Job Description :
Hi,
Sr. Linux Administrator
6 months contract
Greenbelt, MD
Interview: Phone and F2F or Skype for non-local
Key Skills: high performance clusters, scripting experience and RedHat/RHEL
· The successful candidate will apply in-depth HPC and Linux expertise to collaborate with stakeholders across IT and domain disciplines to expand HPC use in support of world class, cutting-edge scientific research.
· You will collaborate with researchers understanding their scientific pipelines, implementing efficient, technical solutions.
· You will develop functional and technical IT system requirements and specifications, conduct needs analysis, planning and scheduling the installation of a wide variety of new or modified hardware/software.
· You will advise on HPC technology directions and investments and make technical presentations to other technical personnel and department leadership.
· The High Performance Computing Engineers will be responsible at various levels for the architecture design, life-cycle upgrades, and feature enhancements for core high performance compute clusters designed to support a variety of areas - such as genomics, molecular dynamics, proteomics, phylogentics, and deep learning research.
· You may develop and implement innovative and complex solutions, ensuring that upgrades and changes comply with established guidelines and processes.
· You will monitor and report on cluster performance, install and configure complex bioinformatics applications, and assist with the resolution of the most difficult system problems. You may help further develop and execute high performance computing solutions using cluster/grid technologies.
· You will have the opportunity to become a leading expert on high performance computing and mentor colleagues.
Required:
· 5 - 10+ years of experience with Linux/Unix variants, especially RedHat/RHEL and its derivatives
· 3+ years of experience supporting high performance clusters (ideally with Grid Engine experience in any variant)
· Scripting experience (Perl, Python, Ruby, R, bash, etc
· Able to clearly present ideas to both technical and non-technical users in formal and informal settings
· Demonstrated decision-making skills and leadership ability to assist with management of project portfolio and daily operations for team
Desired:
· Hands-on experience supporting IBM Spectrum Scale (formerly GPFS)
· Demonstrated working knowledge of popular bioinformatics applications and ability to compile, package, install, and upgrade software as well as assist researchers with configuring job submission scripts and troubleshooting application issues
· Automation/configuration management experience (Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Salt, etc
· SAN/NAS hardware experience
· Experience architecting and supporting Infiniband networks
· Experience running parallel jobs with OpenMP or MPI
· Knowledge of GPU computation and CUDA
· Experience configuring and running BrightCluster Management Software