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Senior High-Performance Computing System Administrator

Senior High-Performance Computing System Administrator

LeidosSalt Lake City, UT, United States
5 days ago
Salary
$112,450.00–$203,275.00 yearly
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Description

The Digital Modernization Sector at Leidos is actively seeking a talented Senior High-Performance Computing System Administrator to join our dynamic team on a compelling High-Performance Computing (HPC) program. The ideal candidate will be a self-motivated professional with outstanding analytical and problem-solving abilities, adaptable thinking, sound judgment, and a collaborative spirit to enhance our customers' HPC capabilities.

Responsibilities :

  • Oversee critical infrastructure services, ensuring superior availability and performance across data center operations, including physical and virtual server environments and storage solutions.
  • Lead medium-to-large scale projects; develop and enforce system policies; engage in advanced troubleshooting; and play a crucial role in recovery efforts during critical system outages.
  • Provide mentoring and support to Tier I, II, and III staff members.
  • Work independently and collaboratively within larger teams to efficiently complete projects.

Basic Qualifications :

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field with twelve (12) years of experience in a complex IT environment, or a master's degree with ten (10) years of experience. Candidates without a degree must possess five (5) years of full-time computer science experience and a minimum of ten (10) years in a similarly complex IT setting, providing recognized expertise.
  • Proven experience in installation, configuration, tuning, and support of :
  • Multi-vendor servers managing a variety of COTS, open source, and in-house applications tailored for HPC support.
  • Multi-vendor servers operating on Redhat or SUSE, with experience in direct attached, FC SAN storage, or SSDs.
  • Distributed computing tools such as RES, LSF, and SLURM.
  • HPC farms, MPP clustered systems, and Front End servers for SPDs.
  • IBM or HP Blade servers with FC / SAS / Network back-end configurations.
  • Multi-vendor file systems like XFS, GPFS, and Lustre.
  • Pre-Factory testing, factory testing, system integration, and acceptance testing processes when procuring HPC systems.
  • IAT Level II Certification is a must. Valid certifications include RHCSA or higher Red Hat certification, and / or VMware certification.
  • Must hold a TS / SCI clearance with FS polygraph.

    • Original Posting Date : 2025-01-10

    This posting is expected to remain open for a minimum of 3 days, with an anticipated close date no earlier than 3 days post the original posting date.

    Pay Range : $112,450.00 - $203,275.00

    The pay range is a guideline and not a guarantee of salary. Factors influencing compensation include job responsibilities, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and market data alignment.