Platform Engineer

HPC Security Engineer - 4+ Years

No of open Position- 5

Location- Bangalore , Hyderabad , Pune Onsite

Company-ONIX /Data Matica Solutions

Job Description Skilled and experienced HPC Platform & Security Engineer to join Onix team dedicated to ensuring the stability, security, and consistent operation of High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters on Google Cloud.

This role is critical for delivering a reliable and secure platform for our clients' most demanding computational workloads.

Key Responsibilities

● Cluster Platform Stability & Maintenance:

○ Own the stability, security, and consistent release of HPC Virtual Machine (VM) images and essential software tools.

○ Develop and maintain automation scripts (e.g., Python, Bash, Terraform) for cluster lifecycle management, health checks, and system provisioning.

○ Perform regular maintenance and tuning to ensure optimal performance of the HPC environment.

● Security and Patch Management:

○ Actively manage, deploy, and triage security patches and updates across all HPC cluster components and VM images.

○ Monitor and manage system security configurations, ensuring compliance with Google Cloud and client security policies.

○ Triage and resolve complex integration issues related to security and monitoring tools.

● Release Management:

○ Implement and manage a robust release pipeline to deliver consistent VM image updates and bi-weekly software patches with minimal disruption.

○ Collaborate with security teams to validate and sign off on all image and tooling releases.

● Monitoring and Troubleshooting:

○ Utilize GCP monitoring tools (e.g., Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging) to ensure platform health, proactively identify anomalies, and troubleshoot complex system-level and network-related issues.

○ Maintain detailed documentation for all operational and security processes. Required Qualifications

● Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.

● Experience: 4+ years of hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or system administration, with a focus on Linux and HPC.

● Technical Skills:

○ Deep expertise in Linux administration and shell scripting (Bash/Python).

○ Strong practical experience with a major cloud platform, preferably Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

○ Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Cloud Deployment Manager.

○ Proven knowledge of security best practices, patch management, and vulnerability remediation in a cloud/Linux environment.

○ Familiarity with job schedulers like Slurm or other HPC workload managers is highly desirable.