Linux Systems Administrator

@ 2T Consulting
2T Consulting2tconsulting.com

Linux Systems Administrator

Westchester, Florida
Posted 1 day ago

About the job

The company supports high-performance and research computing environments, focusing on Linux administration, cluster management, troubleshooting, and performance tuning for scientific and AI workloads.

Requirements

  • Linux server administration
  • Supporting HPC clusters
  • Using HPC job schedulers
  • Installing and maintaining Linux systems
  • Troubleshooting and performance tuning

Qualifications

  • Experience with HPC or computational clusters
  • Knowledge of storage and networking
  • Strong troubleshooting skills
  • Ability to resolve complex issues

Full job description

We are seeking a Linux Systems Administrator with experience supporting High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments, AI clusters, and research computing infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have strong Linux administration, cluster management, troubleshooting, and performance-tuning skills. Experience supporting research or scientific computing environments, particularly grant-funded research environments, is highly preferred.

Roles and Responsibilities
  • Administer, maintain, and support Linux server environments across enterprise and HPC infrastructure.
  • Support and maintain HPC and computational computing clusters, ensuring system availability and performance.
  • Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and maintain Linux operating systems, applications, and system software.
  • Support and administer HPC job scheduling environments, preferably Slurm.
  • Monitor system health, resource utilization, performance, and capacity across Linux and HPC environments.
  • Troubleshoot complex operating system, application, networking, storage, and hardware issues.
  • Perform system and application performance tuning to optimize compute workloads.
  • Support storage infrastructure, server hardware, networking, and high-performance computing components.
  • Assist with deployment, configuration, and maintenance of AI and GPU-based computing infrastructure.
  • Collaborate with research, engineering, infrastructure, and application teams to support computational workloads.
  • Maintain system documentation, operational procedures, and technical standards.
  • Support upgrades, migrations, and infrastructure improvements while minimizing service disruption.
  • Identify opportunities to improve system reliability, performance, automation, and operational efficiency.
Required Qualifications
  • Hands-on experience administering Linux server environments.
  • Experience supporting HPC or computational computing clusters.
  • Experience with HPC job schedulers, preferably Slurm.
  • Experience installing, upgrading, patching, configuring, and maintaining Linux systems and applications.
  • Strong knowledge of storage infrastructure, networking, and server hardware.
  • Strong troubleshooting, systems analysis, and performance-tuning skills.
  • Ability to diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure and system-level issues.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience supporting AI clusters, GPU infrastructure, or AI-focused computing environments.
  • Experience with parallel file systems.
  • Experience supporting research, scientific, academic, or computational computing environments.
  • Experience supporting grant-funded research infrastructure.
  • Knowledge of SAN, InfiniBand, and high-performance networking technologies.
  • Familiarity with automation, scripting, monitoring, and infrastructure management tools.
  • Experience working in large-scale distributed computing environments.
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