Silver Search Inc
HPC Linux System Administrator – Parsippany, NJ
NO 3rd party inquiries
All candidates need to be local to NYC Metro area
Job Overview:
We are seeking a skilled HPC Linux System Administrator to join our client’s specialized team supporting R&D organizations across multiple industries. This role will focus on building, optimizing, and maintaining a High-Performance Computing cluster that will serve a global user base. The ideal candidate will be an experienced Linux Administrator who understands parallel computing environments, storage systems, and schedulers. This is a unique opportunity to work on a cutting-edge HPC infrastructure, ensuring it is efficiently set up, maintained, and optimized for long-term use.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the administration, support, and optimization of a newly developed HPC cluster.
- Manage system updates, OS upgrades, tuning, and optimization to ensure performance and scalability.
- Act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders and end-users, ensuring the system is being leveraged effectively.
- Collaborate closely with engineering and data teams to enable seamless integration of HPC with cloud and enterprise data systems.
- Maintain and support parallel file systems, schedulers, and high-speed networks.
- Work with integration partners to ensure successful hardware and software deployments.
- Provide technical expertise in Linux system administration, compilers, kernel management, and user administration.
Ideal Candidate Profile:
- Strong Linux Administration experience in HPC environments or large-scale computing infrastructures.
- Experience working with parallel computing, high-speed networking, and distributed storage systems.
- Proficiency in compilers, kernel tuning, user administration, and home directory management.
- Ability to work closely with scientists and researchers to support computational workloads.
- Knowledge of cloud computing and enterprise data systems is a plus.
- Comfortable in a fast-moving, lean team environment, working on high-impact projects.
- Prior experience in an HPC support role is highly desirable.
Additional Details:
- Remote role with periodic travel to Parsippany, NJ – first few weeks will require onsite work
- No third-party inquiries of any kind. W2 or independent corp applications only.
- Pay $70-100/hr.
If you are passionate about high-performance computing and want to be part of a team pushing the boundaries of computational infrastructure, we’d love to hear from you!
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JOB-11835
01/29/2025