High Performance Computing System Administrator

Overview:

Job Description Summary:

Manages high-performance computing systems, ensuring optimal performance, troubleshooting issues, implementing upgrades, and maintaining security protocols.

Job Description:

Essential Functions:

Collaborates with other IT professionals to integrate new systems with existing infrastructure.

Conducts research and evaluates HPC relevant emerging technologies to assess their potential utility to the organization and make appropriate recommendation.

Documents system architecture, processes, and SOPs for future reference, training and compliance purposes.

Provides mentoring and support to less experienced users in order to understand their needs and provide technical support.

Manages and maintains high-performance computing systems. Monitors system performance and troubleshoots issues as they arise. Implements security measures to protect the HPC system from cyber threats. Follow SOPs to adhere to compliance standards.

Installs and configures software and hardware for optimal performance.

Routinely gather customer needs and feedback to support use cases and maximize the value of the institutional HPC environment.

Education Requirement:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or relevant field, or equivalent experience, required.

Master's Degree, preferred.

Skills:

Ability to participate in an effective mentoring relationship utilizing the appropriate methods.

Exceptional interpersonal, presentation, customer service, and communication skills required to interact effectively with all hospital staff, medical staff, and external contacts.

Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems.

Ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision and identify, collect, and analyze data.

Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics, with the ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects.

Knowledge of technical troubleshooting approaches, tools, and techniques and the ability to anticipate, recognize, and resolve technical issues. Working knowledge of relevant programming languages and environments.

Ability to write technical documents such as manuals, reports, guidelines or documents on standards, processes, and applications.

Experience:

Two years of experience in system administration, required.

High-performance computing experience or equivalent, preferred.

Experience in hospital information systems, preferred.

Physical Requirements:

OCCASIONALLY: Bend/twist, Climb stairs/ladder, Flexing/extending of neck, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Reaching above shoulder, Squat/kneel, Standing, Walking

FREQUENTLY: (none specified)

CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Color vision, Computer skills, Decision Making, Depth perception, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Repetitive hand/arm use, Seeing – Far/near, Sitting

"The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet"

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