Senior System Administrator to monitor, maintain, troubleshoot and support nodes in a high-performance computing environment for a telecommunications clien

Our valued Public Sector client is in need of a Senior System Administrator to monitor, maintain, troubleshoot and support nodes in a high-performance computing environment for a telecommunications client.

Background:

The senior systems andministrator provides the technical leadership and specialist expertise required for the operation and support of the client environment running within a high-performance compute environment (HPC).

Responsibilities:

• Identify, diagnose, and resolve level two problems for users of the software and hardware, LAN and WAN, VPN, the Internet, mobile devices, and new computer technology; communicate solutions to end-users.
• Manage day-day operations and support of the HPC environment (Linux).
• Take ownership of capacity, availability and performance of the HPC cluster(s).
• Support end users in the submission and management of jobs based on Slurm and OpenHPC.
• Migrate existing nodes as required to Linux.
• Implement patches and upgrades to Linux, Slurm and OpenHPC as required.
• Install new servers and storage, build new clusters, configure and manage Linux distributions, hypervisors (KVM) and tooling.

Must-Have Skills:

• 8+ years experience as a Systems Administrator
• Experience working in High-performance computing environments (HPC)
• In-depth and demonstrated experience in the installation and operation of Linux platforms in an Enterprise environment (Ubuntu/RedHat).
• Experience in the use of KVM or other hypervisors.
• Experience in HPC tools such as Slurm, OpenHPC, LSF or GridEngine.
• Demonstrated knowledge of HPC clusters and use cases.
• Identity management using Microsoft Identity Manager and Azure AD Connect.

Nice to Have Skills:

• Industry certifications such as MCSE, CISSP are a strong asset.