Location: Dimondale,MI, USA
Title : High Performance Computing and Cloud Administrator Description: The individual is responsible for overseeing the maintenance and security of the local and cloud High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems. Their duties include installing antivirus or malware protection software, responding to employee concerns, or drafting documents to help employees use computer systems, maintaining databases and software on the HPC system and coordinating with company leadership to determine new technologies that could enhance their Section's computer systems. This position will work closely with bioinformatics staff, LIMS, DTMB and Google Cloud support teams on activities to perform needed analysis and provide technical feedback. Duties and Responsibilities: Administration of Linux servers and High- Performance Computing (HPC) clusters. Installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of Linux Servers. Basic HPC security Implementing and maintaining data management infrastructure Providing support for SAN and NAS storage, backup/recovery environments and virtualization infrastructure by implementing, managing, and monitoring the hardware and software Playing a major role in the security, disaster recovery and services continuity of a highly available enterprise storage and backup infrastructure by following established procedures and compliance requirements Technical support (installation, configuration, maintenance, upgrade, retirement, troubleshooting). Configuration management using frameworks such as Ansible, Puppet, and Chef. Administration of high-speed network storage systems. Managing, configuring, and supporting cloud systems such as setting up, maintaining, and troubleshooting cloud compute engines and storage buckets Managing databases Assisting staff to access and utilize computing resources Co-ordinating with LIMS and DTMB staff on maintaining and managing the computational resources Experience: Experience with the Linux CLI environment and coding languages such as R, Python, Bash Experience with workload management systems such as SLURM Knowledge of package management systems such as conda Experience with setting up HPC systems including identifying suitable hardware and software needs Experience with setting up and managing databases such as PostgreSQL Experience performing System Administration including installation, configuration, and support software, packages, and libraries in various environments Experience with Network Appliance clustered servers and applicable software Experience with hands-on troubleshooting, issue resolution, discrepancy tracking, and report generation Familiar with software frameworks used for searching, monitoring, and analyzing big data Experience with Linux configuration regarding Storage, Networking, Load Balancing, Memory Management, VMs, Firewalls, and System Monitoring Experience with computer security Knowledge of automation tools such as Ansible or Puppet Experience with cloud computing (setting up compute engines, storage buckets) Strong knowledge of enterprise storage solutions Required Skills : Linux Basic Qualification : Additional Skills : Background Check :Yes Drug Screen :Yes Notes : Selling points for candidate : Project Verification Info : Candidate must be your W2 Employee :Yes Exclusive to Apex :No Face to face interview required :No Candidate must be local :Yes Candidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship ::No Interview times set : :No Type of project :Architecture/Design Master Job Title :Net/Sys Admin: Unix/Linux Branch Code :Detroit