HPC IT Administrator

Duties

• Configuration, deployment, and maintenance of the Linux Cluster Hardware and HPC Software applications suite, associated Storage, and network infrastructure. Administration of the teams Hosting and management systems that enables the HPC.
• Providing technical support and troubleshooting for end users’ issues related to HPC hardware and Solver software applications, evaluate, and perform Job performance and application testing.
• Work on HPC Operational and Strategic Projects efforts, participate in User Group Forums
• Ensuring compliance to enterprise IT security and technology controls
• Evaluation and implementation of new tools and methods for improved operations and service delivery

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or engineering
• 2 years’ experience in administration of heterogeneous IT compute and storage infrastructure
• Extensive knowledge of Linux operating systems
• Strong Scripting capability in one or more languages – Python, powershell, shell/bash,etc, Azure/Gitlabd Dev-ops CICD pipelines
• Knowledge of TCP/IP fundamentals

Top Candidates will also have

• Demonstrated experience with cloud-based computing resource deployment (Azure, AWS)
• Microsoft Azure fundamentals, administrator, or solutions architect certifications
• TCP/IP networking certification(s)
• Working knowledge of distributed/parallel file systems and storage appliances (Isilon, Netapp, Qumulo, etc)
• Experience with HPC deployment and middleware technologies (Bright Cluster manager, Altair PBS Pro, SLURM, Torque MOAB)