Linux System Administrator

About Us

RCH Solutions is a rapidly growing global provider of computational science expertise within Life Sciences and Healthcare. At RCH, our team rallies around a culture crafted for learning and achieving. We’re relentless in our pursuit for innovation and demanding of ourselves to deliver a ground-breaking computing experience for our clients, so that they can deliver life-saving science to humanity.

At RCH, our Core Values are more than just words—they represent the threads that weave together the fabric of our culture. Used as a guide when interviewing new team members; as a barometer when evaluating our performance as individuals and teams, and even when deciding which customers to work with, RCH’s Values embody the behaviors upon which we measure our success and create a framework for our growth as people and professionals.

Our Core Values:

• Embrace Excellence:
  We strive for best-in-class delivery of innovation and service.
• Be Accountable:
  Integrity, ownership and accountability are non-negotiables.
• Adventure Together:
  We are committed to fostering a culture that embraces continuous improvement.
• Succeed as a Team:
  We believe harnessing the power of a team drives outcomes not achievable by individuals.
• Boundaries and Balance:
  Work-life balance is a core facet of our culture.

If you share in our core values, then we encourage you to continue reading this posting as you may have found a great home for your career.

RCH is seeking a Linux Systems Administrator to support the full life cycle of scientific software from test, installation, patching, and configuration locally and remotely across multiple regions. The Linux Systems Administrator will provide technical knowledge on tasks or technology assignments and lead communication and collaboration with the technical leadership team while maintaining best practices for managing systems and services. The ideal candidate would be able to collaborate with other groups and team members to develop automation strategies and deployment processes and provide input on ways to improve the environment's stability, security, efficiency, and scalability.

• Designing, implementing, and managing custom compute platforms and services to meet Advanced Computing needs;
• Provide support and management for scientific and business applications — working directly with customers developing, trouble‑shooting, and performance‑tuning work‑flows.
• Develop and implement Cloud Ops best practices for customers and RCH applications teams; engaging in the fast moving realm of Life Sciences, prioritizing innovation.
• Lead and collaborate with virtual teams onsite and remotely defining and implementing computing solutions in the Cloud, on‑prem, and hybrid.
• Assist in development and implementation of security guard‑rails practice and initiatives at all levels of the Cloud infrastructure.
• Act as first and second level engineering and applications support for incidents, understanding technical interdependencies for end‑to‑end problem solving, engaging third party tier‑1 support organizations, as well as application teams and Cloud services and SaaS providers for troubleshooting and problem solving.
• Manage Cloud hosted environments, including production, staging, testing, and development environments.
• Develop and build novel systems/frameworks and workflows to meet users' changing needs
• Communicate progress and participate in reviews with technical staff and senior management.

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent combination of education and recent, relevant work experience.
• Proven experience as a Linux System Admin
• Minimum 5 years of experience managing a High Performance Compute (HPC) environment
• Experiencing administering and integrating Scientific / Research applications.
• Demonstrated experience in scripting and coding: bash, awk, perl python
• Solid time‑management skills; able to complete projects in a timely manner.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills.

• Prior experience working in the Life Sciences realm.
• Experience prioritizing multiple projects and work streams in a fast‑paced environment

** This role requires the candidate to be onsite at least 3 days per week at our client facility in Collegeville, PA**

** Role is only open to applicants not needing sponsorship now or in the future, no third parties please.**