What are the responsibilities and job description for the Infrastructure Solutions Architect position at InfoStride?
Job Title: Infrastructure Solutions Architect
Location: 235 S Grand Ave, Lansing, MI, 48933
Duration: 1 year with possible extension
Work Model: Hybrid (On-site 3 days/week, local candidates only within 90 minutes of Lansing, MI)
Interview: Virtual via MS Teams
Position Overview:
Client is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Solutions Architect 5. This position focuses on the design, deployment, and management of High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems, infrastructure, and data environments.
Responsibilities:
- Support and manage High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems and environments
- Implement and maintain data management infrastructure
- Support SAN and NAS storage systems, backup/recovery, and virtualization platforms
- Contribute to disaster recovery (DR) planning, testing, and high availability strategies
- Provide technical support including installation, configuration, upgrade, and troubleshooting
- Utilize automation/configuration tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef
- Administer Mellanox switches, NAS Clusters, and high-speed storage
- Support cloud environments (setup and maintenance of compute engines, storage buckets)
- Administer and support relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server)
- Provide access and computing resource assistance to internal teams and labs
Top Required Skills & Experience:
- 10 years of Linux system administration (Ubuntu, CLI, system security, and networking)
- 10 years of scripting with Bash and Python, especially for pipeline automation (e.g., Nextflow)
- 10 years of experience with Slurm workload manager (install/configure/troubleshoot)
- 10 years in cluster and storage management, including NAS (Qumulo), rsync, mount strategies
- Experience in database management (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server)
- Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
- Strong skills in firewall, memory management, load balancing, VMs, and system monitoring
- Expertise in enterprise storage solutions, SAN/NAS architecture, and Mellanox switching
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and object storage (buckets)
- Understanding of containerization and package management (Conda, Docker, Singularity)
- Familiarity with HL7 messaging and web.config interpretation
- Knowledge of security tools like CloudFlare, ForcePoint, including rule/policy review
- Experience with IIS/Dynatrace log analysis, junction configurations, app failover setup
- Help establish and execute Disaster Recovery (DR) plans and testing
- Familiarity with CDC-hosted apps (preferred)
