Oak Ridge National Laboratory · 2 days ago
Senior Classified HPC Engineer
Oak Ridge, TN
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expOak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory focused on scientific breakthroughs. They are hiring a Senior Linux HPC Systems Engineer to design, operate, and maintain clusters and servers that support research operations at ORNL.
Advanced MaterialsClean EnergyEnergyEnergy ManagementManufacturingNuclearRenewable Energy
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Advocate and promote HPC and clustered computing services to researchers who process large data sets and/or develop code as a part of their project
Ensure the availability, performance, scalability, and security of production systems
Leverage automation and monitoring solutions that minimize our day-to-day maintenance and scout opportunities to optimize system management practices or system performance
Collaborate with technical POCs for the programs that we support to install and help tune the performance of various scientific toolsets
Optimize both workflows and monitoring solutions to take advantage of our 24/7 operations staff, which significantly reduces the need for off-hours support. We use Email, Jira, Confluence, Teams, Slack, and other collaboration solutions to stay in contact
Deliver ORNL’s mission by aligning behaviors, priorities, and interactions with our core values of Impact, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Service. Promote equal opportunity by fostering a respectful workplace – in how we treat one another, work together, and measure success
Qualification
Required
A BS degree in computer science, computer engineering, information technology, information systems, science, engineering, business, or a related discipline and a minimum of eight (8) to twelve (12) years of aligned professional experience is required for consideration. An overall combination of equivalent education and experience may be considered
Masters and PhD degree holders in the same fields of study are also encouraged to apply: Masters' holders should have a minimum of seven (7) to ten (10) years of relevant and aligned experience. PhD holders should have a minimum of four (4) to six (6) years of relevant and aligned experience
Five (5) or more years with managing UNIX/Linux Systems
Three (3) or years of proven experience with configuration management and automation tools such as Git, Jenkins, Ansible, or Puppet
Moderate proficiency in at least one scripting language such as Bash, Python, or others
Experience performing advanced troubleshooting and system administration with Linux Servers
Experience supporting large data systems
A strong desire to innovate and identify new technologies and opportunities and be able to communicate the potential benefits of those choices to others within the team and our research partners
A collaborative and upbeat approach to thrive on the opportunity to build trust and credibility and ultimately become a trusted advisor to our research teams
Preferred
Active DOE Q, active DOD Top Secret, or active DOD TS/SCI clearance is heavily preferred for consideration
Solid understanding of multiple operating systems and cluster technologies
Experience with Rocky/Centos/RHEL, Ubuntu, VMware
Understanding of HPC platforms to support users with SLURM job submissions and troubleshooting
Experience building and running containerized applications in an HPC environment
Experience with multiple deployment mechanisms like Diskless, Warewulf, and traditional deployment (cobbler, PXEboot, and/or Bright)
Experience managing systems utilizing GPU (NVIDIA and AMD) clusters for AI/ML and/or image processing
Knowledge of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, traffic analysis, common protocols, and network diagnostics
Experience with Infiniband networks and diagnostics
Extensive experience with High Performance Parallel File Systems (Lustre, WEKA, GPFS, etc)
Experience with performance and diagnostic tools for benchmarking, analysis and tuning of systems, networking, and storage
Experience with Grafana, CheckMK, Nagios, Zabbix, SolarWinds, Ganglia, or other network and device monitoring systems
Previous experience working in a government, scientific or other highly technical environment
Good documentation skills, including ability to prepare simple documentation web pages
Benefits
Prescription Drug Plan
Dental Plan
Vision Plan
401(k) Retirement Plan
Contributory Pension Plan
Life Insurance
Disability Benefits
Generous Vacation and Holidays
Parental Leave
Legal Insurance with Identity Theft Protection
Employee Assistance Plan
Flexible Spending Accounts
Health Savings Accounts
Wellness Programs
Educational Assistance
Relocation Assistance
Employee Discounts
Company
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory holds a range of R&D assignments, from fundamental nuclear physics to applied R&D on advanced energy systems.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$9.8MKey Investors
US Department of Energy
2023-09-21Grant· $4.8M
2023-07-27Grant
2022-03-14Grant· $5M
Leadership Team
Arjun Shankar
Division Director, National Center for Computational Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Brett Ellis
Division Director - Research Computing Support
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