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Abhay Kumar

Albuquerque

Summary

Innovative HPC Hardware Engineer with proven expertise in designing, developing, and testing hardware components. Skilled in troubleshooting technical issues and implementing effective solutions to enhance system performance. Collaborates effectively with diverse teams and clients, embracing continuous learning and new challenges in dynamic environments.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

HPC Hardware Engineer

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Albuquerque
08.2023 - Current

Achieved 99.999% uptime targets while operating Eldorado and APU HPC clusters.
Managed lifecycle of ROCm driver and firmware for compute fleets.
Diagnosed issues related to APU hardware memory topology and Infinity Fabric firmware.
Conducted troubleshooting of InfiniBand to maintain communication stability in distributed systems.
Executed automated updates for provisioning, patching, and firmware across all clusters.
Oversaw root cause investigations and confirmed effectiveness of hardware refreshes.

Cloud Operations Engineer I

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seattle
06.2022 - 06.2023
  • Assisted customers with AWS Managed Services to enhance their operational efficiency.
  • Independently diagnosed and identified solutions to resolve system issues.
  • Independently diagnosed and identified solutions to resolve system issues.
  • Responded to live chat rooms to answer and resolve customer queries, elevating customer satisfaction with immediate support.
  • Employed user-focused approach to identify impracticalities hindering user experience.
  • Stayed current on policies, procedures and standards to offer optimal support.

Linux System Administrator

Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc.
Albuquerque
04.2021 - 06.2022
  • Linux System Administrator supporting a team that designs, implements, maintains, and supports enterprise class systems.
  • Maintaining over 5000+ systems and analyzing performance statistics to support tuning, automation, and optimization activities.
  • Configured, operated, and maintained documentation for centralized and distributed physical and virtual Linux servers, ensuring system reliability.
  • Administered Linux servers through patching, security compliance, and customer issue resolution to maintain operational integrity.
  • Provided technical expertise in system upgrades, process improvements, security compliance, and infrastructure enhancements during customer projects.
  • Maintained corporate applications supporting High Performance Computing to enhance computational efficiency.

Linux System Administrator

Saic - Science Applications International
Albuquerque
07.2019 - 04.2021
  • Linux System Administrator supporting a team that designs, implements, maintains, and supports enterprise class systems.
  • Maintained over 5000 systems, analyzing performance statistics to support tuning and automation for optimized system performance.
  • Managed Linux servers by applying patches, maintaining security compliance, and resolving customer issues.
  • Configured, operated, and maintained documentation for centralized and distributed physical and virtual Linux servers, ensuring comprehensive information availability.
  • Provided technical expertise in system upgrades and process improvements, ensuring adherence to security requirements and enhancing infrastructure during customer projects.
  • Maintaining corporate applications which support High Performance Computing.

IS3 Mac Tech Lead @ Sandia National Labortory

Belcan
Albuquerque
06.2018 - 07.2019
  • As the Tier III Mac Technical lead, my role is to respond to service requests & incident management services, generated by the Service Desk & by customers.
  • Functioned as primary contact for troubleshooting unresolved technical issues escalated from Tier I and II technicians, delivering timely resolutions.
  • Resolve more complex issues escalated from the Service Desk & reported by the computing customer (Primarily on Mac OS, occasionally on Windows or Linux OS.)
  • Delivered comprehensive desk side support and troubleshooting for Mac OS and software applications, enhancing user experience.
  • Troubleshot and resolved user issues related to virtual desktops, improving accessibility and functionality for users.
  • Test application compatibility (deployment testing) & support cyber initiatives.

Technical Sales Representative

Wildflower International, LTD.
06.2016 - 08.2017
  • Work directly with customers to fulfill their needs on enterprise level systems, HPC clusters or just a simple storage solution.
  • Quoted enterprise-level solutions for Los Alamos National Lab, addressing specific technical needs.
  • Managed server information and developed configurations to ensure seamless environment integration.
  • Recommended enhancements for physical and configuration security measures to bolster system integrity.
  • Familiar with using SAP ByDesign, also do uploads and parts creations on ByD.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Information Engineering Technology

New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM
12.2015

Associate of Science - Computer Information Technology

Dona Ana Community College
Las Cruces, NM
12.2012

Skills

  • Cluster management
  • Cloud infrastructure
  • Hardware management
  • Hardware debugging
  • Installation management
  • Performance optimization
  • Systems troubleshooting
  • Testing and design
  • Security compliance
  • Risk assessment
  • Data collection and analysis
  • Report creation
  • Root-cause analysis
  • Quality management systems
  • Analytical thinking
  • Problem solving

Timeline

HPC Hardware Engineer

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
08.2023 - Current

Cloud Operations Engineer I

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
06.2022 - 06.2023

Linux System Administrator

Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc.
04.2021 - 06.2022

Linux System Administrator

Saic - Science Applications International
07.2019 - 04.2021

IS3 Mac Tech Lead @ Sandia National Labortory

Belcan
06.2018 - 07.2019

Technical Sales Representative

Wildflower International, LTD.
06.2016 - 08.2017

Bachelor of Science - Information Engineering Technology

New Mexico State University

Associate of Science - Computer Information Technology

Dona Ana Community College
Abhay Kumar