Linux HPC Systems Administrator - Slurm & Clusters

Ncs Australia; Victoria; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global learning program

Mentorship

Worldwide career opportunities

Job summary

NCS Australia seeks an experienced Linux/HPC Administrator to join a high-performing team supporting critical HPC environments. You will administer, optimise and support large-scale Linux-based HPC infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance and operational excellence.

Working with engineers, researchers and stakeholders, you will maintain and enhance HPC platforms while supporting workload scheduling, capacity management and resilience.

Qualifications

• Proven Linux admin experience in HPC environments.
• Experience with Large-scale HPC infrastructures and job scheduling.
• Strong scripting in Bash/Python for automation.
• Familiarity with Slurm, Bright Cluster Manager, and related tools.
• Knowledge of compute, storage and networking in HPC contexts.

Responsibilities

• Administer Linux-based HPC environments and clusters.
• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Slurm for job scheduling.
• Support capacity planning, monitoring, and performance tuning.
• Assist with patching, upgrades, automation, and configuration management.
• Ensure security, availability and compliance with standards.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, networking, storage and app teams.
• Support backup, recovery, and business continuity processes.
• Investigate incidents and drive automation improvements.

Skills

Linux administration

HPC expertise

Slurm scheduling

Bright Cluster Manager

Bash/Python scripting

Monitoring & performance tuning

Automation & CM tools

Tools

Slurm Workload Manager

BCM (Bright Cluster Manager)

Singularity/Apptainer

Docker/containers

Job description

NCS Australia seeks an experienced Linux/HPC Administrator to join a high-performing team supporting critical HPC environments. You will administer, optimise and support large-scale Linux-based HPC infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance and operational excellence.

Working with engineers, researchers and stakeholders, you will maintain and enhance HPC platforms while supporting workload scheduling, capacity management and resilience.