HPC Engineer
- Employer
- The University of Pittsburgh
- Location
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Salary
- Not specified
- Date posted
- Jul 31, 2017
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Education, Other Education, Science, Technology & Mathematics, Computer Sciences & Technology
- Employment Level
- Administrative
- Employment Type
- Full Time
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The University of Pittsburgh Computing Services and Systems
Development (CSSD) is seeking an High Performance Computing (HPC)
Engineer at the off-campus Network Operations Center (NOC). This is
an advanced technical position to administer and maintain various
HPC environments and other mission critical technology resources.
Responsible for ensuring continuity of service for University HPC
systems, and enterprise systems and services on UNIX & Linux
platforms. Duties include installation, configuration, and
day-to-day support of hardware, operating systems and system
administrative applications for HPC, Linux, and UNIX
infrastructures. The incumbent will coordinate and perform server
hardware and software upgrades, as well as monitor server
performance and network connectivity. The incumbent will also
monitor and resolve assigned customer trouble tickets associated
with the HPC infrastructure and other University systems. The
position is challenged with ensuring maximum availability and
highest level of performance for production and mission critical
technology resources.
Excellent knowledge of RHEL Linux file server operating systems and strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills are required. Seeking the following related skills:
-Red Hat Linux server administration experience
-Strong knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Servers (networking & storage)
-Experience patching Unix/Linux OS
-Familiarity with certificate renewals
-Solid experience decentralizing multi-server environments
-UNIX/Linux scripting
-High Availability and failover scenarios, load balanced environments
-Perl, Python, InfiniBand skills a plus
Must be willing to work day, evening, and night shifts as required to support a 24-hour, seven-day operation.
Applicants must provide three work related references (supervisory, whenever possible) as well as include their complete employment and salary history on their application.
-Experience with High Performance Computing environments (HPC)
-Experience with Scyld ClusterWare cluster management applications
-RedHat and Linux derivatives experience
-Experience in high bandwidth network fabrics like Infiniband or 10 Gigabit Ethernet
-Experience with Penguin Computing, Dell and IBM HPC hardware. Sun Solaris. EMC.
-Experience with Scyld Integrated Management Framework is a plus
-Application development background in C++, C#, and Java is a plus
-Knowledge of HPC job schedulers such as TORQUE and Scyld TaskMaster is a plus
-Familiarity of key protocols including TCP/IP, SSH, DNS, SMTP, SNMP, HTTP and LDAP, SAN
-Familiarity with network switch configurations involving IOS and complex VLANs
-Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
-Excellent customer service skills required
Excellent knowledge of RHEL Linux file server operating systems and strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills are required. Seeking the following related skills:
-Red Hat Linux server administration experience
-Strong knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Servers (networking & storage)
-Experience patching Unix/Linux OS
-Familiarity with certificate renewals
-Solid experience decentralizing multi-server environments
-UNIX/Linux scripting
-High Availability and failover scenarios, load balanced environments
-Perl, Python, InfiniBand skills a plus
Must be willing to work day, evening, and night shifts as required to support a 24-hour, seven-day operation.
Applicants must provide three work related references (supervisory, whenever possible) as well as include their complete employment and salary history on their application.
The University of Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and values equality of opportunity, human dignity and diversity. EEO/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled
Bachelor's degree (or equivalent in experience) preferably in computer science or related discipline. 6-9 years of total IT experience with at least 3 years experience administering and maintaining High Performance Computing environments with various server technologies. Incumbent should demonstrate experience and knowledge in the following:-Experience with High Performance Computing environments (HPC)
-Experience with Scyld ClusterWare cluster management applications
-RedHat and Linux derivatives experience
-Experience in high bandwidth network fabrics like Infiniband or 10 Gigabit Ethernet
-Experience with Penguin Computing, Dell and IBM HPC hardware. Sun Solaris. EMC.
-Experience with Scyld Integrated Management Framework is a plus
-Application development background in C++, C#, and Java is a plus
-Knowledge of HPC job schedulers such as TORQUE and Scyld TaskMaster is a plus
-Familiarity of key protocols including TCP/IP, SSH, DNS, SMTP, SNMP, HTTP and LDAP, SAN
-Familiarity with network switch configurations involving IOS and complex VLANs
-Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
-Excellent customer service skills required
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