Research HPC Systems Administrator

Department Contact:Allen Purcell

Internal or External Search:External - Open to all applicants

Advertising Summary:Join New Mexico State University as our High-Performance Computing (HPC) Systems Administrator and play a critical role in advancing groundbreaking research across diverse this dynamic position youll manage and optimize cutting-edge computing infrastructure support researchers tackling complex computational challenges and help shape the future of scientific discovery. If youre passionate about automation large-scale computing environments and empowering innovation through technology this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact.

PositionTitle: Research HPC Systems Administrator

College/Division: Information Technology

Department: 450280-IT SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION

Location: Las Cruces

Offsite Location (if applicable):

Target Hourly/Salary Rate: $67161.67 - To commensurate with experience

Appointment Full-time Equivalency: 1.0

FLSA Status:Exempt

Bargaining Unit Announcement: This is NOT a bargaining unit position with American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME).

Contingent Upon Funding:Contingent upon funding

Standard Work Schedule:Standard (M-F 8-5)

If Not a Standard Work Schedule:

Job Duties and Responsibilities: Administer maintain and optimize NMSUs research high-performance computing (HPC)
cluster including compute nodes login nodes storage systems networking interfaces and
supporting services. Manage and tune the Slurm workload manager job scheduling
partitions QoS settings node configurations troubleshooting and end-user support. Oversee
and maintain parallel file systems (PanFS) ensuring reliability performance and data integrity.
Monitor system performance and resource utilization and identify and resolve performance
bottlenecks. Perform software installation and environment management (modules conda
Spack) and apply system and security updates using modern automation tools (e.g. Ansible
Puppet Terraform). Develop documentation training materials and workshops to help
researchers adopt the cluster effectively and assist with building deploying and scaling
containerized workloads (Singularity/Apptainer Docker). Ensure system security compliance
backups monitoring and data-protection best practices and assist with integrating the HPC
environment into campus identity networking monitoring and storage systems. Contribute to
long-term research-computing capacity planning and the procurement of new technology.

Required Education and Experience:
Associates Degree 9 years of relevant experience or a Bachelors degree 7 years of relevant experience. Masters degree or higher preferred.

Equivalent Qualifications:
Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered. Relevant research computing experience internships professional training and industry-recognized computing or information technology certifications may be substituted for portions of the required experience as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications:

Special Certification/Licensure:

Environment: Work is normally performed indoors.

Physical Effort: No or very limited physical effort required.

Lifting Requirements: Requires handling of average-weight objects up to 10 pounds or some standing or walking.

Risk: Work environment involves some exposure to hazards or physical risks which require following basic safety precautions.