Technical support engineer in high performance computing

Icts; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 450,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading research institution in Bengaluru is looking for a Technical Support Engineer to manage and optimize HPC clusters. The ideal candidate should have a B Tech / BE / MCA / MSc and at least 1 year of experience in Linux systems administration. Strong troubleshooting skills and familiarity with HPC tools are necessary. The role offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience and requires immediate joining.

Qualifications

• 1 year of experience in a related field.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Familiarity with high performance computing environments.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and optimize the data center facility and HPC clusters.
• Provide technical support for user issues and code optimization.
• Document system administration policies and procedures.
• Document HPC environment and admin policies.

Skills

Debian and Red Hat Linux administration

Hardware and software troubleshooting

Scripting in perl/python/bash

Programming in C/Fortran/CUDA

Linux kernel modules and NVIDIA GPUs

Cluster resource managers

Experience with MPI and openMP

Administration of Lustre and ZFS filesystems

Deployment tools for HPC clusters

Education

B Tech / BE / MCA / MSc

Tools

FAI

ROCKS

OpenHPC

Nagios

Job description

Overview

The International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (ICTS-TIFR), Bangalore invites applications from highly motivated and qualified individuals to work at the ICTS high performance computing center. Selected candidates will have the chance to work on state-of-the-art computing systems and technology and to work closely with scientists working on frontier research areas. ICTS has research groups in climate modeling, complex systems, gravitational wave astronomy, etc, and hosts a LIGO Tier-3 grid computing center.

Position: Technical Support Engineer (HPC/Networking)

Minimum qualification: B Tech / BE / MCA / MSc

Minimum experience: 1 year

Tenure: Initial appointment will be for six months which may be extended depending upon the performance.

Essential skills

• Experience in administering Debian and Red Hat Linux systems, including the installation, configuration, and maintenance of Linux services (DNS, DHCP, LDAP, VPN, etc), and Linux networking (TCP/IP protocols).
• Hands-on hardware and software troubleshooting experience (preferably in large-scale high performance computing environments).
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience in scripting in perl/python/bash and programming in C/Fortran/CUDA.
• Experience with Linux kernel modules, preferably for NVIDIA GPUs, and Mellanox InfiniBand cards.
• Familiarity with the cluster resource managers such as openPBS and HTCondor.
• Experience with MPI and openMP. Familiarity with using and troubleshooting Intel and GNU compilers.
• Experience with the installation and administration of Lustre and ZFS file systems.
• Experience with tools to deploy and manage HPC clusters, such as FAI, ROCKS, OpenHPC, Nagios, etc

Job Profile

• Monitoring, management and optimization of the data center facility and HPC clusters (including hardware and software).
• Provide user support for technical issues, code optimization, data management, etc.
• Active involvement in the expansion of the computing facilities and the associated infrastructure, expected in the near future.
• Documentation of the HPC environment as well as documenting system administration policies and procedures.

Age: 30 years[Age criteria will be relaxed appropriately for candidates with higher work experience (relevant) then essential experience required for the post.]

Salary: Salary will be commensurate with the candidate's experience, qualification and potential. The selected candidate will be required to join immediately.

How to Apply

Click here to apply online. Last date for submission of the online application is 05 January 2017.

Candidates may use the ICTS shuttles from the IISC or NCBS campus. Bus schedule is available on the ICTS website.

The institute reserves the right not to fill any post herein advertised or fill more vacancies. Canvassing in any form shall disqualify the candidate.