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Supercomputer Engineers are responsible for designing, configuring, and maintaining high-performance computing systems to support complex computations in fields such as scientific research, weather modeling, and data analytics. On a daily basis, they might monitor system performance, troubleshoot hardware or software issues, optimize code for scalability, and collaborate closely with researchers and IT professionals to ensure workloads run efficiently. Additionally, they often assist in upgrading systems and implementing the latest technologies to maximize computational power. Working in this role offers opportunities for ongoing professional development and cross-functional teamwork, making each day both challenging and rewarding.
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IT Systems Engineer V

IT Systems Engineer V

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY • On-site

Full-time

Posted 2 days ago

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7.9

Company rating: 7.9 out of 10

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172nd of 530 rated colleges and universities

Job description

Job Summary:
The University of Louisville is hiring an IT Systems Engineer V reporting to the Associate Vice Provost in ITS Research Computing department. This position is responsible for management and administration of the university’s central research computing infrastructure, including supercomputing clusters, software, data storage, and networking.
Responsibilities:
• Provide technical support for design, operation and administration of highly complex university research supercomputing and storage systems, and development of technical documentation
• Manage a suite of specialized research software, including Installation and administration of research software licenses and maintenance of OS and system support software
• Assist with specification, ordering and installation of new hardware, storage and associated networking
• Perform problem analysis and resolution, monitor and tune performance, configure job schedulers (SLURM) to optimize operation and performance of supercomputing resources
• Advise and assist faculty, staff and graduate students on effective uses of academic and supercomputing technology for large and complex applications, and assist with development, debugging, and optimization of specialized codes for research
• Work with faculty to develop research grant proposals to enhance research computing resources and fund extensions to existing centrally-managed systems
• Consult with users on handling protected data and support the management of the secure enclave on-prem and in Google cloud.
• Complete special projects and other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field and eight (8) years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Highly experienced individual with a background in Linux system administration, supercomputing clusters, parallel file systems (Lustre preferred) and university research applications.
• Eligible for and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance (Secret or higher) and any necessary export control licenses to perform the job functions.
Preferred:
• Experience with a physical layer network; Centos/RedHat Enterprise Linux; DNS/DHCP; LDAP; Linux Virtual Machine and Container Management, Firewalls
• Experience administering servers, networks, and backup systems
• The desire to obtain new skills and work with a minimum of supervision in a collegiate work environment
• Advanced degree preferred
• Experience with scientific computing tools, libraries, and frameworks is a plus (e.g., MPI, OpenMP, CUDA, VASP, Gaussian, and Nextflow, Open OnDemand)
• Experience with the installation, configuration and administration of Docker and Singularity
• Experience with the installation, configuration and administration of cluster and job/resource management software (e.g., Slurm, Warewulf, DUO)
• Linux server installation, configuration and administration (OpenHPC, Redhat Enterprise 7/8, CentOS 7/8/Stream, Ubuntu), experience with SELinux is a plus
• Parallel and distributed file system (Lustre) experience is a plus, as well as knowledge of Ceph
• Scripting in BASH, Python
• Understanding of basic networking related to HPC systems
• Experienced at installing and using databases – Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform
• Familiarity with CMMC 2.0, CUI, and ITAR
Company:
The University of Louisville is a state supported research university located in Kentucky's largest metropolitan area. Founded in 1798, the company is headquartered in Louisville, USA, with a team of 5001-10000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.

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