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Livermore, CA - USA

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Not Disclosed

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Job Title: HighPerformance Computer Technician (NWS 00774

North Wind Services is actively seeking individuals who can contribute to national security within the science technology and engineering fields as part of our supplemental labor team at vital federal research and development installations supporting the Department of Energy. NWS has an established history of contributing to the success of their customers mission. Available employment opportunities may range from administrative and logistical support to advanced technical positions.

Qualified applicants must be a US citizen at least 18 years of age and able to meet preemployment requirements including any required physicals drug screen and/or background investigation to satisfy clearance requirements from the Department of Energy.

Successful candidates will be employees of NWS a premier government contractor charged with employing highly motivated and wellqualified personnel who can advance the missions of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore CA. Though employed by NWS the employee will take daytoday direction from technical personnel employed directly by the research laboratories. Pay benefits Human Resource and Employment Management functions are provided by NWS.

The Computing Directorate has an opening for a HighPerformance Computing (HPC) Technician to provide consulting services to the Livermore Computing (LC) user community on some of the worlds largest supercomputers. The successful candidate will work on a broad range of complex HPC assignments in both classified and unclassified computing environments have strong problemsolving and HPC skills exhibit proficient twoway communications act as a customer advocate and provide technical assistance for customers. Additional technical assignments will also be made based on programmatic need and individual interests or expertise of the individual.

Essential Duties
Provide technical consulting services by staffing the LC Customer Services Hotline office on a rotating schedule.
Record track correspond and document resolutions of customer contacts using an incident tracking system. Contact with customers will be via phone email and in person.
Diagnose and resolve a broad range of computing problems and participate in implementing solutions by working closely with LC staff customers and vendors.
Work on shortterm collaborations to port profile optimize and/or troubleshoot customer codes on new platforms.
Determine optimal methods for configuring batch jobs to run on various LC HPC systems.
Provide customer support on the efficient and effective use of HPC and network resources at LC.
Work on independent projects such as presenting and processing information from webbased access forms interfacing with other directorates to ensure the most efficient use of LC computing resources and supporting LC and its customers through other projects as needed.
Periodically schedule system software and other events affecting the LC user community and effectively communicate these events to customers.
Some travel for meetings training and conferences.

Essential Skills Knowledge and Abilities
BS in computer science or related field or equivalent level of demonstrated knowledge.
Current and indepth experience using HPC systems and tools and knowledge of parallel programming models and techniques.
Experience with and knowledge of UNIX/Linux Fortran C and/or C programming languages and script programming languages (shell Perl).
Familiarity with scientific and parallel applications programming.
Experience providing technical customer support informally or formally.
Demonstrated ability to interface and communicate effectively.
Advanced writing and documentation skills.
Experience working effectively in a team environment.

Desired Skills Knowledge and Abilities
Advanced degree in Computer Science or related field.
Experience using or indepth knowledge of the LC or similar HPC environment.
Knowledge of network access methods (IPA VPN firewalls).
Knowledge of visualization techniques.
Teaching and training experience.
Familiarity with a range of parallel HPC systems.
Familiarity with GPGPU programming CUDA or Open ACC.

Special Requirements
PrePlacement Medical Exam: A jobrelated preplacement medical examination may be required.
Preemployment drug test: External applicant(s) selected for this position will be required to pass a postoffer preemployment drug test. This includes testing for use of as Federal Law applies to us as a Federal Subcontractor.
Anticipated Clearance Level: Q(position will be cleared to this level). Applicants selected will be subject to a federal background investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information or matter. In addition all L or Q cleared employees are subject to random drug testing. Qlevel clearance requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold multiple citizenships (U.S. and another country) you may be required to renounce your nonU.S. citizenship before a DOE L or Q clearance will be processed/granted.

North Wind offers a competitive pay and benefits package to include health life and disability insurance benefits 401(k) with company match generous paid leave and tuition reimbursement for eligible employees. As a company we are committed to employee wellness professional development and worklife balance. We value safety reliability and commitment to our people! For more information about our benefits or hiring philosophy visit the North Wind Career Opportunities Page.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The nature of those accommodations will be determined on a casebycase basis. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying you may contact our Helplinefor assistance.

North Wind is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race sex color religion national origin age disability veteran status genetic data religion or other legally protected status. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.


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