HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING (HPC) SYSTEMS ENGINEER -RHEL/LINUX

Company: ASD, Inc.
Location: Rockville
Posted on: October 14, 2020

Job Description:

We are looking to expand our NIH onsite High Performance Computing (HPC) support with individuals who can also contribute to GDITrsquos HPC Center of Excellence across programs in NIH, NOAA, NASA, Defense and Intelligence communities. We are looking for an experienced individual with a strong Linux background, configuration management, user account management, systems automation and network monitoring to join our team to administer the NIH Biowulf supercomputer. The position is full-time onsite at the NIH main campus in Bethesda, Maryland. RESPONSIBILITIES DUTIES This position supports the HPC systems administrative team in operating and maintaining the 4,000 node Linux cluster for 2,500 biomedical researchers. Specific responsibilities include Work with systems staff to enhance our Configuration Management infrastructure Evaluate performance impacts of planned operating system changes Update and expand existing systems monitoring capabilities Develop automation tools for cluster administration Maintain account management procedures to support growing number of NIH researchers Provide technical support to researchers using HPC resources, troubleshoot problems and develop appropriate computational strategies Consult and collaborate with scientist co-workers to determine best system configurations for applications REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS BS or equivalent and five years experience Minimum of five years RedHat or CentOS Linux system administration experience in an HPC environment. Minimum of three years scripting experience with Bash, Perl or Python Prior experience with configuration management tools, such as Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Cobbler Ability to configure, deploy and manage a major system area, such as batch system, network, data storage, backup system, database system, or distributed computing Ability to obtain a NIH Public Trust PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Experience with batch systems, such as SLURM or PBS Experience managing parallel and cluster file systems, such as NFS, GPFS, or Lustre Network management experience especially Infiniband Experience presenting andor teaching ATTRIBUTES FOR SUCCESS Provide technical expertise to improve HPC cluster management, performance, and resiliency Ability to work both independently and as part of the team flexibility in dealing with assignments and in working on several projects simultaneously Ability to effectively communicate with people of diverse backgrounds and computer knowledge SUMMARY Limited off-hour system maintenance activities will be planned in advance There are no travel requirements. Those authorized to work in the United States are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.

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