HPC Networking Engineer for Exascale Infra & Security

Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge (TN); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental Plan

Vision Plan

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Disability Benefits

Wellness Programs

Educational Assistance

Relocation Assistance

Parental Leave

Job summary

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) seeks a skilled network engineer to improve security, performance, and reliability of the NCCS computing infrastructure that supports top-tier supercomputers including Frontier.

You will work in the HPC Networking group within the Systems section to support all NCCS activities, with responsibilities spanning installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and capacity planning in a demanding research environment.

Qualifications

• BS degree in computer science or closely related field with 5+ years of network engineering and administration experience.
• Equivalent combination of education and networking experience considered.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain network system software.
• Define and implement best practices and standards.
• Diagnose network problems quickly and efficiently.
• Collaborate with users to transfer data to remote sites.
• Maintain and monitor network performance and health metrics.
• Analyze performance data to plan capacity and prevent issues.
• Incorporate security measures without compromising performance.
• Coordinate with cyber security staff for intrusion data.
• Participate in 24/7 on-call rotations and off-hour maintenance.
• Document network administration procedures.

Skills

Advanced networking

TCP/IP & Ethernet

Security requirements

Scripting (Perl, Python)

Packet capture tools

Switches/ Routers/ Firewalls

SNMP / NetFlow / sFlow

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) seeks a skilled network engineer to improve security, performance, and reliability of the NCCS computing infrastructure that supports top-tier supercomputers including Frontier.

You will work in the HPC Networking group within the Systems section to support all NCCS activities, with responsibilities spanning installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and capacity planning in a demanding research environment.