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Job Description:
Parsons is looking for a talented Linux Systems Administrator to join a tight-knit team keeping powerful, large-scale HPC systems healthy and secure. Your work will help enable cutting-edge research, AI/ML workloads, and production science. If you love working close to the metal, solving hard problems, and learning technologies most admins never touch, this is your type of environment.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Perform day-to-day administration on multiple HPC clusters, including installation, configuration, provisioning, tuning, and troubleshooting.
- Apply and maintain security hardening (e.g., DISA STIGs) and patching to support compliance and accreditation activities.
- Perform physical hardware tasks such as replacing failed components (e.g., drives, memory, NICs, cables).
- Work as part of an on-site system administration team supporting research, development, and production HPC environments.
- Work with customers to resolved issues related to the HPC clusters and the services they run.
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
- Hands-on Linux systems administration experience (RHEL/Rocky/SLES).
- Working knowledge of HPC concepts and/or willingness to learn (clusters, schedulers, parallel/shared filesystems, high-speed interconnects).
- Proficiency with scripting and automation using Bash, Python or other technologies.
- Strong troubleshooting fundamentals with hands-on hardware replacement.
- The ability to work on-site and collaborate within a system administration team.
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
- Experience with job schedulers such as Slurm or PBS.
- Experience with HPC cluster managers (e.g., Warewulf, HP CM, xCAT, or Bright).
- Experience with parallel/shared filesystems (e.g., Lustre, WEKA, or DDN).
- Experience with high-speed interconnects (e.g., InfiniBand or Slingshot).
- Experience administering GPU-based platforms, including NVIDIA GPUs and CUDA.
- Experience implementing monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
- Container experience (Apptainer/Singularity, Podman, or Docker).
- Exposure to Cloud and/or Kubernetes is a plus.
Education and Experience:
BS or MS degree in computer science or engineering, or equivalent experience
At least 8 years of directly related experience
Linux+ certification (or equivalent)
Security+ certification (or equivalent)
Top Secret clearance
Security Clearance Requirement:
An active Top Secret security clearance is required for this position.This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.Salary Range: $134,100.00 - $241,400.00We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.
Skills Required
- Hands-on Linux systems administration experience (RHEL/Rocky/SLES).
- Working knowledge of HPC concepts and/or willingness to learn (clusters, schedulers, parallel/shared filesystems, high-speed interconnects).
- Proficiency with scripting and automation using Bash, Python or other technologies.
- Apply and maintain security hardening (e.g., DISA STIGs) and patching to support compliance and accreditation.
- Strong troubleshooting fundamentals with hands-on hardware replacement (drives, memory, NICs, cables).
- Ability to work on-site and collaborate within a system administration team.
- BS or MS degree in computer science or engineering, or equivalent experience.
- At least 8 years of directly related experience.
- Linux+ certification (or equivalent).
- Security+ certification (or equivalent).
- Active Top Secret security clearance.
- Experience with job schedulers such as Slurm or PBS.
- Experience with HPC cluster managers (e.g., Warewulf, HP CM, xCAT, or Bright).
- Experience with parallel/shared filesystems (e.g., Lustre, WEKA, or DDN).
- Experience with high-speed interconnects (e.g., InfiniBand or Slingshot).
- Experience administering GPU-based platforms, including NVIDIA GPUs and CUDA.
- Experience implementing monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
- Container experience (Apptainer/Singularity, Podman, or Docker).
- Exposure to Cloud and/or Kubernetes.
Parsons Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and choice-rich, with multiple plan types (PPO, HDHP, and some HMO networks) plus dental, vision, EAP, and wellness resources. The availability of different plan designs and national-carrier coverage supports varied employee needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
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What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
