HPC Linux Administrator | Slurm & Cluster Expert (Contract)

NCS; Canberra; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

NCS Australia is seeking a Linux/HPC Administrator to join a high‑performing team supporting large‑scale Linux‑based HPC infrastructure. The role focuses on administration, optimization and ensuring high availability of HPC clusters.

You will collaborate with researchers and engineers, manage Slurm scheduling, capacity planning, patching, automation and incident resolution, and contribute to security and compliance within our operational standards.

Qualifications

• Proven HPC platform experience.
• Hands-on Slurm for job scheduling and resource management.
• Experience with GPU-enabled HPC environments.
• Bash/Python scripting for automation.
• familiarity with BCM for cluster management.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support Linux-based HPC environments.
• Manage and optimise HPC clusters and infrastructure.
• Configure, maintain and troubleshoot Slurm.
• Monitor performance, plan capacity and perform tuning.
• Support patching, upgrades, automation and configuration management.
• Ensure system security and compliance with standards.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, networking, storage and apps teams.
• Support backup, recovery and business continuity processes.
• Investigate and resolve complex incidents and performance issues.
• Contribute to automation and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

HPC

Slurm Workload Manager

Linux administration

Scripting (Bash/Python)

Bright Cluster Manager

GPU-enabled HPC

Cloud HPC exposure

Networking basics

Tools

Slurm

Bright Cluster Manager (BCM)

Singularity/Apptainer

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

NCS Australia is seeking a Linux/HPC Administrator to join a high‑performing team supporting large‑scale Linux‑based HPC infrastructure. The role focuses on administration, optimization and ensuring high availability of HPC clusters.

You will collaborate with researchers and engineers, manage Slurm scheduling, capacity planning, patching, automation and incident resolution, and contribute to security and compliance within our operational standards.