Principal Computing; HPC; SA III; Government

Position: Principal High Performance Computing (HPC) (SA III) (Government)

Job Description:

AT&T Global Public Sector is a trusted provider of secure, IP enabled, cloud-based, network solutions and professional services to the Federal Government. We are dedicated to recruiting, developing and empowering a diverse, high-performing workforce that is passionate about what they do, committed to our shared values and dedicated to our customers’ mission.

The scope of this Contract requires specialized expertise in areas such as high-performance computing (HPC), automated processing systems, distributed software design, and secure hosting and networking solutions. The IT infrastructure consists of a mix of Linux, Windows, and UNIX. The environment includes a variety of network devices, server interconnections, mass storage solutions, and essential supporting infrastructure services. The services provided under this Contract support areas including HPC, infrastructure maintenance for HPC systems, networking, office automation, and the development of specialized software.

AT&T has an opening for a Principle High Performance Computing (HPC) Systems Administrator: To support a large client-based IT enterprise installation, configuration and networking of Linux and Windows based platforms. This position requires office presence a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered. Work Performed in Ft. Meade, MD 20755.

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Job Duties /Responsibilities:

• Oversee servers running Red Hat, CentOS, SolarisX
  64, SuSe, Virtual Appliances, with direct attached and FC SAN storage.
• Troubleshoot PXE and DHCP boot process.
• Perform Microsoft Exchange Policy management, mailbox management, enterprise-leve, multi-site design and architecture.
• Support Tier 3 Infrastructure services such as: DNS, NIS, Active Directory, Centrify, Zenoss, Site Scope, HP Openview, HP Oneview, HPSA, HPSE, SPLUNK, Sendmail, Exchange, NetQoS, Infoblox, Nagios, HP Cluster Management.
• Install, configure, tune and troubleshoot multi-vendor servers running numerous COTS, open source and in-house applications.

Experience with the following:

• Servers running Red Hat, CentOS, SolarisX
  64, SuSe, Virtual Appliances, with direct attached and FC SAN storage.
• Large SPU, memory SMP systems and clusters with many cores.
• Enterprise client server configurations (Group Policy, Centrify, DNS, LDAP.
• Linux Scripting (Bash, Perl etc).
• Linux Logical Volume Management (LVM).
• Distributed File systems.
• Configuration Management tools.
• Experience troubleshooting PXE and DHCP boot process.
• Multi-vendor file systems such as XFS, GPFS, and CXFS, EXT4, CIFS, NFSClustered Blade systems and associated interconnects (iSCSI, SAD, FC, TCP/IP, etc.).
• Advanced Red Hat/CentOS and Microsoft Windows Operating System (including Group Policy management)
• Microsoft Exchange policy management, mailbox management, enterprise-level multi-site design and architecture.
• Enterprise Active Directory/Centrify Zone management (creation, update, RBAC).

• Tier 3 Infrastructure support for services such as DNS, NIS, Active Directory, Centrify, Zenoss, Site Scope, HP Openview, HP Oneview, HPSA, HPSE, SPLUNK, Sendmail, Exchange, NetQoS, Infoblox, Nagios, HP Cluster Management.
• Thin client solutions based on Virtual bridges and Centrix, VPN.
• No
  
  Machine NX Virtual Desktop management.
• Experience with Enterprise Virtualization products; VMWare, vSphere, vCenter, vRealize Automation, vSAN
• vSwitch, Distributed Switch, Console management.
• Open Shift, Docker, Kubernetes.

Installation, configuration, tuning, troubleshooting and administration of:

• Multi-vendor servers running numerous COTS, opensource, and in-house applications to accommodate HPC Division IT support requirements.
• Multi-vendor servers running Red Hat of SuSe with direct attached, FC SAN storage or SSDs.
• Distributing 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 file systems such as XFS, GPFS and Lustre.
• Pre-Factory testing, Factory testing, System integration and Acceptance testing during the purchase process of the HPS systems.
• MDOPS.

Work Performed in Ft. Meade, MD 20755.

Required Clearance:

TS/SCI with polygraph.

Required Qualifications:

Candidates shall have a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field and have fifteen (15) years of demonstrable experience in system administration and support of a large client-server based IT enterprise. OR:
The individual shall have five (5) years of full time computer science work that can be substituted for the Bachelor’s Degree and have fifteen (15) years of demonstrable experience in system administration and support of a large client-server based IT enterprise.

• Accepted professional certifications include a valid Red Hat Certified System Administrator or higher, Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert certification.

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