High Performance Computing Specialist

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Dynamic Solutions Technology, LLC</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">, a premier strategic services firm that meets IT and Service needs for commercial and government clients, is seeking a full-time <strong>High Performance Computing Specialist</strong> to provide support to a government customer based out of <strong>Arlington, VA</strong>. This is an exempt position with possible remote opportunities.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">MUST BE US CITIZEN</span></span></strong></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Responsibilities:</span></strong></span></p> <ol> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Serve as primary technical liaison to ~500 scientists and engineers using HPC systems; provide user support and outreach.</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Create, manage, and deprovision user accounts and maintain user credential records for unclassified and classified systems.</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Track, report, and reconcile CPU-hour usage across users, projects, and allocations; maintain usage logs and dashboards.</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Allocate CPU hours according to government priorities and leadership direction; adjust allocations and communicate changes.</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Coordinate with security office to verify users' clearances, credentials, and authorization to access classified computational resources.</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Assist Program Officers (PO) in developing program plans, technical strategies, budgets, metrics, and performance improvement actions.</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Draft, monitor, and report technical milestones for HPC thrust areas; compare planned vs. actual performance and flag deviations.</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Support solicitation development: draft calls, collect white papers/proposals, verify required documents, and prepare evaluation materials.</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maintain an electronic repository of proposals, contracts, deliverables, correspondence, policy/regulatory guidance, and archival records.</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Prepare programmatic content for budgets, briefings to Congress/leadership, data calls, program pitches, and appeals.</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Develop capability/technology roadmaps and map portfolio efforts to DoD/DON strategy documents (NDS, S&T guidance) for Government review.</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Monitor performer progress: track deliverables, follow up for submissions, review reports, provide feedback, and load materials into repository.</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Plan and support program reviews, technical/financial reviews, site visits, demonstrations, and field experiments; draft agendas, minutes, and summaries.</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Produce analyses, summaries, and impact assessments of research investments; draft presentations, success stories, and recommended follow-on actions.</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Organize and coordinate meetings.</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Handle classified meeting/material logistics and support production of outreach/communication products (graphics, posters, web content, briefings).</span></li> </ol> <p style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Qualifications Requirements:</span></strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ability to obtain a Secret clearance prior to award date.</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">High School diploma with a minimum of six (6) years of relevant experience; OR</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university business and three (3) years of relevant experience</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office 365 (specifically, Word, Power Point, Outlook, SharePoint Online, Teams and Excel</span></li> </ul> <p style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Desired Qualifications<em>:</em></span></strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">IT Security Certification </span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience in Navy ERP</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Excellent communicator</span></li> <li style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Solid relationship builder</span></li> </ul>

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