What are the responsibilities and job description for the Linux Administrator position at Randstad Digital?
NOTE : Due to Federal and USDA clearance purposes, you must be a an active US Citizen
I cannot work with 3rd party C2C employers on this role
Randstad Federal is looking for an Linux HPC Administrator to support a growing prime program with the USDA in Manhattan, KS. The role will be onsite supporting the on prem environment. You will be tasked with managing the existing HPC technology, working with RHEL and a mixture of security and scripting.
Randstad Federal offers 401k match, medical, dental and vision insurance for those who qualify
Major Duties & Responsibilities :
Perform standard Linux System Administration duties as required to maintain smooth operation of multi-user computer systems consisting of Linux-based application and license servers, virtual machines, GP / GPU cluster-based systems, and high-performance Lustre storage.
Setting up end user, administrator, and service accounts, maintaining system documentation, tuning system performance, installing system-wide software, and allocating filesystem space.
Developing and monitoring policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.
Maintain support requests from internal engineers regarding all account management and system configuration issues.
Skills :
Have the ability to obtain a USDA Tier 4 - High-Risk Public Trust (commonly referred to as T4) clearance
Willing to work 100% onsite in a secure environment
Linux skills (5-7 years admin) : Install / update / administer Linux (Red Hat). Be able to manage bare-metal hardware installs (pxe / manual / automated install of OS). Working skillset including users, applications, OS packages, kernel / OS configuration, networks, firewall, security / hardening (STIG, OSCAP).
Experience with high performance parallel filesystems (Lustre, GPFS / Storage Scale, BeeGFS).
Hardware skills (5-7 years, various hardware vendors : SM / HPE) : Hands-on experience racking systems, connecting networks, and directly attaching storage devices. BMC management / firmware updates / setup. Familiar with storage hardware : NAS, SAN, direct attach, sata / sas / nvme drive.
Working knowledge of PCIe cards : Raid / network / GPU / other.
Able to work with users and help them understand how HPC systems function
A working knowledge of cluster management software (Bright Cluster Manager, xCAT, Warewulf, Rocks, Scyld) or similar Linux-based image management tools.
Preferred :
Experience with Bright Cluster Manager (now named Base Command Manager)
Familiar with multi-factor authentication platforms and solutions, and Identity Management / PIV such as OpenID, LDAP, and Kerberos.
Experience programming or troubleshooting Python code, supporting Apache Web Server, BIND DNS, Ansible, and Gitlab
Working knowledge of InfiniBand.
Experience with Lustre filesystems, in particular HPE ClusterStor, and managing a data management solution for the storage systems that utilize the StarFish Storage Software
Knowledge of basic Python environment management, in particular tools such as Anaconda, Miniconda, pip, and / or Jupyter Notebooks.
Experience with high performance parallel applications utilizing the MPI framework.
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