HPC Systems Administrator

About FIU

Florida International University is a Top 50, preeminent public research university with 55,000 students from all 50 states and more than 140 countries, as well as an alumni network of more than 340,000. Located in the global city of Miami, the university offers more than 200 degree programs at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels, including medicine and law. FIU faculty are leaders in their fields and include National Academy members, Fulbright Scholars and Mac Arthur Genius Fellows.

A Carnegie R1 institution, FIU drives impactful research in environmental resilience, health and technology and innovation. Home to the Wall of Wind and Institute of Environment, FIU stands at the forefront of discovery and innovation. With a focus on student success, economic mobility and community engagement, FIU is redefining what it means to be a public research university.

Manages and supports high performance computing clusters, computational computing infrastructures and specialized research, science, engineering, and mathematics applications used in computational computing environments. Supports management, tuning, operating systems, parallel file systems, automating deployment of compute nodes, managing and tuning, specialized storage environments, login nodes, and HPC scheduling systems.

• Administers and supports server operating systems and research application environments. Includes: compiling, installation and testing of patches, performance monitoring, and tuning.
• Assists the IT Associate Director implementing computational technology projects.
• Manages infrastructure such as, but not limited to, cabling, storage system, SAN switches, infiniband switches, network switches, server racks, and rack power infrastructure, as needed.
• Provides support for end user service requests.
• Interprets and implements policies and procedures as they apply to an assigned area.
• May recommend changes on policy and procedures as necessary.
• Performs essential duties in any emergencies such as hurricanes, public health emergencies, and/or any other university emergency closing. The employee is expected to be available to report to work as needed during university emergency closing with appropriate notification of a department administrator.
• Troubleshoots and resolves complex systems or applications issues.
• Works closely with the IT Associate Director in managing the HPC job scheduler.
• Manages computational computing storage systems, including parallel file systems.
• Uses tools, scripts or programming, the automation of routine tasks are required to reduce manual workload, improve response time and to ensure system reliability.
• Creates and maintains documentation for all servers, applications, tools, scripts, and procedures.
• Researches new technologies and makes technology recommendations to lead HPC Systems Administrator or appropriate director.
• Creates HPC systems and application environment designs, which should include performance, fault tolerance, fail-over and disaster recovery considerations. Makes recommendations to Lead HPC Systems Administrator or appropriate director.

Bachelor's degree in an information technology related field; OR four (4) years of experience in an information technology related field; OR an equivalent combination of relevant education and/or experience.

• Experience with administration and programming Linux computational computing clusters.
• Experience working with HPC job schedulers, Slurm scheduler preferred
• Experience and understanding of parallel file systems is preferred.

Administrative

$65,000 - $75,000

Begin time: 8:30 AM

End time: 5:00 PM

Expanded Background Check

• Ability to work evenings and weekends.
• Ability to work flexible hours as needed.
• Travel to FIU Campus
• Must be available 24/7 for possible emergency situations.

Prospective Employee

If you have not created a registered account, you will be asked to create a username and password for use of the system. It is recommended that you provide an active/valid e-mail account as that will be the main source of communication regarding your status within the process. In this account, you are able to track your applicant status in "
My Applications
".

To be considered eligible for the position as an internal candidate, departmental staff must meet minimum requirements of the position and be in good performance standing.

Before you begin the process, we recommend that you are prepared to attach electronic copies of your resume, cover letter or any other documents within the application process. It is recommended that you combine your cover letter and resume/curriculum vitae into one attachment. Attached documents should be in Microsoft Word or PDF format. All applicants are required to complete the online application including work history and educational details (if applicable), even when attaching a resume.

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