Linux Systems Administrator

Veriipro; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Veriipro in Miami, FL seeks a Linux Systems Administrator to support HPC and AI research computing infrastructure. You will perform Linux administration, cluster management, troubleshooting, and performance tuning to optimize compute workloads.

Ideal candidates bring hands-on experience with HPC clusters and Slurm, plus experience supporting grant-funded research environments. You will collaborate with research, engineering, and infrastructure teams to ensure reliable operations and scalable

Qualifications

• Hands-on Linux server administration experience.
• Experience supporting HPC or computational computing clusters.
• Experience with HPC job schedulers, preferably Slurm.
• Experience installing, upgrading, patching, configuring, and maintaining Linux systems and applications.
• Strong knowledge of storage infrastructure, networking, and server hardware.
• Strong troubleshooting, systems analysis, and performance-tuning skills.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure and system-level issues.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and support Linux server environments across HPC infrastructure.
• Support and maintain HPC and computational computing clusters, ensuring system availability and performance.
• Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and maintain Linux operating systems, applications, and system software.
• Support and administer HPC job scheduling environments, preferably Slurm.
• Monitor system health, resource utilization, performance, and capacity across Linux and HPC environments.
• Troubleshoot complex operating system, application, networking, storage, and hardware issues.
• Perform system and application performance tuning to optimize compute workloads.
• Support storage infrastructure, server hardware, networking, and high-performance computing components.
• Assist with deployment, configuration, and maintenance of AI and GPU-based computing infrastructure.
• Collaborate with research, engineering, infrastructure, and application teams to support computational workloads.
• Maintain system documentation, operational procedures, and technical standards.
• Support upgrades, migrations, and infrastructure improvements while minimizing service disruption.
• Identify opportunities to improve system reliability, performance, automation, and operational efficiency.

Skills

Linux admin

HPC clusters

Slurm

Performance tuning

Troubleshooting

Storage networking

Documentation

Job description

We are seeking a Linux Systems Administrator with experience supporting High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments, AI clusters, and research computing infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have strong Linux administration, cluster management, troubleshooting, and performance-tuning skills. Experience supporting research or scientific computing environments, particularly grant-funded research environments, is highly preferred.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and support Linux server environments across enterprise and HPC infrastructure.
• Support and maintain HPC and computational computing clusters, ensuring system availability and performance.
• Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and maintain Linux operating systems, applications, and system software.
• Support and administer HPC job scheduling environments, preferably Slurm.
• Monitor system health, resource utilization, performance, and capacity across Linux and HPC environments.
• Troubleshoot complex operating system, application, networking, storage, and hardware issues.
• Perform system and application performance tuning to optimize compute workloads.
• Support storage infrastructure, server hardware, networking, and high-performance computing components.
• Assist with deployment, configuration, and maintenance of AI and GPU-based computing infrastructure.
• Collaborate with research, engineering, infrastructure, and application teams to support computational workloads.
• Maintain system documentation, operational procedures, and technical standards.
• Support upgrades, migrations, and infrastructure improvements while minimizing service disruption.
• Identify opportunities to improve system reliability, performance, automation, and operational efficiency.

Required Qualifications

• Hands-on experience administering Linux server environments.
• Experience supporting HPC or computational computing clusters.
• Experience with HPC job schedulers, preferably Slurm.
• Experience installing, upgrading, patching, configuring, and maintaining Linux systems and applications.
• Strong knowledge of storage infrastructure, networking, and server hardware.
• Strong troubleshooting, systems analysis, and performance-tuning skills.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure and system-level issues.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting AI clusters, GPU infrastructure, or AI-focused computing environments.
• Experience with parallel file systems.
• Experience supporting research, scientific, academic, or computational computing environments.
• Experience supporting grant-funded research infrastructure.
• Knowledge of SAN, InfiniBand, and high-performance networking technologies.
• Familiarity with automation, scripting, monitoring, and infrastructure management tools.
• Experience working in large-scale distributed computing environments.