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Calico Life Sciences · 14 hours ago

Systems Administrator

South San Francisco, CA

Contract

Onsite

Mid Level

$137K/yr - $169K/yr

3+ years exp

Calico Life Sciences is an innovative research and development company focused on understanding human aging. They are seeking a Systems Administrator to manage physical and virtual servers, data storage, and cloud infrastructure while supporting scientists in their high-performance computing and data science needs.

Responsibilities

Provision, monitor, and support Calico’s on-premises and cloud-based high performance computing clusters, storage, virtual machines, and projects

Diagnose, isolate, and resolve complex application and system technical problems

Implement and document system architectures, new capabilities, and operational standards

Participate in the design and maintenance of Calico’s cloud environment for data science and research computing

Support technology evaluations and assessments

Work in cooperation with Calico technology partners, including Google Enterprise Network, Google Professional Services, sponsored research partners, and Contract Research Organizations

Qualification

Linux system administrationCloud resource provisioningShell scriptingGoogle Cloud PlatformDocker/KubernetesCI/CD managementCompute cluster provisioningData science algorithmsCustomer serviceCuriositySelf-motivated

Required

3+ year Linux system administration experience

Familiarity with common computer hardware: DIMMs, disks, networking

Shell scripting and basic utility programming (e.g. Python) expertise

Ability to provision cloud resources using scripts, APIs, and deployment managers

Passion for providing excellent customer service and enthusiasm to assist scientific software developers and data scientists

Curiosity and interest to acquire knowledge in cloud computing and biotechnology topics, methods, and applications

Self-motivated and able to work without close supervision

Must be willing to work onsite at least 4 days a week

Preferred

Expertise in two or more of the following areas:

Google Cloud Platform console, cloud services, security policies, and permissions

Deploying and managing virtual machines, managed databases, and services on a major cloud platform (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)

Docker/Kubernetes cluster deployment and administration

CI/CD management, automation scripts experience with tools (e.g., bash scripting, PowerShell, Terraform, Ansible, Salt, Chef, Puppet, etc.)

Source repository administration (e.g., Git, SVN)

Compute cluster provisioning (e.g., Bright Cluster Manager) and resource management (e.g., SLURM)

Installation and configuration of system management, monitoring/alerting tools (e.g., Nagios, Prometheus, Zabbix)

Directory and naming services management (Active Directory, LDAP, DNS)

Complex performance analysis including system processes, I/O subsystems, networks and other related components

Bare metal server provisioning, lifecycle management, and hardware troubleshooting (e.g., PXE boot, automated OS installation, firmware/BIOS management, RAID configuration, out-of-band management such as iLO/iDRAC/BMC)

NFS (OpenZFS) and Samba network storage management

Cluster file systems (e.g. Ceph, Lustre)

Life cycle data management for business continuance, disaster recovery and archive

Common data science and machine learning algorithms in platforms such as Python or R

Biotechnology methods and applications

Securing and managing Protected Health Information, Personally Identifiable Information (e.g, dbGaP or PHI datasets)

Benefits

Two annual cash bonuses

Company

Calico Life Sciences

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Calico is an Alphabet-founded research and development company whose mission is to harness advanced technologies.

Founded in 2013

South San Francisco, California, USA

201-500 employees

http://www.calicolabs.com/

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