[Remote] Senior Cluster Site Reliability Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. As a Senior Cluster Site Reliability Engineer, you will help scale the research compute cluster, ensuring high uptime and reliability while supporting both on-prem and cloud infrastructure.ResponsibilitiesBe a first responder in the event of cluster outages or issues. Triage and resolve urgent issues as they ariseEnsure a high degree of cluster uptime (measured in multiple nines), and define + track SLAs to quantify reliabilityDiagnose systemic/recurring patterns of problems, and engineer precision solutions to them in collaboration with engineering teamsDevelop robust metrics and observability for cluster health and use those metrics to inform your work. Build out custom observability mechanisms when off-the-shelf ones won't doHelp software and research teams design policies around fair cluster usage, and help develop enforcement mechanisms for said policiesAssist in forecasting cluster growth, and help select appropriate scale-up strategies. Help optimize operations across dimensions of cost and usabilitySkills5+ years of experience in SRE or DevOps roles, preferably working as a senior engineer or tech leadKnowledge of HPC/batch compute frameworks (Slurm, Kueue, AWS/Google Cloud Platform Batch) and/or machine learning training systems (Kubeflow, MLflow, Horovod)Ability to develop scripts and utilities of moderate complexity in a common scripting language (Python, Ruby, etc.)Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools (Terraform, Ansible)Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS or Google Cloud Platform)Familiarity designing and implementing modern observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK, OpenTelemetry)Experience with distributed storage technologies (Lustre, Ceph, S3)Embodies a 'system engineer' rather than 'system administrator' mindset, thinking systematically and leveraging automationBachelor degree in computer scienceHands-on experience with HPC frameworks (Slurm, Grid Engine) and Kubernetes-based job orchestrators (Airflow, Kueue, Kubeflow Pipelines), along with other distributed computing frameworks (Ray, Modin, Dask, Spark)Familiarity with ML frameworks (PyTorch/Tensorflow, JAX, Horovod, DeepSpeed)Familiarity with hybrid/on-prem environmentsExperience with containerization (Docker, Podman, Singularity), particularly for HPC/batch compute environmentsExperience with HPC networking (InfiniBand, RDMA)Solid security/IAM foundations (Identity management systems, AWS/Google Cloud Platform IAM, Zero Trust)BenefitsIf you have a great candidate in mind for this role and would like to have the potential to earn $15,000 if your referred candidate is successfully hired and employed by The Voleon Group, please use this form to submit your referral.Company OverviewDice is a job-searching platform for technology professionals. It is a sub-organization of DHI Group. It was founded in 1990, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://www.dice.com.Company H1B SponsorshipDice has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2022, 4 in 2021, 5 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.