Senior System Administrator(HPC)

Role: Sr. HPC Administrator

Desired Experience Range: 7 - 12 yrs

Notice Period: Immediate to 60 Days only

Location of Requirement: Bangalore

JOB DESCRIPTION

Strong experience in providing support for Linux HPC clusters.

Strong working knowledge on Following:

o IBM Platform LSF 9 and 10 administration.

o Redhat Enterprise Linux Administration.

o Lustre Parallel File system.

o Mellanox Infiniband Connectivity.

o Cluster Manager Administration (HPCM or xCAT)

o SSSD & NIS Authentication mechanisms.

o Bash & Python scripting.

o Ansible playbooks.

Experience of Abaqus, and CFD application (Fluent and StarCCM..etc.,)

Strong knowledge of application installations and version management on shared file systems.

IT infrastructure Technical Operation Management under ITIL framework

Security compliance and remediation management.

Intermediate Level

DevOps, ITIL, Agile, Safe (certifications are desirable)

Responsibilities

Installation, configuration, troubleshooting and administration of Linux HPC clusters (compute,

storage, and network) and applications in support of CAE environments.

Monitor and analyze LSF job queues and resource utilization to optimize workload management.

Troubleshoot and resolve any issues with LSF and its components, including master servers, compute

nodes, and resource managers.

Collaborate with users to understand their HPC requirements and design LSF job workflows to meet

their needs.

Develop and maintain LSF documentation, including standard operating procedures, installation

guides, and troubleshooting procedures.

Develop and maintain LSF scripts for automation and task scheduling.

Diagnose and troubleshoot complex RHEL OS, application and HPC cluster technical problems.

Interact with hardware and software vendors for external support.

Develop and maintain technical solution documents (TSD) and standard operating procedures(SOP).

Keep all HPC infrastructure systems/servers/devices up to date and working condition to enhance

business continuity.

Design and implement HPC network topology, including Mellanox connectivity.

Create and maintain HPC capacity planning and periodical cluster utilization reports.

Troubleshoot Abaqus, StarCCM+ and Fluent applications, and resolve any issues in a timely manner.

Develop and maintain scripts for automation and task scheduling using Python and Bash scripting.