HPC and Infrastructure Administrator
Company: Talent Software Services, Inc.
Location: Remote
Posted on: June 24, 2025
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Job Description:
HPC and Infrastructure Administrator Job Summary: Talent
Software Services is in search of an HPC and Infrastructure
Administrator for a contract position that can be worked 100%
remotely. The opportunity will be eight months with a strong chance
for a long-term extension. Position Summary: Install, configure,
write and release code; manage multiple test and production
environments triaging and resolving operational issues working with
development teams on system design and performance tuning and
designing and implementing database and server security protocols.i
1?2 Work directly with internal customers to provide analysis,
recommendations and solutions for creating, upgrading, integrating,
and managing database and application systems in a distributed
environment. Primary Responsibilities/Accountabilities: Client is
at the vanguard in biological and biomedical research, and
scientific investigators at Client and affiliate hospitals continue
to push the envelope, developing Client approaches to the study of
biological processes both at the bench and via computational
methods. The client's Department of Information Technology, a key
partner in supporting such computation-based research, has an
exciting opportunity for an experienced HPC and Infrastructure
Administrator interested in empowering the school's computational
research community by leading HPC, cloud and lab-based research
computing infrastructure design and support. The Administrator will
drive the design and implementation of modern, reusable,
sustainable systems and configurations, using up-to-date best
practices. In particular, the position will be responsible for
policy-based provisioning of bare-metal-as-a-service, containerized
solutions (Docker, Singularity), fully automated/Continuous
Integration driven system configuration, and service reporting,
monitoring, and trending. This position will also architect and
manage cloud-based computing on platforms such as AWS or Azure, and
hybrid cloud/HPC computing models, as they pertain to research
computing workflows. In addition, they will lead large scale system
automation beyond the specific scope of HPC, using the latest
DevOps technologies such as containers for application deployment
and reproducibility, distributed storage and key-store systems,
configuration management and orchestration. This position has a
long-term focus, both within and outside of the direct context of
DevOps, managing technologies and tools that serve as a stepping
stone to future services of benefit to the greater client's
community, while maintaining the superior on-site response and
expertise client's researchers and faculty are accustomed to. The
HPC and Infrastructure Administrator is responsible for modernizing
and maintaining existing systems as well as acting as a mentor and
resource for other team members. Qualifications: Minimum of five
years' post-secondary education and/or relevant work experience
Development experience in Bash and at least two additional
languages (Java, C, Python, Perl, Ruby, Go, etc.) Advanced
*NIX/Linux system administration (Red Hat/Debian) experience
Experience with automation and configuration management (Puppet)
General Networking skills (OSI model, Layer 2 & 3 switching and
routing, TCP/IP) Knowledge of storage, network, and server hardware
Experience evaluating and deploying open source tools
Cloud/AWS/Azure (EC2/EBS/S3/SES/EBS) experience Source management
(git/mercurial/svn) Firm understanding of *NIX/Linux and
application debugging SAN and NAS knowledge, including iSCSI, NFS
and FC (EMC / Isilon) Parallel file systems, Lustre, GPFS, OneFS,
MooseFS System monitoring and configuration
(Zabbix/Nagios/Ganglia/Sensu) Performance tuning and
troubleshooting complex systems Relational and NoSQL databases
Application load balancing solutions for scaling and HA Scientific
research support experience Bioinformatics software experience
Management of large data sets Medical Informatics or Healthcare
data experience Protected data, HIPAA, PHI experience Familiarity
with laboratory instrumentation; NGS, Microscopy, Mass
Spectrometry, etc. If this job is a match for your background, we
would be honored to receive your application! Providing consulting
opportunities to TALENTed people since 1987, we offer a host of
opportunities, including contract, contract to hire, and permanent
placement. Let's talk!
Keywords: Talent Software Services, Inc., Springfield , HPC and Infrastructure Administrator, IT / Software / Systems , Remote, Oregon
