IT Systems Engineer V

ULSA University of Louisville; United States; On-site; USD 87,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Louisville is hiring an IT Systems Engineer V to lead management of its central research computing infrastructure, including supercomputing clusters, software, and scalable storage systems. The role involves hardware/software integration, performance tuning, and user support for advanced research workloads.

The position requires extensive Linux HPC experience, strong scripting, and the ability to work with faculty on grant-supported research computing enhancements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field and eight years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proven experience managing Linux-based HPC clusters and Lustre-like storage systems.
• Strong familiarity with SLURM and job scheduling in a research computing environment.
• Experience with Docker and Singularity containerization.
• Ability to develop technical documentation and support faculty on complex research software.

Responsibilities

• Design, operate and manage university research supercomputing and storage systems, and develop technical documentation.
• Manage a suite of specialized research software, including installation and administration of licenses and maintenance of OS and system software.
• Assist with specification, ordering and installation of new hardware, storage and networking.
• Monitor, tune performance, and configure job schedulers (SLURM) to optimize operation of supercomputing resources.
• Advise faculty, staff and students on using academic and supercomputing technology for large and complex applications.

Skills

Linux

SLURM

Python

Bash

Docker

Singularity

Cluster management

HPC

Job scheduling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Warewulf

CUDA/OpenCL

Open OnDemand

Red Hat/CentOS Linux

Job description

Department: Belknap Campus | Time Type: Full time | Worker Type: Regular | Job Req ID: R109119 | Minimum Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field and eight (8) years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Grade10 (Salaried)

Position Description: The University of Louisville is hiring an IT Systems Engineer V reporting to the Associate Vice Provost in ITS Research Computing department. This position is responsible for management and administration of the university’s central research computing infrastructure, including supercomputing clusters, software, and scalable storage systems. This position will work with all aspects of hardware and software systems including assisting with specification, ordering and installation of new hardware, storage and associated networking; installing and administering specialized research software; diagnosing and resolving software and hardware problems; working with hardware and software vendors, and assisting research faculty and users with operation of the systems. Requires highly experienced individual skilled at managing Linux-based supercomputing clusters, scalable parallel file systems (Lustre preferred) and university research applications.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, operate and manage highly complex university research supercomputing and storage systems, and develop technical documentation
• Manage a suite of specialized research software, including installation and administration of research software licenses and maintenance of OS and system support software
• Assist with specification, ordering and installation of new hardware, storage and associated networking
• Perform problem analysis and resolution, monitor and tune performance, configure job schedulers (SLURM) to optimize operation and performance of supercomputing resources
• Advise and assist faculty, staff and graduate students on effective uses of academic and supercomputing technology for large and complex applications, and assist with development, debugging, and optimization of specialized codes for research
• Work with faculty to develop research grant proposals to enhance research computing resources and fund extensions to existing centrally-managed systems
• Consult with users on handling protected data and support the management of the secure enclave on-prem and in Google cloud
• Complete special projects and other duties as assigned

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with Centos/RedHat Enterprise Linux; Linux Virtual Machine and Container Management, Firewalls; Scripting in BASH, Python
• Experience with scientific computing tools, libraries, and frameworks is a plus (e.g., MPI, OpenMP, CUDA, VASP, Gaussian, and Nextflow, Open OnDemand)
• Experience with the installation, configuration and administration of Docker and Singularity
• Experience with the installation, configuration and administration of cluster and job/resource management software (e.g., Slurm, Warewulf, DUO)
• Linux server installation, configuration and administration (OpenHPC, Redhat Enterprise 7/8, CentOS 7/8/Stream, Ubuntu), experience with SELinux is a plus
• Parallel and distributed file system (Lustre) experience is a plus, as well as knowledge of Ceph
• Experienced at installing and using databases – Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB
• Prior experience is configuring NIST 800-171 compliant HPC systems will be a plus

Target Compensation Maximum: $130,488.00

Target Compensation Minimum: $86,992.00

Compensation will be commensurate to candidate experience.

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