HPC Systems Engineer

Job ID: 255130
Location: Augusta University
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Regular/Temporary:

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About Us
Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 9,000 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences. Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today.

Location
Augusta University - Our Health Sciences Campus: 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912Our Summerville Campus: 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904

College/Department Information
The Division of Information Technology's mission at Augusta University is to anticipate and respond effectively to a changing world with agile, innovative, robust and secure services that educate and inspire students, empower clinicians, educators, researchers and administrators, advance learning, discovery and care.

Job Summary
This position provides functional and technical expertise in support of HPC systems operations, training and maintenance to customers, and works face-to-face with clients/customers that will be using the HPC cluster. Responsible for ensuring end user training takes place before access is granted to the HPC Cluster, and will support labs, training facilities, and general Information Technology (IT) office software and hardware.

Responsibilities
The job duties include, but are not limited to: SUPPORT ALL ASPECTS OF AUHPCS OPERATIONS- Support all aspects of AUHPCS operations, upgrades, patching, and expansion. Consult with users to adopt HPC environment best practices and facilitate productive use of HPC resources. Assist users in job submission and results analysis where applicable during and after HPC jobs are completed. Attend meetings as a representative of the Technology Services division, gathering requirements, understanding objectives, and providing analysis and feedback. - Ensure availability of existing HPC resources, monitoring all resources using relevant metrics and make recommendations for required and/or desired expansion efforts. - Monitor HPC and ancillary systems reporting and mitigating issues utilizing external support resources when necessary. - Deploy scientific applications in clusters and assist in the deployment of user managed applications. - Provide technical support and documentation for HPC service security, recoverability and access including deploying security, operating system, and cluster software patches. - Update step-by-step checklists for routine HPC functions. - Assist in documentation in support of maintenance, configuration, monitoring, and management of enterprise HPC components, devices, applications, and systems. ESTABLISH & MAINTAIN KEY RELATIONSHIPS-Establish and maintain key relationships with customers, vendors and business owners WORK WITH VENDORS, CONTRACTORS, & THIRD PARTIES-Work with vendors, contractors, anD third parties to assess partnership opportunities and establish relationships. OTHER DUTIES-Perform all other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a related field of study with 5 years' experience in a relevant field of work to include 3 years' experience administering complex LAN/WAN environments running multiple server and PC operating systems, such as AIX, Linux, and Windows in support of enterprise HPC Systems or an Associate's degree from an accredited college or university in a related field of study with 7 years' experience in a relevant field of work to include 4 years' experience administering complex LAN/WAN environments running multiple server and PC operating systems, such as AIX, Linux, and Windows in support of enterprise HPC Systems or High School diploma, GED or equivalent from a recognized State or Federal accrediting organization with 9 years' experience in a relevant field of work to include 6 years related administering complex LAN/WAN environments running multiple server and PC operating systems, such as Al X, Linux, and Windows in support of enterprise HPC Systems.

Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in related field of study with eight years' experience in a relevant field of work to include four years' experience administering complex complex LAN/WAN environments running multiple server and PC operating systems such as AIX, Linux, and Windows in support of enterprise HPC Systems Advanced knowledge of, and extended experience in, RedHat Enterprise Linux Systems while maintaining a Bright clustered HPC environment. Strong experience administering Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems - Experience administering clusters utilizing Bright Computer Cluster Manager software - Experience with configuration management tools such as ansible, chef, puppet, and salt - Experience with HPC application deployment tools (e.g. Easybuild) - Experience with HPC based genomics/bioinformatics -applications - Experience participating in a formal project management framework.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
KNOWLEDGEExperience in HPC orchestration stack installation, administration, and patching Experience with Linux HPC clusters and workload managers, preferably SLURM Experience with high performance storage and parallel file systems (e.g. GPFS, Lustre) Experience in cloud based HPC implementations (e.g. Azure, VMWare) Experience with MPI software such as Intel, openMPI, and MPICH/MVAPICH2 Experience with compiler software like Fortran, GCC, Intel, and NVIDIA Experience with languages such as Perl, Python, R, C, Fortran, and CUDA Experience with batch programming and Linux shell scripting Experience with HPC fast interconnects (e.g. 10/40 Gigabit Ethernet, infiniband) Experience with Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA hardware platforms used in HPC environments Experience with CPU/GPU application environments and parallel invocation -Experience with scientific software workflows and pipelines Experience with deploying and managing Linux applications in an LMOD framework Experience building and customizing software from source Experience with Linux container development, preferably Singularity Experience with multi-tier HPC application deployment Experience utilizing debugging applications, utilities, and logs for problem isolation SKILLSEfficient planning and execution skills Strong interpersonal skills Good presentation skills Good knowledge of current HPC technologies ABILITIESAbility to work effectively to investigate and resolve complex hardware and software issues -Ability to help users recognize and mitigate job performance problems Ability to successfully contribute to large complex projects with strict time constraints and budgets

Shift/Salary/Benefits
Shift: Days/M-F *Work Outside Normal Business Hours May Be Required*

Pay Grade: 20

Salary MinimumL $55,869.00/annually - $75,423.00/annually

Salary to be commensurate with qualifications of the selected candidate within the established range (generally minimum-midpoint) of the position

Recruitment Period: 2/21/2023 - Until Filled

Augusta University offers a variety of benefits to full-time benefits-eligible employees and some of our half-time (or more) employees.

Benefits that may be elected could include health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, Teachers Retirement System (or Optional Retirement Plan), as well as earned vacation time, sick leave, and 13 paid holidays.

Also, our full-time employees who have been employed with us successfully for more than 6 months can be considered for the Tuition Assistance Program. Consider applying with us today!

Conditions of Employment
All selected candidates are required to successfully pass a Background Check review prior to starting with Augusta University. All employees are responsible for ensuring the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of sensitive [patient, student, employee, financial, business, etc.] information by exercising sound judgment and adhering to cybersecurity and privacy policies during their employment and beyond.

Other Information

This position is also responsible for promoting a customer-friendly environment and providing superior service to our patients, students, faculty, and employees. "Augusta University is a patient-and family-centered care institution, where employees partner every day with patients and families for success."

Augusta University is a tobacco-free environment, and the use of any tobacco products on any part of the campus, both inside and outside, is strictly prohibited.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Augusta University is proud to be an equal opportunity employer welcoming applicants from underrepresented groups, including individuals with disabilities and veterans.

How To Apply
Consider applying with us today! https://www.augusta.edu/hr/jobs/Select University Faculty & Staff > External Applicants if you are a candidate from outside the universitySelect University Faculty & Staff > Internal Applicants if you are a current university employee If you need further assistance, please contact us at 706-721-9365

To apply, visit https://careers.hprod.onehcm.usg.edu/psp/careers/CAREERS/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=12000&JobOpeningId=255130&PostingSeq=1

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