Senior HPC Systems Administrator

Omega Enterprise Solutions, LLC; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An IT services provider in Maryland is seeking a Senior HPC Systems Administrator. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with system administration in large client-server enterprises, including UNIX and NT platforms. Key responsibilities include installing and configuring servers and supporting high-performance computing environments. Candidates must possess a Bachelor's degree, relevant certifications, and a valid security clearance. Excellent growth opportunities are available.

Qualifications

• Ten years of experience in system administration of large IT enterprises.
• IAT Level II Certification required.
• Active Security Clearance and Polygraph required.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and administer multi-vendor servers.
• Support HPC Division IT requirements with various computing tools.
• Conduct pre-factory and factory testing of HPC systems.

Skills

System administration

UNIX and NT commands

Networking

Backup/recovery strategies

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Industry recognized professional certification

Tools

Red Hat

SuSe

VMware

Job description

Overview

Senior HPC Systems Administrator

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 SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR IV shall have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, and have ten years of demonstrable experience in system administration and support of a large client-server based IT enterprise. Or the individual shall have five years of full time computer science work that can be substituted for the Bachelor’s degree, and have ten years of demonstrable experience in system administration and support of a large client-server based IT enterprise. An industry recognized professional certification may substitute as one year experience.

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.

IAT Level II Certification Required

This Position requires an appropriate active Security Clearance and Polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Installation, configuration, tuning, troubleshooting and administration of multi-vendor servers running numerous COTS, opensource, and in-house applications to accommodate HPC Division IT support requirements
• Multi-vendor servers running Red Hat or 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 or 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 HPC systems

Certifications

• Valid RHCSA or higher Red Hat certification
• Valid VMware certification

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.