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Insight Global

HPC Manager

Hybrid

Piscataway, United states

$ 60 /hour

Freelance

22-02-2026

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Configuration Management Research Linux Accounting

Job Specifications

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Job Title: HPC Manager

Location: Hybrid 3x a week Piscataway, NJ

Pay Range: $50-$60

Duration: 6 month contract to hire

JOB DESCRIPTION

This role oversees day-to-day reliability and long-term evolution of clustered compute, GPU resources, high-performance storage, and the scheduler/tooling that support research at scale. The manager drives a culture of operational excellence and collaboration with researchers and campus IT partners, ensuring secure, performant, and cost-effective HPC services aligned to university priorities and compliance standards, while planning capacity, guiding technology roadmaps, and coordinating vendor engagements to build a future-ready research computing ecosystem.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Demonstrated expertise with HPC technologies: Linux at scale, job schedulers, workload accounting, and performance tuning.

• Experience with high-performance research storage for HPC, including parallel filesystems, with knowledge of quotas, snapshots, and DR concepts.

• Familiarity with high-speed interconnects, GPUs/accelerators, and node provisioning in clustered environments.

• Proficiency with automation and configuration management, and with common scripting languages for operations.

• Strong understanding of security best practices for shared compute/storage services, including identity/integrations (LDAP/AD), access controls, and patch/vulnerability management.

Benefit packages for this role may include healthcare insurance offerings and paid leave as provided by applicable law.

About the Company

Insight Global is an international professional services and staffing company specializing in delivering talent and technical solutions to Fortune 1000 companies across the IT, Non-IT, Healthcare, and Engineering industries. Fueled by staffing and talent experts, Evergreen, our professional services brand, brings technical advisors and culture consultants to help customers tackle their biggest challenges. With over 70 locations across North America, Europe, and Asia, and global staffing capabilities in 50+ countries, our tea... Know more