Sr Associate System Administrator

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Manage infrastructure that supports high-performance computing (HPC) environments that support research work such as data science, computational chemistry, structural biology and image analysis.
• Install and maintain operating systems and application software that support research work.
• Ensure HPC systems are secure, reliable, scalable and cost-effective.
• Provide documentation, training and technical support to scientists using HPC systems.
• Continuously upgrade skills and knowledge in line with the evolving scientific computing landscape.
• Ensure effective communication between stakeholders, including conveying technical ideas to both business and technology partners.

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Basic Qualifications:

• Master s degree with 5- 9 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field with hands-on Linux system administration OR
• Bachelor s degree with 5- 9years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field with hands-on Linux system administration

Preferred Qualifications:

• Must-Have Skills:Linux/Unix system administration
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-code technologies such as Ansible, Docker or Terraform.
• Good-to-Have Skills:Experience in cloud computing (preferably AWS) and cloud architecture.
• Experience supporting research in healthcare life sciences and familiarity with administration of scientific software tools such as Schrodinger, CryoSparc, SBGrid
• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and service mesh architectures.
• Experience in an Agile development environment.
• Proficiency with job scheduling and resource management tools (SLURM, PBS, LSF, etc. ).
• Understanding of networking architecture and security best practices.

Professional Certifications:

• SAFe for Teams certification (preferred)
• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator (preferred)

Soft Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams
• Effective communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, cloud-first environment.