HPC Cloud Systems Administrator

RedLine Performance Solutions; College Park (MD); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) match

Paid time off

Job summary

RedLine Performance Solutions seeks an HPC/Cloud Systems Administrator to support on-premise and cloud HPC installations for research teams. The role emphasizes security, Linux system administration, configuration management and networking, with 24x7 support in a production environment.

US citizenship and ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance are required. This remote, full-time position offers benefits including PTO, 401(k) match and health care coverage.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years RedHat, Rocky, and/or CentOS Linux system administration experience.
• Experience in a large, production environment with potential leadership for the technical solution.
• Experience with configuring, deploying and managing major system areas such as batch system, network, data storage, backup system, database system, or distributed computing.
• Experience with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible)
• Ability to work 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.

Responsibilities

• Integration and configuration of compute resources and service nodes
• All software installations on compute resources, services nodes, and parallel filesystems
• Develop/implement system and performance monitoring and benchmarking
• Maintain system documentation
• Evaluate performance impacts of planned operating system changes
• Lead resource optimization and job scheduling software and policies
• Provide technical support to researchers using HPC resources, troubleshoot problems and develop appropriate computational strategies
• Provide emergency support on a 24x7 basis.
• Provide technical leadership and direction for other team members.

Skills

HPC system administration

Batch systems

Linux system administration

Configuration management

Networking

Technical leadership

Tools

Ansible

Job description

RedLine Performance Solutions (RedLine) has been in the HPC solutions engineering services business for 26 years and is consistently determined to keep the "bar of excellence" quite high for new hires. This enables RedLine to accomplish what other firms cannot and promotes a high level of staff retention. We offer services ranging from full life cycle HPC systems engineering to remote managed services to HPC program analysis.

RedLine is looking for a High Performance Computing (HPC)/Cloud Systems Administrator to join our team. This position will work on various on-premise and cloud-based installations in support of customers who have a wide range of requirements. The candidate will be an experienced individual with a strong security, Linux, HPC, configuration management, systems automation and networking background.

This position supports customers who deliver mission-critical programs, providing life-changing and economy shaping services. By ensuring the success of their technical programs, you will be directly contributing to efforts that protect the public, drive economy, and improve people's lives.

US citizenship and the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance is a requirement to apply. This is a remote position. This full-time position offers a full benefits package including paid time off, 401k match, and health care benefits.

Job Responsibilities

• Integration and configuration of compute resources and service nodes
• All software installations on compute resources, services nodes, and parallel filesystems
• Develop/implement system and performance monitoring and benchmarking
• Maintain system documentation
• Evaluate performance impacts of planned operating system changes
• Lead resource optimization and job scheduling software and policies
• Provide technical support to researchers using HPC resources, troubleshoot problems and develop appropriate computational strategies
• Provide emergency support on a 24x7 basis.
• Provide technical leadership and direction for other team members.

Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years RedHat, Rocky, and/or CentOS Linux system administrator experience.
• Experience in a large, production environment with potential leadership for the technical solution.
• Demonstrated ability to configure, deploy and manage major system areas such as batch system, network, data storage, backup system, database system, or distributed computing
• Experience with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible)
• 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.

Preferred Skills

• HPC system administration experience is highly preferred.
• Experience with batch systems (e.g., SLURM)
• Experience managing parallel and cluster file systems (e.g., Lustre)
• Network management experience, including in an HPC context (e.g., InfiniBand)