HPC System Engineer (Linux)

Company: ASRC Federal
Location: Mountain View
Posted on: February 22, 2021

Job Description:

What a GREAT OPPORTUNITY to be an active member of the ASRC Federal account team supporting the High Performance Computing (HPC) systems at NASA Ames Research Center. The team supports a 11,000+ node, 7.24 petaflop supercomputer system with over 50 petabytes of temporary storage and an exabyte capable archive system connected in one of the world's largest InfiniBand fabrics. ASRC Federal InuTeq is seeking a HPC Engineer (Linux) for our NASA NACS High Performance Computing contract which provides High Performance Computing services throughout the HPC lifecycle for computational requirements, architecture, acquisition, and operations to federal government customers. Our employees embrace innovation and are committed to a culture of continuous, standards-driven process improvement and assimilation of industry best practices. This individual must have a good understanding of general system administration and the Linux operating system is desired. The individual at this skill level must be able to demonstrate the ability to develop complex scripts, have a strong understanding of the functionality of computer systems/operating systems and be able to identify and solve unique problems associated with complex Linux based HPC environment. The individual should have experience in mentoring and leading others in small team environments.

• Day to day operations of the Linux HPC clusters and storage systems
• Proactively monitor, analyze, and correct system issues
• Developing scripts to automate repetitive tasks or tools to enhance support of HPC systems
• System performance analysis and tuning
• Building, installing and supporting user requested software
• Support HPC technology evaluations and assessments
• Provide significant escalated user support in resolving issues and managing support tickets requests in Remedy
• Rotating 24x7 on-call support and after hours support as required Skills/Qualifications:
  • Bachelor degree in computer science, engineering or related fields and coursework or internships in high performance computing environments that utilized excellent Linux administration skills
  • A minimum of 4-8 years of Linux system administration coursework or internship experience within a clustered or datawarehouse environment
  • Hands-on experience with administrating Linux systems.
  • Computer science background with the ability to quantify, analyze and resolve complex HPC system issues.
  • Ability to developing scripts in Perl or Python
  • Experience with system configuration management tools and revision control software a plus
  • Good organization skills to balance and prioritize work, and ability to multitask
  • Good communication skills and can communicate effectively with staff , customers, and managers
  • Strong work habits and the ability to work independently as well as within a group setting
  • ship is required for the Public Trust Clearance Preferred Skills:
    • One to 4-8 years of HPC/High Performance Computing experience
    • Experience with operating and maintaining Lustre filesystems, PBSPro batch scheduler, or DMF
    • Ability to write Fortran and MPI code
    • Experience developing RFPs and evaluating vendor proposals for technical merit
    • Experience with Linux kernel development and the Linux development community
    • Experience with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform), OpenStack, and Kubernetes ASRC Federal and its Subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, gender, color, age, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, religion, marital status, ancestry, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other factor prohibited by applicable law . - provided by Dice

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