Senior Research Computing Systems Engineer

Women in HPC; Burlington (VT); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Women in HPC is seeking a Research Computing Systems Engineer in Vermont to provide expert support for HPC systems at the Vermont Advanced Computing Center (VACC) and to help build and maintain state-of-the-art HPC solutions for researchers at the University of Vermont.

You will work on HPC hardware, large-scale storage, and cluster software such as Slurm and Open OnDemand, collaborating with IT staff to install, maintain, and support research software used by the UVM research community.

Qualifications

• Experience operating and supporting high performance computing (HPC) systems.
• Experience with cluster software and research software deployment.
• Scripting skills for automation and user support.

Responsibilities

• Support HPC hardware, large-scale storage, cluster software and researcher software in the VACC.
• Install, maintain and support research software and tools used by the UVM research community.
• Collaborate with IT staff to respond to researcher requests with guidance on software installation and troubleshooting.
• Assess faculty needs and adjust compute resources to meet research and academic needs.
• Help expand HPC use into classrooms and educational contexts.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts to manage HPC resources.

Skills

HPC systems

Slurm

Cluster administration

Open OnDemand

Scripting

Linux

Storage systems

GPU computing

Tools

Slurm

OpenOnDemand

Job description

Posting Summary

This Research Computing Systems Engineer position provides expert support for the Vermont Advanced Computing Center’s (VACC) research computing systems and helps build and maintain state-of-the art high performance computing (HPC) solutions for our researchers. This position joins a team that supports the HPC hardware, large-scale storage systems, cluster software, and researcher software in the VACC.

TheVACChas four research clusters, including multi-thousand core “big compute” resources andGPU-focused resources, and a massive in-memory database cluster. This position will support theVACCcomputing and storage hardware infrastructure, as well as research computing software such as Slurm, OpenOnDemand and related technologies. This position directly supports UVM’s goal of enhancing IT resources and infrastructure available to theUVMresearch community.

The position will work with otherVACCIT staff to install, maintain, and support research software and tools used by theUVMresearch community. In collaboration with Research Computing Facilitators, this position will respond to a wide range of requests submitted by researchers, providing guidance and expertise in software installation and troubleshooting.

This position will assess the needs of our faculty, helping adjust theVACCcompute resources to better meet their needs for research and academic purposes. The position will actively support academic use ofVACCresources, working with faculty to expandHPCinto the classroom.

Scripting is an important skill for this position, both for cluster administration, and for helping users take advantage of theVACCcluster. A change to any part of theVACCresources is likely to affect hundreds of users, working on millions of dollars of research, so systematic attention to detail, careful planning and judgement are critical.