HPC Linux System Administrator

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Are you passionate about

human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working

with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need

you!

We need your talent,

teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all

over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to

help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration

of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we

do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA’s

pursuits in deep space exploration. As NASA’s largest engineering solutions

provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States.

We have an exciting

opportunity for a HPC Linux System Administrator to join the

team with GCS, a teammate company.

Requisition Description

• Are you excited about
• supporting NASA human spaceflight? If so, this could be the position for
• you. We have the need for an experienced HPC System Administrator at
• Johnson Space Center (JSC). This position, working on the Amentum JETS contract,
• will support the Flight Sciences Laboratory (FSL).
• The FSL is one of JSC's
• primary compute labs and hosts a wide variety of analyses, which support all
• human-spaceflight programs at NASA including the International Space Station
• (ISS), Orion, Space Launch System (SLS), Commercial Crew Program, Human Landing
• System (HLS), Moon Base and many others. The FSL systems are currently
• comprised of over 700 machines, 26,000 cores and over 10 PB of storage, which
• serve more than 1000 users.
• In this position you will be
• working with a team of HPC System Administrators to build and maintain all FSL
• services. This will include High Performance Compute (HPC) administration,
• high-end Linux workstation administration, high-speed networking, High-speed
• parallel filesystem administration, and more.
• Some of the skillset we are
• looking for this position is a deep understanding of container technologies and
• how best they can be used in a High Performance Compute (HPC) environment.
• The FSL System Administration Team is critical in
• supporting the FSL users in effectively utilizing the systems. The team's day
• to day tasks include investigating system problems, proactively monitoring
• system health, and working with FSL users to make sure they can support the
• NASA human spaceflight mission.

Qualifications

• This position has been
• posted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate's experience,
• requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates
• at any level for which this position has been advertised.

Typically

requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent certification in a related area

and a minimum of 5 years of experience in the field or in a related area.

Experience

in the following areas is needed for this position:

Linux

system administration

System

configuration management

Based HPC Workflows

Complex

CI/CD Workflows

HPC

job scheduler administration

Demonstrated

problem solving, planning, and communication skills

Ability

to work in a team environment

Experience

with large-scale system administration, with 2 of those years in HPC

administration

Requirements

Requisition

Preferences

Familiarity with the following is preferred but not

required for the position:

RedHat-based

systems

Container

Technology like Docker, Podman, and Apptainer

Luster High-speed Parallel

Filesystems

InfiniBand

Ansible

/ Foreman

SLURM

resource manager

SPACK

software manager

Log

consolidation and monitoring

Git/Gitlab

and software development (CI/CD)

Johnson

Space Center campus network

NASA

security mechanisms (security plans, POAMs, ATOs, Risk Assessments

Benefits

GCS health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Typical benefits offered include flexible work schedules and opportunities to work remotely, educational reimbursement, retirement benefits (401K, Roth), health benefits, tax saving options, disability benefits, life and accident insurance, voluntary benefits, paid time off and paid holidays, and parental and pregnancy leave.