Systems and methods for resource aware scheduling of processes in a distributed computing environment are described herein. One aspect provides for accessing at least one job and at least one resource on a distributed parallel computing system; generating a current reward value based on the at least one job and a current value associated with the at least one resource; generating a prospective reward value based on the at least one job and a prospective value associated with the at least one resource at a predetermined time; and scheduling the at least one job based on a comparison of the current reward value and the prospective reward value. Other embodiments and aspects are also described herein.