Cgg

HPC Architecture Leader

Houston, United States of America

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 7 days ago

LinuxData ScienceA/B TestingStakeholder ManagementCadenceLeadershipCommunicationMentoring

About the role

Viridien ( www.viridiengroup.com ) is an advanced technology, digital and Earth data company that pushes the boundaries of science for a more prosperous and sustainable future.
Job Details: Viridien is a global HPC and technology leader delivering advanced solutions in earth science, data science, and digital infrastructure.
We help clients solve complex energy and sustainability challenges through cutting-edge innovation-at scale, across regions, and in partnership with diverse stakeholders.

Drive vendor strategy and partnerships-co-designing solutions, negotiating trade-offs, and optimizing for performance, reliability, supply constraints, and total cost of ownership.
Build and run a performance engineering and validation program (benchmarks, success criteria, POCs), coaching the team in rigorous experimentation and data-driven decision-making.
Partner with leaders across the organization to translate business needs into scalable architectures, capacity plans, and investment proposals.
Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing HPC architecture team-establishing clear roles, growth plans, and a culture of engineering excellence.
Own team execution and delivery outcomes: planning, sequencing work, removing blockers, and ensuring commitments are met with high quality.
3+ years managing and leading an HPC technology team. Demonstrated people leadership (direct or dotted-line): mentoring, coaching, setting expectations, and building strong team culture.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to align teams and drive decisions across a matrixed organization.
With our ingenuity, drive and deep curiosity we discover new insights, innovations, and solutions that efficiently and responsibly resolve complex natural resource, digital, energy transition and infrastructure challenges.

Bachelor's degree or higher in a STEM discipline (Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or equivalent).
8+ years of experience designing, implementing, and scaling large-scale HPC compute and storage architectures, with demonstrated ownership of outcomes in production environments.
3+ years managing and leading an HPC technology team.
Proven expertise in designing performance-optimized, high-density systems utilizing both CPU and GPU technologies.
Familiarity with HPC benchmarking, monitoring, and performance-tuning tools.
Experience leading cross-functional initiatives, including planning, risk management, and driving execution across globally distributed teams and vendors.

Ability to communicate technical trade-offs to senior stakeholders and influence investment and roadmap decisions.
Change leadership experience (introducing standards, improving processes, and raising engineering maturity across teams).
Knowledge of high-performance networking and interconnects (e.g., InfiniBand, high-speed Ethernet fabrics).
Experience with high-performance storage technologies such as Lustre, Ceph, or BeeGFS.
Our Hiring Process
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may not be able to provide individual feedback to every applicant.
Only candidates whose qualifications closely match the role criteria will be contacted for an interview.
We do, however, aim to share personalized feedback with those who progress to the first round of interviews and beyond.

Set the end-to-end HPC architecture vision and roadmap, aligning priorities across engineering, operations, security, and product/program stakeholders.
Curious, self-driven mindset with a passion for learning and applying emerging HPC technologies.

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