HPC System Administrator

Summary

Join Roush's team of innovators and work alongside the best and brightest to provide product development solutions in a diverse range of industries. As an HPC System Administrator, you will be responsible for day-to-day operational support of the Roush CAE HPC and VDI hardware and software infrastructure.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or related fields
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux or similar Linux distributions (Fedora, CentOS Stream, Alma Linux and/or Rocky Linux)
• Experience in bash, python, and/or similar scripting languages
• Experience in Microsoft Office products (Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams etc.)
• U.S. Citizen allowing for International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) compliance
• Self-starter, able to identify requirements independently, then make proposals for solutions as well as the flexibility in dealing with change in priorities and working on several projects simultaneously
• Excellent documentation skills and the ability to communicate well with people of diverse backgrounds and computer knowledge
• High level of personal commitment, occasional availability on weekends and out of hours will be required to ensure the system up time and support system maintenance schedules
• Aptitude to learn from others, share knowledge with others, and promote continuous improvement of our processes
• Ability to work with the engineering staff and users to aid and instruct how to use the HPC resources optimally

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the day-to-day operational support of the Roush CAE HPC Clusters, VDI and backup servers: manage and solve any hardware and software issues that may arise
• Assist in hardware and software upgrade programs to implement new technologies
• Write Help documents for users, develop functional and technical designs for automated tools that can assist users with HPC job optimization following the Roush CAE HPC change management guidelines
• Identify bottlenecks and assist in maximizing performance of our HPC applications
• Provide advice and support to Roush HPC users
• Interact confidently and professionally with various audiences and stakeholders at all levels
• Keep abreast of latest HPC and industry developments and investigate the suitability of newly available technologies, including but not limited to: new CPU/GPU technologies, HMB, memory and high-speed interconnects, web-based software technologies and parallel high performance computing application tuning & optimization

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years' experience of HPC system administration and supporting CAE users
• Experience in installation, configuration and administration and use of CAE software (LS-DYNA, Nastran, StarCCM+, Abaqus, Fluent, etc.)
• Experience in installation, configuration and administration of queue systems such as SLURM/LSF/PBS
• Experience in installation, configuration and administration of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) applications
• Willingness to try new tools / technologies and improve process and cost effectiveness
• Knowledge of HPC interconnect technologies (InfiniBand, Omni-Path, MPI etc.)
• Knowledge and understanding of network technologies such as TCP/IP and networked file systems such NFS, GFS, Lustre, GPFDS

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Earned sick time
• STD (Short-Term Disability) insurance
• LTD (Long-Term Disability) insurance
• 401K retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid vacation
• Paid holidays