HPC Technical Expert/Functional Expert

Omega Enterprise Solutions; Maryland; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Omega Enterprise Solutions is a Maryland-based provider focusing on DoD/IC mission support. We seek an HPC Technical Expert to install, configure, and network UNIX/NT platforms, implement backup strategies, and ensure health of our IT infrastructure across HPC farms and clustered systems.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in CS or related field, 8+ years in large IT environments, and relevant certifications. A Security Clearance/Polygraph is required. Equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• Multi-vendor servers running HPC IT support requirements.
• Red Hat or SUSE with FC SAN storage or SSDs.
• Distributing computing tools such as ReS, LSF, and SLURM.
• HPC farm systems and MPP clustered systems with SPDs.
• XFS, GPFS and Lustre file systems.
• Pre-/Factory testing and system integration during purchase of HPC systems.
• Configuration, tuning, testing, and advanced troubleshooting of HPC infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Manage multi-vendor HPC servers and IT support for the HPC Division.
• Operate Red Hat/SuSE systems with FC SAN storage, ensuring health and performance.
• Deploy and tune distributed computing tools: ReS, LSF, SLURM.
• Maintain HPC farm systems and MPP clusters; support SPDs and blade servers.

Skills

Unix/Linux administration

HPC tools (LSF/SLURM)

Filesystems (XFS/GPFS/Lustre)

Monitoring (Nagios/xcat)

VMware certification

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

RHCSA or higher Red Hat certification

VMware certification

Tools

ReS

LSF

SLURM

Job description

Omega Enterprise Solutions is a Maryland-based, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) with a special focus on the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) mission and enabling technologies. We are building a team with shared values and a passion towards our Vision and Mission. Along with providing professional growth opportunities that are innovatively challenging and mission critical to our clients, we emphasize a life-focused everyday approach. We are committed to life-long learning and provide a life-coaching method of management to empower and inspire you to become the best version of yourself in pursuit of a happy, healthy, and fulfilling life.

Description

HPC Technical Expert experience shall include installation, configuration, and networking of UNIX and/or NT based platforms. This experience shall include: creating, modifying and deleting user accounts, performing system back-ups, and maintaining system configuration files. Individual shall have a fundamental understanding of operating systems and be familiar with either UNIX or NT commands or utilities at the user level. Experience shall include the installation and configuration of hardware, operating systems, and commercial software packages. Individual shall be able to develop and implement enterprise backup/recovery strategies, server configuration and consolidation, and verification of the health and status of the entire IT infrastructure. Individual shall be able to provide support for enterprise services such as DNS, NFS, email services, security protection mechanisms, and the interoperability of UNIX and NT based systems.

Responsibilities

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR IV FOR HPC must have the following qualifications required by the relevant TTO:

• Multi-vendor servers running numerous COTS, opensource, and in-house applications to accommodate HPC Division IT support requirements
• Multi-vendor servers running Red Hat of SuSe with direct attached, FC SAN storage or SSDs
• Distributing computing tools such as ReS, LSF, and SLURM
• HPC farm systems, HPC MPP clustered systems, Front End servers of Special Purpose devices (SPDs) IBM of HP Blade servers with FC/SAS/Network back end
• Multi-vendor filesystems such as XFS, GPFS and Lustre
• Pre-Factory testing, Factory testing, System integration and Acceptance testing during the purchase process of the HPS systems
• Configuration, tuning, testing, and advanced level troubleshooting and support of high performance filesystems such as XFS, GPFS and Lustre
• Advanced level troubleshooting and support ofHPC farm systems and associated applications such as Nagios, xcat, failover software, and compilers Working knowledge of HPC MPP systems
• Configuration, tuning, testing, and advanced level troubleshooting and support of distributed computing tools such as RES, LSF and SLURM.
• Configuration, tuning, testing, and advanced level troubleshooting of RedHat and SuSe operating systems
• Accepted professional certifications include:
  • Valid RHCSA or higher Red Hat certification
  • Valid VMWare certification

IAT Level 2 Certification Required

Qualifications

This Position requires an appropriate active Security Clearance and Polygraph.

HPC TECHNICAL EXPERT shall have a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field, and have at least eight (8) years in a large and complex IT environment providing industry and government recognized functional expertise. Or the individual shall have five (5) years of full lime computer science work that can substitute for the Bachelor's degree, and have at least eight years in a large and complex IT environment providing industry and government recognized functional expertise. A Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field may substitute for two (2) years experience. An industry recognized professional certification may substitute as one year experience.

Omega Enterprise Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants for employment are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class.