High Performance Computing (HPC) Research Support Technician
- Belval, Esch-sur-Alzette
- Contrat
- Temps-plein
- Participation in the daily operations, monitoring the HPC clusters, response to incidents in a coordinated manner
- Participation in the first line support activities for our 600+ user base (bug tracking, documentation) and provide second-line support (system expertise, hardware maintenance, SLA enforcement)
- Contribution to the system analysis and design of future infrastructure expansions (hardware & software)
- Contribution to development, and automation of provisioning and configuration management of a Linux-based infrastructure, including but not limited to HPC clusters, parallel storage systems and heterogeneous network equipments
- Deployment of new systems according to best security practices and creation of the associated documentation
- Troubleshooting, perform root cause analysis and resolving system and application problems with users, peers, vendors, and management
- Bachelor in Computer Science, or equivalent degree, ideally with a specialty in systems, networks and applications administrations
- Good knowledge in GNU/Linux system administration (Red Hat and derivatives)
- Good knowledge in at least one scripting language (Bash, Python, Ruby), in Version Control Systems (Git) and in virtualization and containers technologies
- Good understanding of networked computing environment
- System administration "best practices" are part of all actions
- 3 to 5 years of relevant working experience
- Experience in installing and maintaining clustered environments using automated installation methods and at least one configuration management suites (such as Puppet, Ansible) is considered as an asset
- Prior experience with HPC technologies is a plus, this includes Job Scheduler (Slurm), parallel and distributed filesystems (SpectrumScale/GPFS or Lustre)
- Strong capacity to acquire knowledge and to stay up to date with HPC technologies
- Excellent communication skills and capacity of relationship management
- Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail and accuracy
- Fluent written and verbal communication skills in English are mandatory. The University of Luxembourg is set in a multilingual context, therefore knowledge in at least one of the two official languages of Luxembourg (French or German) is an asset
- Detailed Curriculum Vitae, your contact address, training record, work experience and (if available), publications and language test results (e.g.TOEFL)
- Letter of intent including the personal motivations for applying to the University of Luxembourg and its HPC team
- Certified copies of degree certificates, incl. a transcript of courses taken (with grades)
- Names and contact details of referees
- Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract 19 Month
- Work Hours: Full Time 40.0 Hours per Week
- Location: Belval
- Internal Title: Research support technician
- Job Reference: UOL06379
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