Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract AI/HPC System Engineer with our client located in San Jose, CA.
Job Description:
We are hiring an AI/HPC System Engineer to build and operate the compute infrastructure supporting our HPC and AI development workloads.
This role deploys, automates, and maintains GPU clusters across on-premise and cloud environments, delivering reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient compute for engineering and R&D teams.
Job Responsibilities:
GPU/HPC infrastructure: Build, configure, and operate GPU and HPC clusters across compute, storage, and networking; support capacity planning, performance tuning, and optimization for AI training, inference, and compute-intensive workloads
Hybrid cloud infrastructure: Deploy and maintain compute environments spanning on-premise and public cloud, and contribute to modernization and scaling initiatives for HPC/AI infrastructure
Automation and observability: Implement infrastructure-as-code, provisioning automation, monitoring, and alerting, and drive improvements in resource utilization and efficiency
AI platform support: Deploy, integrate, and support LLM APIs, coding assistants, and AI/agent platforms used by internal engineering teams
Operations and collaboration: Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues, document standards and runbooks, and work with relevant stakeholders to support day-to-day IT operations
Job Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
3+ years of hands-on experience in IT infrastructure, cloud, platform engineering, or HPC
Hands-on experience with Linux-based infrastructure and public cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
Experience deploying or operating GPU/HPC environments, including workload scheduling or orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes or Slurm
Experience with infrastructure automation, monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance optimization
Solid understanding of compute, storage, networking, and container technologies; experience with AI/ML infrastructure or workloads is a plus
Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work across engineering and IT teams
Job Details:
Job Type: Contract
Pay Range: $80-$90/hr.
Location: San Jose, CA (Onsite).
Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k plan.
About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.
Numbers & Facts
Location
San Jose, CA
Salary
$80–$90 Per Hour
Skills
Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
Automationunmatched
Capacity and Performance Managementunmatched
Cloud Computingunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Computer Scienceunmatched
Computer Systemsunmatched
Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
Documentation Standardsunmatched
Energy Efficiencyunmatched
GCP (Good Clinical Practices)unmatched
GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)unmatched
Hybrid Cloudunmatched
Identify Issuesunmatched
Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
Linux Operating Systemunmatched
Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
Performance Tuning/Optimizationunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Process Improvementunmatched
Public Cloudunmatched
Research & Development (R&D)unmatched
Resource Utilizationunmatched
Software Engineeringunmatched
Systems Engineeringunmatched
Team Playerunmatched
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