RESEARCH COMPUTING SYSTEMS ENGINEER III, IS&T Research Computing

About the role

Boston University Information Services & Technology (IS&T) is seeking a Research Computing Systems Engineer to join the development and operational efforts of a collaborative project called the New England Research Cloud (NERC).

Responsibilities

• Automate deployments using a configuration management system.
• Develop automation and monitoring capabilities using programming skills.
• Identify and develop resolutions for system and performance issues.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of virtualization and container services.
• Contribute to the development and support of client workflows utilizing NERC and BU RC services.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience or relevant post-secondary education, including a combination of these two.
• Experience in Linux systems administration, storage, and networking.
• Experience programming in a Linux environment, preferably Python.
• Hands-on experience and understanding of Linux virtualization and containerization technologies (e.g., KVM, VMWare, Openstack, OpenNebula, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Ability to work with Configuration Management systems (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef) and Revision Control Systems (e.g., git).

Qualifications

The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting. Position Type: Full-Time/Regular

Skills

• Linux systems administration, storage, and networking.
• Programming in a Linux environment, preferably Python.
• Hands-on experience and understanding of Linux virtualization and containerization technologies (e.g., KVM, VMWare, Openstack, OpenNebula, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Ability to work with Configuration Management systems (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef) and Revision Control Systems (e.g., git).

Benefits

• In addition to PTO and leave policy, BU employees have a paid intersession break and 13 paid holidays.
• University-funded retirement plan with full vesting after 2 years of eligible service.
• Competitive tuition assistance program for yourself and family members.

Pay

Minimum $100,300.00

Schedule

Partially remote