High Performance Computing Admin

General Description:

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Science, Sabancı University is looking for a highly motivated and solution-oriented System Administrator responsible for day-to-day support, monitoring, and maintenance for the High-Performance-Computing system. The HPC System Administrator will also support HPC users to effectively run their in-house applications.

Responsibilities include:

• Monitor the high-performance computing system daily to ensure continuous operation.
• Report and take necessary actions to resolve HPC system failure in a timely manner.
• Troubleshoot hardware, software and system failure.
• Contact hardware and software providers for maintenance and warranty service when necessary.
• Collect statistics of usage, report and analyze them on a monthly basis and make purchasing plans to expand the HPC system
• Install and configure new HPC system from scratch, which includes installing Linux system and GPU drives and configuring network and HPC system.
• Add or remove computing servers, master server, and storage servers for HPC system.
• Assemble servers from hardware parts, and configure/reconfigure them into HPC system.
• Provide prompt support to the HPC users to ensure smooth operation of their in-house applications.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Expert knowledge of Linux system, HPC configuration, network system, storage servers, HPC environments, and HPC hardware.
• Strong problem-solving skills in tracking hardware, software and network problems and providing solution to resolve such problems promptly as system administrator.
• Familiar with high performance GPU hardware and its installation.
• Capable of physically moving and lifting computer hardware and servers.
• Good communication and teamwork skills

Minimum Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor or Master degree in Degree in Information Technology, Computer Sciences or related subjects
• 5+ years’ working experience as HPC System Administrator

''Sabancı University is committed to the principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment in education and employment. The University respects all individuals without any discrimination of gender, religion, national and ethnic origin, race, color, physical disability, physical appearance, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, age, or political affiliation in the administration of its educational, admission and employment policies, and its scholarship and university-sponsored programs.''