Senior Grid Administrator

Siemens EDA’s Global Technology and Infrastructure team strategically supports our engineers and corporate staff in more than 100 offices and R&D centers around the globe. The grid team within the technology and infrastructure organization supports globally distributed grids with over 200K CPU Cores. The grid software is predominantly from Altair (earlier known by the name Univa Grid Engine / Oracle Grid Engine / Sun Grid Engine). To manage grid operations, a host of tools are employed which is mostly written in Perl/Shell.

Key Responsibilities:

• Install, Maintain and Support the grid infrastructure (Altair Grid Engine, Altair Accelerator, IBM LSF, SLURM) to meet uptime, availability and performance goals.
• Monitor services and respond proactively to fix issues to continuously improve availability and performance.
• Install and Configure Grid Software, upgrade and do patch maintenance. Ensure software license compliance. Liaise with Vendors to resolve problems.
• Work on automating tasks that has a potential for reducing manual repetitive labour.
• Provide Level2/3 assistance to user community by answering questions, troubleshooting problems and providing informal one-on-one training when needed. Work on Support tickets to meet service level objectives.
• Contribute to evolving standard operating procedures with a focus on problem avoidance
• Maintain and Enhance existing tools supporting Altair Grid Engine written in Perl/Shell/Python
• Develop and maintain new tools for IBM’s LSF infrastructure
• Support and maintain analytics dashboard with Elastic Stack
• Generate usage and performance reports
• Create documentation to support maintenance of tools
• Actively participate in team meetings, report on project status, update monthly metrics and report quarterly on IT operations and project activities
• Enhance/Maintain web based solutions to address reporting and analytics needs. Enhance solutions to meet evolving requirements and develop solutions to bring in transformative change.
  
  

Qualifications:

• BS degree (or equivalent) in Information Technology or Engineering
• Must have 10 years of experience in Systems Administration supporting Linux and doing automation with Perl/Unix Shell.
• Must have in-depth knowledge supporting and administering servers in a large, multi-site, enterprise-wide environment.
• Must possess Perl/Shell scripting abilities along with process automation experience. Knowledge and experience automation with Python is a plus
• The candidate should have excellent knowledge of Perl and be able to read code and develop understanding to be able to maintain and enhance the current set of tools.
• Experience supporting distributed computing environment (Altair / LSF / SLURM) is desirable
• Knowledge of database systems and experience with MySQL/MSSql is desirable
• Must understand enough of Networking, Storage and Virtualization to work effectively with colleagues from the respective teams when required for troubleshooting or planning capacity or addressing performance issues
• Experience supporting software development engineers and employees on the move or remote employees. Experience resolving problems in an effective and timely manner in accordance with SLA's and customer expectations.
• Demonstrate Project management, time management and prioritization skills to accommodate business requirements and managing scheduled activities.
• Exposure to Cloud and Big Data Technologies, Elastic Stack is a plus
• Must have experience providing excellent customer service. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships at all levels is highly desirable.
• Must be familiar with problem management, incident management, and change control processes.
  
  

This position will be subject to U.S. export control requirements under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Employment is contingent on either verifying the U.S. Person status or obtaining any necessary export license.





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