HPC Linux System Administrator

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Are you passionate abouthuman space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and workingwith a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we needyou!     

We need your talent,teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people allover the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds tohelp us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the explorationof space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what wedo, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA’spursuits in deep space exploration. As NASA’s largest engineering solutionsprovider working together with NASA at centers across the United States. 

We have an excitingopportunity for a HPC Linux System Administrator to join theteam with GCS, a teammate company.

Requisition Description:

Are you excited aboutsupporting NASA human spaceflight?  If so, this could be the position foryou.  We have the need for an experienced HPC System Administrator atJohnson Space Center (JSC).  This position, working on the Amentum JETS contract,will support the Flight Sciences Laboratory (FSL).

The FSL is one of JSC'sprimary compute labs and hosts a wide variety of analyses, which support allhuman-spaceflight programs at NASA including the International Space Station(ISS), Orion, Space Launch System (SLS), Commercial Crew Program, Human LandingSystem (HLS), Moon Base and many others.  The FSL systems are currentlycomprised of over 700 machines, 26,000 cores and over 10 PB of storage, whichserve more than 1000 users.

In this position you will beworking with a team of HPC System Administrators to build and maintain all FSLservices. This will include High Performance Compute (HPC) administration,high-end Linux workstation administration, high-speed networking, High-speedparallel filesystem administration, and more.

Some of the skillset we arelooking for this position is a deep understanding of container technologies andhow best they can be used in a High Performance Compute (HPC) environment. 

RequisitionQualifications:

This position has beenposted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate's experience,requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidatesat any level for which this position has been advertised.

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent certification in a related area and a minimum of 5 years of experience in the field or in a related area.
  
• Experience in the following areas is needed for this position:
  
• Linux system administration
  
• System configuration management
  
• Container Based HPC Workflows
  
• Complex CI/CD Workflows
  
• HPC job scheduler administration
  
• Demonstrated problem solving, planning, and communication skills
  
• Ability to work in a team environment
  

Requirements

RequisitionPreferences: 

• ​Familiarity with the following is preferred but not required for the position:
  
• RedHat-based systems
  
• Container Technology like Docker, Podman, and Apptainer
  
• Luster High-speed Parallel Filesystems
  
• InfiniBand
  
• Ansible / Foreman
  
• SLURM resource manager
  
• SPACK software manager
  
• Log consolidation and monitoring
  
• Git/Gitlab and software development (CI/CD)
  
• Johnson Space Center campus network
  
• NASA security mechanisms (security plans, POAMs, ATOs, Risk Assessments
  

Benefits