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HPC Engineer

Employer
The University of Pittsburgh
Location
Pennsylvania, United States
Salary
Not specified
Date posted
Jul 31, 2017
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.

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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