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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive experience in administering Linux and managing HPC clusters, with strong capabilities in SLURM administration, performance analysis, and automation through scripting. Proven ability to lead technical projects, ensure service reliability, and collaborate effectively across teams.
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Linux AdministrationHPC Cluster ManagementSLURM AdministrationBash ScriptingPerformance Analysis
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Hard Skills
Linux AdministrationHPC Cluster ManagementSLURM AdministrationBash ScriptingPerformance AnalysisNFS TroubleshootingNetworking FundamentalsInfrastructure-as-CodeVirtualizationCloud-Hosted Linux
Soft Skills
Collaborative LeadershipTechnical GuidanceEffective CommunicationProblem ManagementOperational Leadership
Tools & Technologies
NVIDIA Base Command ManagerCisco Compute PlatformsNetApp StorageAnsibleGitBright Cluster ManagerMonitoring PlatformsDisaster Recovery ToolsConfiguration Management ToolsOrchestration Tooling
Certifications & Qualifications
Linux CertificationsHPC CertificationsCisco CertificationsNVIDIA CertificationsNetApp Certifications
Industry Keywords
Enterprise LinuxResearch ComputingTechnical DocumentationOperational ProceduresChange ManagementService AvailabilitySecurity HardeningVulnerability RemediationDistributed SystemsHealth and Safety Legislation
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAnsibleAzureCloudDNSLinuxNFSNode.jsShell Scripting
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Administer, configure, patch, harden and upgrade enterprise Linux server platforms
- Manage Linux services including identity and access integration, SSH, DNS client configuration, time synchronisation, software repositories, filesystems, logging and scheduled services
- Automate repeatable administration using shell scripting and configuration-management or orchestration tooling
- Monitor Linux performance, availability, capacity and security, and resolve complex operating-system and application integration issues
- Maintain build standards, technical documentation, operational procedures and recovery runbooks
- Operate and support HPC clusters spanning management, login, compute and storage components
- Administer SLURM queues, partitions, scheduling policies, job submission, accounting, fair-share, reservations and troubleshooting
- Support NVIDIA Base Command Manager and Azure CycleCloud for cluster provisioning, node lifecycle management, monitoring and SLURM integration
- Diagnose job, compiler, library, MPI, resource-allocation and performance issues with engineering and scientific users
- Plan and execute maintenance activities while protecting service availability and active workloads
- Administer physical and virtual server infrastructure and support hardware lifecycle, firmware and operating-system maintenance
- Support Cisco compute infrastructure and NetApp file and data services
- Troubleshoot high-speed networking, IP addressing, routing, DNS, NFS, network dependencies and storage connectivity
- Collaborate with network, security, application and storage specialists, vendors and service providers to resolve cross-domain incidents
- Apply secure configuration, least privilege, vulnerability remediation and audit controls
- Define, implement and test backup, restore and disaster-recovery requirements
- Monitor service health and capacity, respond to incidents, identify root cause and contribute to problem management
- Plan and deliver changes through change-management processes, including risk assessment, testing, implementation and back-out planning
- Participate in an operational support or on-call arrangement where required
- Provide technical guidance, peer review, coaching and knowledge transfer to infrastructure colleagues and service-desk teams
- Develop and continuously improve Linux and HPC operational processes, procedures, standards and controls
- Provide day-to-day technical direction and escalate resource or priority conflicts to the manager
Requirements
What you’ll need- Substantial hands-on experience administering Linux in a complex enterprise or research-computing environment
- Practical experience supporting HPC clusters and diagnosing issues across compute, scheduler, storage and network layers
- Strong operational knowledge of SLURM administration and workload troubleshooting
- Competence in Bash or another relevant scripting language, with a track record of automating administrative tasks
- Experience with Linux performance analysis, capacity management, patching, security hardening and vulnerability remediation
- Experience operating shared file services and troubleshooting NFS, permissions, throughput, latency and capacity issues
- Working knowledge of enterprise networking fundamentals and distributed-system dependencies
- Experience delivering controlled technical change and maintaining accurate documentation in a structured IT service-management environment
- Experience with NVIDIA Base Command Manager, Bright Cluster Manager or a comparable HPC cluster-management platform is desirable
- Experience with Cisco compute platforms and associated server-management tooling is desirable
- Experience administering NetApp storage in Linux or HPC environments is desirable
- Knowledge of InfiniBand or other high-speed, low-latency fabrics is desirable
- Experience with MPI workloads, environment modules, compilers, engineering or scientific applications, and common HPC software stacks is desirable
- Experience with Ansible, Git and infrastructure-as-code practices is desirable
- Experience with virtualisation, containers or cloud-hosted Linux workloads is desirable
- Knowledge of backup, recovery, monitoring and observability platforms used in enterprise infrastructure is desirable
- Experience operating as a senior or lead technical professional, coordinating the daily work of others, setting priorities and ensuring operational tasks are completed
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex troubleshooting, projects and service changes with notable risk
- Ability to translate business and service objectives into clear technical priorities and communicate effectively with specialists, non-specialists, managers and stakeholders
- Strong operational leadership, sound judgement and accountability for secure, reliable and supportable services
- Collaborative leadership approach with evidence of coaching colleagues, supervising technical activity and developing or implementing improved processes and procedures
- Bachelor's degree in computing, engineering or a related field with typically 5+ years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of professional training and substantial practical experience
- Relevant Linux, HPC, Cisco, NVIDIA or NetApp certifications are advantageous but not essential
- Responsibility to work safely and abide by health and safety legislation and policies
Benefits
Comp & perks- Competitive benefits
- Professional development
- Opportunities for professional growth and meaningful work
- Collaboration with customers and colleagues
- Employee empowerment to use their potential