Senior Research Computing Systems Engineer

About the role

This Research Computing Systems Engineer position provides expert support for the Vermont Advanced Computing Center’s (VACC) research computing systems and helps build and maintain state‑of‑the‑art high performance computing (HPC) solutions for researchers. The VACC operates four research clusters, including multi‑thousand‑core “big compute” resources, GPU‑focused resources, and a massive in‑memory database cluster. The role supports VACC computing and storage hardware infrastructure, as well as research computing software such as Slurm, OpenOnDemand and related technologies. The engineer works with VACC IT staff to install, maintain, and support research software and tools used by the UVM research community, responds to researcher requests for software installation and troubleshooting, assesses faculty needs to adjust VACC compute resources, and supports academic use of VACC resources by working with faculty to expand HPC into the classroom. Scripting is essential for cluster administration and enabling users to leverage the VACC cluster. Because changes affect hundreds of users and millions of dollars of research, systematic attention to detail, careful planning, and sound judgment are critical.

Responsibilities

• Support VACC computing and storage hardware infrastructure
• Maintain and support research computing software (Slurm, OpenOnDemand, related technologies)
• Install, maintain, and support research software and tools for the UVM research community
• Respond to researcher requests, providing guidance and expertise in software installation and troubleshooting
• Assess faculty needs and adjust VACC compute resources to better meet research and academic requirements
• Support academic use of VACC resources, collaborating with faculty to expand HPC into the classroom
• Develop and maintain scripts for cluster administration and user enablement
• Apply systematic attention to detail, careful planning, and judgment when making changes that impact many users

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM‑related field
• 5 years of experience as a Linux Systems Administrator/Engineer
• Thor