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Senior HPC System Administrator

bytoa
Columbia, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 10/4/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/4/2026

Description: 

We are searching for a mission-driven HPC System Administrator to support the installation, configuration, and networking of UNIX and/or NT-based platforms.  You'll be responsible for enterprise services such as DNS, NFS, e-mail services, security protection mechanisms, and the interoperability of UNIX and NT based systems.

You should have a deep understanding of operating systems and experience with user account management, software package management, configuration management, and managing / verifying the health and status of IT infrastructure. You should also be familiar with development and implementing enterprise backup and recovery strategies. Lustre experience is highly desired!

Salary range: $190,000-205,000
Disclaimer: Salary for this position, along with additional compensation options, will be determined on an individual basis following the interview process, considering various factors such as years of experience, skills, education/certifications, contract specifications, market conditions, etc. 
 

Skills Requirements:


You must have experience with the installation, configuration, tuning, troubleshooting and administration of:

  • Multi-vendor servers running numerous COTS, open source, and in-house applications to accommodate HPC Division IT support requirements
  • Multi-vendor servers running Red Hat or SuSe with directly attached FC SAN storage or SSDs
  • Distributed computing tools such as ReS, LSF, and SLURM
  • HPC farm systems, HPC MPP clustered systems, Front End servers of Special Purpose devices (SPDs)
  • IBM of HP Blade servers with FC/SAS/Network back end
  • Multi-vendor filesystems such as XFS, GPFS and Lustre
  • Pre-Factory testing, Factory testing, System integration and Acceptance testing during the purchase process of the HPS systems

Experience Requirement: 

  • 10 yrs. with a B.S. in a technical discipline or 4 additional yrs. in place of B.S.
  • IAT Level II Certification required
  • Professional certifications accepted in lieu of 1 year of experience:
    • Valid RHCSA or higher Red Hat certification
    • Valid VMWare certification

Clearance Requirement: 

  • Active TS/SCI with a polygraph

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Salary : $190,000 - $205,000

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