Senior Systems Administrator (HPC Lab Integration & Development)

Fuse Engineering; Maryland; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Fuse Engineering in Maryland is seeking a System Administrator responsible for maintaining the customer’s High Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure, ensuring optimal network management and systems administration.

The ideal candidate will possess expertise in Linux, scripting with Bash/Python, and experience with networking. Responsibilities include troubleshooting, customer interfacing, and compliance with security policies.

Responsibilities

• Provide network management and systems administration for HPC infrastructure.
• Maintain and support the customer's HPC development environment.

Skills

Linux CLI

Bash/Python scripting

System administration

Network Appliance management

Troubleshooting and issue resolution

Big data frameworks (Splunk, Elastic Stack)

Linux configuration

Security compliance

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Automation tools (SaltStack, Ansible)

Tools

Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence)

Job description

Overview

The System Administrator shall be responsible for providing network management and systems administration to maintain the customer’s High Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure and HPC development environment.

Responsibilities

The System Administrator shall provide network management and systems administration to maintain the customer’s HPC infrastructure and development environment.

Required Skills

• Experience using the Linux CLI
• Experience developing scripts using Bash/Python
• Experience performing system administration including installation, configuration, and support of COTS/GOTS software, packages, and libraries in a Linux and Windows environment
• Experience with Network Appliance clustered servers and applicable software with direct attached FC SAN storage
• Experience with hands‑on troubleshooting, customer interfacing, issue resolution, discrepancy tracking, and report generation
• Familiarity with software frameworks used for searching, monitoring, and analyzing big data such as Splunk and Elastic Stack
• Experience with Linux configuration regarding storage, networking, load balancing, memory management, VMs, firewalls, and system monitoring
• Experience with corporate STE/STN security compliance policies, procedures, and tools
• Experience with corporate SSP accreditation processes
• Experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) principles and automation tools such as SaltStack and Ansible

Desired Skills

• Experience with the Atlassian Suite of Tools such as Jira and Confluence
• Experience with sanitization of hardware, firmware, and/or software removed from computing environment in accordance with USG policies and procedures