High Performance Computing Systems Administrator IV - 526672

Pay Grade/Pay Range: Minimum: $101,900 - Midpoint: $142,700 (Salaried E15)

Department/Organization: 200706 - OIT-HPC Center Services

Normal Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am to 4:45pm

Note to Applicants: Position is eligible for hybrid work subject to University policy.

Job Summary: The High Performance Computing Systems Administrator IV works in the Office of Information Technology's research computing team assisting with daily operations of high performance computing (HPC) clusters and other research services and resources. Supports computational sciences, engineering, artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), and other research fields. Manages and leads a team of five to six HPC Systems Administrator or HPC Storage Administrators of varying levels. Builds, optimizes, and maintains the integrity of supercomputing and other research systems. Installs new cluster nodes, switches, and optics. Installs and maintains HPC software, tools, and user accounts. Assists faculty and students with HPC use.

Additional Department Summary: HPC resources and services are located within the UA HPC Center located on campus and UA HPC's colocation data center located in Birmingham, Alabama. This job includes occasional hands-on cluster tasks requiring travel to UA's HPC colocation data center located in Birmingham, Alabama.

Required Minimum Qualifications: Master's degree and four (4) years of high performance or Linux computing experience; OR bachelor's degree and six (6) years of high performance or Linux computing experience; OR associate's degree and eight (8) years of IT experience to include six (6) years of high performance or Linux computing experience; OR High school diploma or GED and ten (10) years of IT experience to include six (6) years of high performance or Linux computing experience.

Additional Required Department Minimum Qualifications: Must have valid U.S. driver's license. Must be at least 19 years of age at time of hire and have an acceptable Motor Vehicle Report that is in compliance with University policies. Applicants under the age of 21 will have some driving restrictions.

Final candidates must submit to and successfully pass a post-offer drug screen.

Skills and Knowledge: Expertise in one or more areas of high-performance systems, such as storage (parallel file systems/AI I/O platforms), user environments, software, hardware, or interconnects. Team performance skills. Service mindset approach. Ability to act as a trusted advisor. Self-motivated. Ability to work independently and in a team environment.

Preferred Qualifications: Eight (8) years of experience with HPC platform management including remote management, scalable platform management, configuration management, system software deployment, infrastructure source code version control, and/or telemetry.

Research computing facilitation experience (genomics, computational chemistry, mathematics, data simulation/visualization, AI/ML, etc.).

Six (6) years of experience supporting a research computing technology such as hardware (HPC nodes, GPU workstations, etc.), virtual servers (VMWare, etc.), research software (MATLAB, GIS, TensorFlow, etc.), scripting (Python, etc.), storage platforms, high-speed interconnects, or user environments.

Eight (8) years of advanced Windows or Linux systems administration experience. Some Bash, Perl, Python, or similar scripting language experience.

Some C, C++, or Fortran language experience.

Background Investigation Statement: Prior to hiring, the final candidate(s) must successfully pass a pre-employment background investigation and information obtained from social media and other internet sources. A prior conviction reported as a result of the background investigation DOES NOT automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration for this position. A candidate with a prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags will receive an individualized review of the prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags before a hiring decision is made.