Hpc Administrator

Sabanci Üniversitesi

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Science, Sabancı University is looking for a highly motivated and solution-oriented System Administrator responsible for day-to-day support, monitoring, and maintenance for the High-Performance-Computing system. The HPC System Administrator will also support HPC users to effectively run their in-house applications.

Minimum Required Education and Experience:

•  Bachelor or Master degree in Degree in Information Technology, Computer Sciences or related subjects
• 5+ years’ working experience as HPC System Administrator

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Expert knowledge of Linux system, HPC configuration, network system, storage servers, HPC environments, and HPC hardware.
• Strong problem-solving skills in tracking hardware, software and network problems and providing solution to resolve such problems promptly as system administrator.
• Familiar with high performance GPU hardware and its installation.
• Familiar with windows system, office software, VPN, etc.
• Capable of physically moving and lifting computer hardware and servers.
• Good communication and teamwork skills

Responsibilities include:

• Monitor the high-performance computing system daily to ensure continuous operation.
• Report and take necessary actions to resolve HPC system failure in a timely manner.
• Troubleshoot hardware, software and system failure.
• Contact hardware and software providers for maintenance and warranty service when necessary.
• Collect statistics of usage, report and analyze them on a monthly basis and make purchasing plans to expand the HPC system.
• Install and configure new HPC system from scratch, which includes installing Linux system and GPU drives and configuring network and HPC system.
• Add or remove computing servers, master server, and storage servers for HPC system.
• Assemble servers from hardware parts, and configure/reconfigure them into HPC system.
• Provide prompt support to the HPC users to ensure smooth operation of their in-house applications.