HPC Systems Administrator- Elastic Storage System- ESS, NetApp, Supermicro, HPE, Brocade
The Consortium, Inc.
- Berkeley, CA
Hybrid Job ...SystemAdmin needed, MUST be a US Citizen per Federal GOV requirement :
HW & SW is part of a High Performance Computing (HPC) system environment and includes storage systems, servers in support of storage systems, storage services, software, and network components. The work will require active interaction/participation with clients and the Team to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues with production storage system. Systems Admin Team of 4 -5 people.
High Performance Computing Environment:
- 14 racks of Elastic Storage System computer storage - Community File System
- 43 disk arrays - NetApp
- 80 storage servers - Supermicro
- 12 elastic storage systems
- 44 storage servers - test development environment - Supermicro
- 48 mid-range servers - HPE
- 164 enterprise tape drives -
- 3 director level fiber channel switches - Brocade
Baseline Software:
- IBM Spectrum Scale
- Red Hat Linux, Centos
- High Performance Storage System
- Communicate hardware issues to the storage team
- Slack or email for awareness
- Service Now ticket for tracking status and closure
- Monitor & Respond to hardware issues on all systems from multiple vendors as needed, open support cases with upstream vendors
- coordinate with team on Activities
- see issues through to resolution
- Work with on-site technicians as needed from the University and vendors
- Install/de-install hardware as needed
- rack and cable both new and existing equipment
- contribute to larger-scale integration responsibilities shared with other groups
Software activities : Determine when updates are needed for all storage system components (OS/kernel/firmware/etc.)
- communicate with team
- Via Gitlab issues, document upgrade plan, date of change(s) and systems involved, any issues encountered, potential risks
- Identify areas for routine process optimization and implement solutions
- Automation of common tasks, contributing to monitoring infrastructure
- Develop scripts and tools and contribute them to internal Gitlab repository
- Contribute to integration and implementation planning for future system upgrades and deployments
For consideration, please submit your resume as a MS Word attachment to careers@consortiuminc.com
The Consortium
"Combining Talent with Technology"
www.consortiuminc.com
Posted On: Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Compensation: 80 - 100 /hour