Senior Linux Systems Admin & DevOps for HPC

ASRC Federal; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ASRC Federal in Mountain View, CA, proudly supports NASA's Ames Research Center HPC program. We are seeking a Senior Linux Systems Administrator/DevOps Engineer to join the Infrastructure team and maintain hundreds of Linux systems, HCI clusters, and VMs in a PaaS environment.

You will lead Tier 3 operations, develop Ansible/RHEL provisioning, monitor performance, ensure NASA security requirements, and mentor staff on best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related field.

Responsibilities

• Maintain impeccable customer relations with a highly scientific and technical user base.
• Day-to-day operations of Linux systems and HCI clusters as part of a Tier 3 team.
• Tier 3 operational escalation of supported services and documentation.
• Maintain System in a Platform-as-a-Service environment.
• Develop and Manage for the Ansible/RHEL provisioning environment.
• Proactively monitor, analyze and correct system issues.
• System performance analysis and tuning.
• Lead DevOps initiatives and collaborate across teams.
• Serve as a senior escalation point with service ownership.
• Lead projects under Site Lead, Project Coordinator, and Infrastructure Systems Manager oversight.
• Maintain systems with SLAs across business hours to 24x7 readiness.
• Ensure all systems meet NASA security requirements.
• Create/maintain documentation and knowledge bases.
• Co-own Tier 2 services including Linux workstations and Mac management with NASA integration.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Linux administration

DevOps practices

Ansible

RHEL

VMware

Scripting (Bash, Python)

OpenShift

Git

Customer support

NASA security/compliance

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or related field

Tools

RHEL Satellite

VMware vSphere

Git

Job description

ASRC Federal in Mountain View, CA, proudly supports NASA's Ames Research Center HPC program. We are seeking a Senior Linux Systems Administrator/DevOps Engineer to join the Infrastructure team and maintain hundreds of Linux systems, HCI clusters, and VMs in a PaaS environment.

You will lead Tier 3 operations, develop Ansible/RHEL provisioning, monitor performance, ensure NASA security requirements, and mentor staff on best practices.