Job Description

NO 3rd party inquiries
All candidates need to be local to NYC Metro area

Job Overview:

We are seeking a skilled HPC Linux System Administrator to join our client’s specialized team supporting R&D organizations across multiple industries. This role will focus on building, optimizing, and maintaining a High-Performance Computing cluster that will serve a global user base. The ideal candidate will be an experienced Linux Administrator who understands parallel computing environments, storage systems, and schedulers. This is a unique opportunity to work on a cutting-edge HPC infrastructure, ensuring it is efficiently set up, maintained, and optimized for long-term use.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the administration, support, and optimization of a newly developed HPC cluster.
• Manage system updates, OS upgrades, tuning, and optimization to ensure performance and scalability.
• Act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders and end-users, ensuring the system is being leveraged effectively.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and data teams to enable seamless integration of HPC with cloud and enterprise data systems.
• Maintain and support parallel file systems, schedulers, and high-speed networks.
• Work with integration partners to ensure successful hardware and software deployments.
• Provide technical expertise in Linux system administration, compilers, kernel management, and user administration.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• Strong Linux Administration experience in HPC environments or large-scale computing infrastructures.
• Experience working with parallel computing, high-speed networking, and distributed storage systems.
• Proficiency in compilers, kernel tuning, user administration, and home directory management.
• Ability to work closely with scientists and researchers to support computational workloads.
• Knowledge of cloud computing and enterprise data systems is a plus.
• Comfortable in a fast-moving, lean team environment, working on high-impact projects.
• Prior experience in an HPC support role is highly desirable.

Additional Details:

• Remote role with periodic travel to Parsippany, NJ – first few weeks will require onsite work
• No third-party inquiries of any kind. W2 or independent corp applications only.
• Pay $70-100/hr.

If you are passionate about high-performance computing and want to be part of a team pushing the boundaries of computational infrastructure, we’d love to hear from you!