Cyber Infrastructure Engineer Mellon College of Science Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

Pittsburgh, PA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 12 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Carnegie Mellon University is a private global research university that stands among the worlds most renowned education institutions. With ground-breaking brain science path-breaking performances creative start-ups big data big ambitions hands-on learning and a whole lot of robots CMU doesnt imagine the future we invent it. If youre passionate about joining a community that challenges the curious to deliver work that matters your journey starts here!

The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) a joint research center of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh was established in 1986 and for over 30 years has provided university government and industrial researchers with access to several of the most powerful systems for advanced computational research communications and data storage available to scientists engineers and scholars nationwide for unclassified research. PSC advances science across a wide spectrum of fields including artificial intelligence / machine learning medical imaging weather modeling cell biology and genomics.

PSC is seeking creative and capable individuals to join our highly experienced Advanced Systems and Operations team as our new Cyber Infrastructure Engineer. The successful candidate will collaborate with the research community and key IT staff to create robust solutions by designing and implementing next-generation infrastructure. They will be responsible for planning and managing automations while also maintaining the current PSC resources. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team at the nexus of technology research and software development dedicated to helping the scientific community solve challenging and complex problems.

The Advanced Systems and Operations group within PSC is responsible for the integration and operations of computational assets central to this pursuit. We are looking for creative and capable individuals to join an experienced team and continue our part in pushing forward the boundaries of science.

Core Responsibilities:

Conceives designs implements administers optimizes and monitors existing and future HPC systems and the cyber infrastructure that supports them.
Collaborate with research teams and head technology responsibilities for grant implementation.
Build relationships with research community and external vendors.
Assess and provide advanced technical support to research community for ongoing and future systems and/or application needs.
Contribute to best practices documentation and published papers.
Proactive and reactive performance analysis monitoring troubleshooting and resolution of issues.
Engineer tools and automations to assist with maintenance tasks.
Research and explore next-generation technologies for future implementation.
Perform operating system software upgrades deployments and troubleshooting of the project servers and desktop workstations.
Other related duties as assigned.

Adaptability excellence and passion are vital qualities within Carnegie Mellon University. We are in search of a team member who can effectively interact with a varied population of internal and external partners at a high level of integrity. We are looking for someone who shares our values and who will support the mission of the university through their work.

Qualifications:

Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
Experience with Linux systems administration
Experience with file system administration.
Experience with network switching and routing.
Experience with scripting languages (e.g. Python BASH)
Desire to teach learn and lead for continuing team development.
A combination of education and relevant experience from which comparable knowledge is demonstrated may be considered.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

Experience writing and/or extending systems administration software (e.g. utilities libraries plugins)
Experience with parallel file systems (e.g. Lustre GPFS)
Experience in high performance computing (HPC) environment.
Experience with configuration management software such as Puppet Chef or Ansible for systems and networking.
Experience with virtualization management infrastructure such as oVirt VMWare KVM
Experience with cloud services such as AWS GCP OpenStack or Azure.
Experience with containerize execution such as Singularity Docker and Kubernetes.

Requirements:

Successful background check

Joining the CMU team opens the door to an array of exceptional benefits.

Benefits eligible employees enjoy a wide array of benefits including comprehensive medical prescription dental and vision insurance as well as a generous retirement savings program with employer contributions. Unlock your potential with tuition benefits take well-deserved breaks with ample paid time off and observed holidays and rest easy with life and accidental death and disability insurance.

Additional perks include a free Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus pass access to our Family Concierge Team to help navigate childcare needs fitness center access and much more!

For a comprehensive overview of the benefits available explore our Benefits page.

At Carnegie Mellon we value the whole package when extending offers of employment. Beyond credentials we evaluate the role and responsibilities your valuable work experience and the knowledge gained through education and training. We appreciate your unique skills and the perspective you bring. Your journey with us is about more than just a job; its about finding the perfect fit for your professional growth and personal aspirations.

Are you interested in an exciting opportunity with an exceptional organization! Apply today!

Location

Pittsburgh PA

Job Function

Software/Applications Development/Engineering

Position Type

Staff Regular

Full Time/Part time

Full time

Pay Basis

Salary

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