Senior HPC Systems Administrator

Omega Enterprise Solutions; Maryland; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Omega Enterprise Solutions is a Maryland-based SDVOSB seeking an HPC System Administrator IV to install, configure, and maintain UNIX/NT platforms and support enterprise services in a large client-server IT environment.

You will manage backups, file systems, and HPC clusters, while working with ReS, LSF, and SLURM. A Bachelor's degree or 5 years experience, plus ten years in the field, and an active clearance with polygraph are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or 5 years of relevant experience.
• 10 years of demonstrable system administration experience.
• Experience with UNIX or NT based platforms.
• Ability to develop/implement backup and recovery strategies.
• Support for enterprise services: DNS, NFS, email, security mechanisms.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, tune, troubleshoot and administer systems.
• Manage HPC server farms and multi-vendor HPC systems.
• Work with Red Hat or SUSE Linux distributions.
• Manage file systems: XFS, GPFS, Lustre.
• Support pre-/Factory/system integration and acceptance testing.
• RHCSA or higher, VMware certification preferred.

Skills

System administration

UNIX/NT knowledge

Backups

Networking

DNS

NFS

Email services

Security mechanisms

UNIX/NT interoperability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

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 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

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

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 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
• Accepted professional certifications include:
  • 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.