HPC Linux Administrator - Slurm & Performance Optimisation

NCS Group Australia; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NCS Australia is seeking an experienced Linux/HPC Administrator to join a high-performing team supporting critical HPC environments. You will administer and optimize large-scale Linux-based HPC systems, ensure high availability, and collaborate with engineers, researchers and stakeholders.

You will manage workload scheduling with Slurm, configure and maintain HPC infrastructure with BCM, and contribute to automation, monitoring, patching, and security.

Qualifications

• Strong experience administering Linux environments (RHEL/CentOS/Rocky)
• Proven experience supporting High Performance Computing (HPC) platforms
• Hands-on experience with Slurm Workload Manager for job scheduling and resource management
• Experience with BCM (Bright Cluster Manager) or equivalent HPC cluster management solutions
• Strong understanding of compute, storage, and networking concepts within HPC environments
• Experience with Bash, Python, or other scripting languages for automation
• Knowledge of system monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance optimisation
• Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management tools is highly regarded

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Linux administration

HPC experience

Scripting (Bash/Python)

Monitoring & performance tuning

Automation / configuration management

Compute/storage/networking concepts

Tools

Slurm Workload Manager

BCM (Bright Cluster Manager)

Job description

NCS Australia is seeking an experienced Linux/HPC Administrator to join a high-performing team supporting critical HPC environments. You will administer and optimize large-scale Linux-based HPC systems, ensure high availability, and collaborate with engineers, researchers and stakeholders.

You will manage workload scheduling with Slurm, configure and maintain HPC infrastructure with BCM, and contribute to automation, monitoring, patching, and security.