A processing system is provided. The processing system includes a master system and a processing resource. The master system is designed to execute a service component and a system controller component. The processing resource is designed to register with the service component for a specific period of time. By registering with the look up service of the service component, the processing resource advertises the eligibility of the processing resource to execute a software processing job having a set of requirements. The system controller component is designed to search the look up service of the service component to locate the processing resource having a set of attributes that substantially matches the set of requirements of the software processing job.