Software Solutions Architect

The individual is responsible for overseeing the maintenance and security of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Bureau of Laboratories (BOL) Bioinformatics and Sequencing Section local and cloud High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems. Their duties include installing antivirus or malware protection software, responding to employee concerns, or drafting documents to help employees use computer systems, maintaining databases and software on the HPC system and coordinating with company leadership to determine new technologies that could enhance their Section's computer systems. This position will work closely with bioinformatics staff, LIMS, DTMB and Google Cloud support teams on activities to perform needed analysis and provide technical feedback. Not having a resource on staff will result in a lower quality of support for MDHSS BOL. Current support is sometimes delayed due to other priorities. On-stie support is also required which requires planning by current support staff. Improvements in the current system architecture have been requested which will require more hours than current staff have capacity for.

Basic HPC security
Implementing and maintaining data management infrastructure
Providing support for SAN and NAS storage, backup/recovery environments and virtualization infrastructure by implementing, managing, and monitoring the hardware and software
Playing a major role in the security, disaster recovery and services continuity of a highly available enterprise storage and backup infrastructure by following established procedures and compliance requirements
Technical support (installation, configuration, maintenance, upgrade, retirement, troubleshooting).
Configuration management using frameworks such as Ansible, Puppet, and Chef.
Administration of high-speed network storage systems.
Managing, configuring, and supporting cloud systems such as setting up, maintaining, and troubleshooting cloud compute engines and storage buckets
Managing databases
Assisting staff to access and utilize computing resources
Co-ordinating with Labs and DTMB staff on maintaining and managing the computational resources
10+ years experience with the Linux CLI environment and coding languages such as R, Python, Bash
10+ years experience with workload management systems such as SLURM
10+ years experience with setting up HPC systems including identifying suitable hardware and software needs
10+ years experience with setting up and managing databases such as PostgreSQL
10+ years experience performing System Administration including installation, configuration, and support software, packages, and libraries in various environments
10+ years experience with Network Appliance clustered servers and applicable software
10+ years experience with hands-on troubleshooting, issue resolution, discrepancy tracking, and report generation
10+ years experience with Linux configuration regarding Storage, Networking, Load Balancing, Memory Management, VMs, Firewalls, and System Monitoring
10+ years experience with computer security
Knowledge of package management systems such as conda
Knowledge of automation tools such as Ansible or Puppet
Experience with cloud computing (setting up compute engines, storage buckets)
Strong knowledge of enterprise storage solutions
Familiar with software frameworks used for searching, monitoring, and analyzing big data
Good communication skills
Ability to stay organization
Focused attention to detail
Accuracy and efficiency, with personal integrity, dedication, and creativity
Willingness to be flexible, while taking initiative
Ability to provide the program with knowledgeable resources
Ability to work as a team member is a must