At GDIT, people are our differentiator.  Our work depends on a Program Director joining our team to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputer System (WCOSS).  

WCOSS provides NOAA the operational High Performance Computing (HPC) resources essential to process sophisticated numerical models used to predict and understand atmospheric and oceanic phenomena for weather and climate operational use.  Operating 24/7, the 10-year WCOSS program will deliver significant computational capability that will evolve over time to keep pace with NOAA’s growing environmental modeling needs.

We are looking for individuals to join GDIT’s team to operate and support leading-edge technology for WCOSS and support the deployment of a new cutting edge HPC system. 

Responsibilities:

Responsible for all aspects of the development and implementation of assigned projects, and provides a single point of contact for those projects

Serves as the Contractor interface for the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR)

Support WCOSS HPC operational systems 24x7 support team and processes

Supports implementation of new HPC operational system in concert with maintaining legacy system operations

Provides leadership and mentoring to senior HPC professionals

Ensures compliance with NIST and FISMA security control requirements

Takes projects from original concept through to final implementation

Interfaces with all areas affected by the project, including end users, computer services, and client services

Develops detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports

Conducts project meetings, and is responsible for project tracking and analysis

Ensures adherence to quality standards and reviews project deliverables

Leads the integration of vendor tasks, and tracks and reviews vendor deliverables

Provides technical and analytical guidance to project team

Recommends and takes action to direct the analysis and solutions of problems

Required Qualifications: 

Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred and minimum of 5 years of experience as a Program Manager for large ($500M), high-visibility federal government contract(s)

Project Management Professional Certification

Possesses project management experience in a High Performance Computing (HPC) environment

Must be able to communicate clearly and succinctly to Government stakeholders (e.g. Program Offices, HPC end users, etc.), including senior level management

Demonstrated technical experience architecting or maintaining high-performance computers

Demonstrated experience managing teams of geographically dispersed staff

Demonstrated experience developing and sustaining productive relationships with demanding clients in a mission-critical operational environment

Critical capabilities:

Understanding of high-performance computing architecture and engineering, including, but not limited to, compute, storage, and interconnect

Understanding of high-performance computing software, including schedulers and file systems

Understanding of data center operations, including electrical power, cooling, and fit up and management basics

Understanding of all aspects of government contract program management, including overall program execution oversight and strategy, client relationship management, staff management, financial management, and schedule management

Desired Ideal additional capabilities and experience:

Informed understanding of the role that high-performance computing plays in weather forecasting

Experience with Top500 Cray EX systems, including Slingshot high-speed fabric, liquid cooling, Lustre file systems, and/or HPCM cluster management software

Experience with mission-critical high-performance computing programs, with challenging operational SLAs and low tolerance limits for system outages or issues

Graduate degree in computer or physical sciences

PMP certification