking for motivated biomedical scientists who will work with our existing staff of scientists and system administrators to:

Candidates must have:

Desired skills are below. Candidates with a subset of these skills are encouraged to apply.

Candidate must have a Masters or PhD in the biological sciences. This is a contractor position.