Penn State Applied Research Laboratory (ARL)
Defense
ResearchComputingSystemsEngineer
“Research Computing Systems Engineer at Penn State Applied Research Laboratory (ARL). Skills: High-Performance Computing (HPC) system administration, Linux operating systems, scripting languages, batch schedulers, configuration management tools. Maintain existing HPC systems. ensure compute node and storage availability to end-users”
What You'll Achieve.
develop and advance our nation’s defense capabilities
Industry & Context.
Effective diagnostic and problem solving skills; resolve hardware failures; resolve immediate and anticipated future issues
periodic travel to remote locations, access to classified information at the Secret/Top Secret level or higher, subject to a government background investigation to upgrade clearance eligibility, if required, obtain a government security clearance, pre-employment drug screen
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Linux operating systems (especially RHEL), networking, parallel file systems, security, scripting languages (e.g., bash, python, perl), batch schedulers (e.g., Slurm, Torque, PBS), configuration management tools (e.g., Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt), eligibility for access to classified information at the Secret/Top Secret level or higher, U.S. citizen
What You'll Do.
Maintain existing HPC systems
ensure compute node and storage availability to end-users
Develop and deploy various scripts to monitor system health and assess system usage
Maintain system firmware and software revisions
including operating system upgrades
Perform component and system diagnostics to resolve hardware failures
Work with users and hardware vendors to identify and procure components for both existing and new systems
Monitor system performance and usage levels
resolve immediate and anticipated future issues
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
collaborating in multi-disciplinary, team-oriented cultures; Work with users and hardware vendors; work with team members to resolve immediate and anticipated future issues
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