High Performance Computing Administrator III

What you'll do

• Manage the day-to-day operations, monitoring, and maintenance of the production HPC cluster.
• Provide third-level technical support for engineering workstations and remote visualization systems.
• Manage interactive and batch processes, ensuring scheduled tasks and backups complete on time.
• Perform proactive failure trend analysis and root cause analysis for all system failures.
• Design, build, and configure large-scale production HPC systems and networking platforms.
• Create and execute thorough upgrade plans that comply with corporate policies and industry best practices.
• Provide 24x7 on-call support and technical leadership during system upgrades and outages.
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies to improve productivity and reduce total cost of ownership.

What we're looking for

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related curriculum or equivalent experience.
• 7 years of experience in an HPC or scientific computing environment.
• Experience installing, configuring, and maintaining RedHat Package Manager (RPM)-based Linux distributions.
• Proficiency in Linux installation, configuration, command-line, and package management.
• Mastery of cluster deployment and configuration management tools like Satellite/Foreman, Warewulf, Ansible, Puppet, and Terraform.
• Ability to script administrative tasks in Bash, Python, Perl, or similar languages.
• Experience designing, deploying, and administering HPC networking platforms like InfiniBand and RoCE.
• Experience with enterprise infrastructure tools including DNS, DHCP, PXE, and identity management.
• Experience with HPC storage systems like Lustre, VAST, or FlashArray (preferred).
• Experience with virtualization platforms like VMWare, HyperV, or ProxMox (preferred).
• Experience with vulnerability scanning and compliance standards like CIS or STIG (preferred).