IT Systems Engineer V

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The University of Louisville is hiring an IT Systems Engineer V reporting to the Associate Vice Provost in ITS Research Computing department. This position is responsible for management and administration of the university’s central research computing infrastructure, including supercomputing clusters, software, data storage, and networking. This position will work with all aspects of hardware and software systems including assisting with specification, ordering and installation of new hardware, storage and associated networking; installing and administering specialized research software; diagnosing and resolving software and hardware problems; working with hardware and software vendors, and assisting research faculty and users with operation of the systems.

Requires highly experienced individual with a background in Linux system administration, supercomputing clusters, parallel file systems (Lustre preferred) and university research applications.

This position supports defense‑related projects. An offer of employment is contingent upon the selected candidate being eligible for and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance (Secret or higher) and any necessary export control licenses to perform the job functions.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide technical support for design, operation and administration of highly complex university research supercomputing and storage systems, and development of technical documentation

• Manage a suite of specialized research software, including Installation and administration of research software licenses and maintenance of OS and system support software

• Assist with specification, ordering and installation of new hardware, storage and associated networking

• Perform problem analysis and resolution, monitor and tune performance, configure job schedulers (SLURM) to optimize operation and performance of supercomputing resources

• Advise and assist faculty, staff and graduate students on effective uses of academic and supercomputing technology for large and complex applications, and assist with development, debugging, and optimization of specialized codes for research

• Work with faculty to develop research grant proposals to enhance research computing resources and fund extensions to existing centrally-managed systems

• Consult with users on handling protected data and support the management of the secure enclave on-prem and in Google cloud.

• Complete special projects and other duties as assigned.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with a physical layer network; Centos/RedHat Enterprise Linux; DNS/DHCP; LDAP; Linux Virtual Machine and Container Management, Firewalls

• Experience administering servers, networks, and backup systems

• The desire to obtain new skills and work with a minimum of supervision in a collegiate work environment

• Advanced degree preferred

• Experience with scientific computing tools, libraries, and frameworks is a plus (e.g., MPI, OpenMP, CUDA, VASP, Gaussian, and Nextflow, Open OnDemand)

• Experience with the installation, configuration and administration of Docker and Singularity

• Experience with the installation, configuration and administration of cluster and job/resource management software (e.g., Slurm, Warewulf, DUO)

• Linux server installation, configuration and administration (OpenHPC, Redhat Enterprise 7/8, CentOS 7/8/Stream, Ubuntu), experience with SELinux is a plus

• Parallel and distributed file system (Lustre) experience is a plus, as well as knowledge of Ceph

• Scripting in BASH, Python

• Understanding of basic networking related to HPC systems

• Experienced at installing and using databases – Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB

• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform

• Familiarity with CMMC 2.0, CUI, and ITAR

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Compensation will be commensurate to candidate experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Louisville is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. The University strives to provide equal employment opportunity on the basis of merit and without unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, or pregnancy. In accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Act of 1974, the University prohibits job discrimination of individuals with disabilities, Vietnam era veterans, qualified special disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, and other protected veterans. The University acknowledges its obligations to ensure affirmative steps are taken to ensure equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of the University that no employee or applicant for employment be subject to unlawful discrimination in terms of recruitment, hiring, promotion, contract, contract renewal, tenure, compensation, benefits, and/or working conditions. No employee or applicant for employment is required to endorse or condemn a specific ideology, political viewpoint, or social viewpoint to be eligible for hiring, contract renewal, tenure, or promotion.

Consistent with applicable law, demographic information is collected for aggregate reporting requirements. Demographic information provided through this application is not available to hiring managers/committees and is not considered in hiring or employment decisions.

Assistance and Accommodations

Computers are available for application submission at the Human Resources Department located at 2315 South First Street Walk, Room 02C - Louisville, Kentucky 40292.

If you require assistance or accommodation with our online application process, please contact us by email at [email protected] or by phone 502-852-6258.