Center for Biomedical Image Computing and Analytics
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, USA
CBICA is seeking an intermediate system administrator (SAGE III) to add to our IT team supporting researchers in biomedical image analysis. You can make a direct contribution to medical and scientific research by helping maintain and improve the Center's growing HPC facility, all while working with smart people in a great environment. This position offers exposure to a wide range of technologies with the flexibility for you to develop deep expertise in areas of interest.
Build, install, document, and maintain servers, network, storage and other core components
Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware and software problems
Provide system and application support to clinical, research, and application development users
Create scripts and tools to automate system and operational processes
Help determine and implement policies and procedures for all phases of system operation
General Unix administration and problem solving
Organization skills and judgement enabling you to work independently
Linux System Administration (RHEL-based)
Linux scripting (BASH)
Experience with automated provisioning/configuration management (xCAT, Puppet preferred)
Ability to automate solutions to repetitive problems/tasks
Strong troubleshooting skills leading toward root-cause analysis and practical issue resolution
Ability to communicate effectively with investigators and staff with a wide range of technical knowledge
RHSA certification
Perl, Python
HPC configuration and operation (SGE preferred)
HA cluster experience (RHCS preferred)
Experience with clustered filesystems (GPFS, Gluster, Lustre, GFS)
moderate Windows and Mac OS X administration
Unix/Windows/AD interoperability and CIFS file sharing
Enterprise monitoring and alerting tools (Nagios)
Apache web server administration
Bachelor's degree and a minimum of three years full-time professional experience in system administration, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
This is a full time position offering a competitive salary, retirement, and health benefits. As part of the University of Pennsylvania, you'll be a member of the academic community and have access to classes through the tuition benefit program.
On a daily
basis, CBICA is a terrific work environment, with a relaxed setting
where you will have a great deal of freedom in setting goals and
priorities. You'll work with a senior system administrator and will
have opportunities to contribute to open-source projects and to be
part of the scientific community through published papers.
No on-call rotation.
The position is 80~95% remote through 2020.
Compensation depends on experience.
