job summary: Randstad Federal is seeking a Sr HPC Administrator for an opportunity supporting NASA location: BELTSVILLE, Maryland job type: Contract salary: $85 - 95 per hour work hours: 8am to 4pm education: Bache
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Duties and Responsibilities:
Design and develop enhancements to the PBSPro batch scheduler based on customer-driven requirements.
Work extensively with PBS vendor, Altair, on bug fixes and feature releases
Write and shepherd scalable feature designs through the entire software development process, from requirements and use cases to release
Apply best practices in software engineering, delivering projects on time, on budget, and with excellent quality
Provide support to staff and end users to resolve batch scheduler issues
Modify existing software to correct errors and/or improve performance
Mentoring junior staff and cross training peers
After hours/weekend support as required
Moderate Supercomputing System Administration that contributes to:
Day-to-day operations of the Linux HPC clusters and storage systems
Proactive monitoring, analyze, and correct system issues
Development of scripts to automate repetitive tasks or tools to enhance support of the HPC systems
System performance analysis and tuning
Building, installing, and supporting user-requested software
Supporting evaluation and assessment of new HPC technology
Resolving user report issues and manage support tickets requests in Remedy
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
strong computer science background with in-depth systems-level knowledge in operating systems and networking
Solid understanding of the software development process, including requirements, use cases, design, coding, documentation and testing of scalable, distributed applications in a Linux environment
A minimum of 5 years' experience working with HPC systems and scheduling software (PBS, Slurm, or Moab/Torque)
A minimum of 10 years of experience developing system software in heterogeneous, multi-platform HPC environments
strong ability to analyze, debug and maintain the integrity of an existing code base
Demonstrated equivalence of 5 years of Linux/UNIX user support experience and hands-on experience with administration of Linux systems
Experience working with HPC applications and proficiency in at least C, C++, or Fortran
Superior scripting skills and excellent attention to detail; proficiency in at least Python, Perl, or Bash
strong ability to interact with customers to understand needs, elicit requirements, and get feedback on prototype solutions
Excellent communication and people skills; excellent time management and organizational skills
Experience with system configuration management tools e.g. , puppet, chef, ansible
Experience with revision control software e.g. CVS, SVN, Git
Track record of delivering commercial quality software on schedule with excellent quality through multiple release cycles
Proficiency at technical writing
Preferred Skills (Requesting Manager Defines):
Proficiency with analysis and problem-solving skills for debugging and optimization of applications
Familiarity/proficiency with OpenMP and Message Passing Interface (MPI) programming
Experience with Lustre, and InfiniBand
Experience with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP), OpenStack or Kubernetes is a plus
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