Senior HPC Engineer​/Admin Security Clearance

Position: Senior HPC Engineer/Admin with Security Clearance
The Systems Administrator will be responsible for providing system administration and technical support of traditional and High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems in a research-driven environment.
Requirements:

• Configure and manage Linux and Windows (or other applicable) operating systems and installs/loads operating system software, troubleshoot, maintain integrity of and configure network components, along with implementing operating systems enhancements to improve security, reliability, and performance

• Administer, monitor, and maintain HPC systems, including compute nodes, storage, networking, and software stacks

• Provide support to IT systems including day-to-day operations, monitoring and problem resolution for all of the client/server/storage/network devices, mobile devices, etc.

• Implement and maintain automation tools for system provisioning, configuration management, and monitoring.

• Provide support for implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of IT systems

• Manage the daily activities of configuration and operation of IT systems

• Provide assistance to users in accessing and using IT systems

• Optimize system operations and resource utilization, and perform system capacity analysis and planning

• Provide in-depth experience in trouble-shooting IT systems

• Analyze and resolve complex problems associated with server hardware, applications and software integration

• Contribute to performance benchmarking, system tuning, and capacity planning

• Support researchers by providing technical expertise and resolving IT-related roadblocks or issues

• Document system administration procedures and contribute to knowledge-sharing initiatives
Technical skills:

• Experience administering Linux-based servers and HPC clusters, including job schedulers (e.g., Slurm, LSF, PBS)

• Experience configuring and managing Virtual Private Network (VPN) clients and servers

• Scripting/programming skills (C and Python)

• Knowledge of: o System automation tools (e.g., Ansible) o System provisioning tools (e.g., Warewolf) o Distributed storage systems (e.g., Lustre, BeeGFS) o Containerization (e.g., Docker, Apptainer) o Installing, maintaining and using infrastructure and performance monitoring and optimization tools (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus) o Setting up and executing benchmarks in an HPC environment and analyzing their results systematically

Qualifications:

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph

• Preferably meets DoD 8140.01 or DoD 8570.01-M training and certification requirements