Systems Administrator 3

About the role

The Data Science Institute (DSI) Tech staff is responsible for the design, operation, and security of all computing infrastructure within the Data Science Institute, including research computing systems, workstations, servers, storage, networking, and audiovisual environments.

Responsibilities

• Independently administer and maintain Linux-based servers, storage systems, and workstations supporting research, teaching, and administrative workloads.
• Serve as a maintainer of the DSI HPC cluster, including compute nodes, scheduling infrastructure, storage, and supporting services.
• Design, implement, and maintain configuration management and automation using tools such as Ansible and/or Puppet.
• Plan and execute system upgrades, migrations, and large-scale infrastructure projects with minimal guidance.
• Administer and troubleshoot storage systems (such as ZFS) and parallel or networked filesystems such as pNFS and Lustre.
• Maintain core infrastructure services including DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP networking, authentication, and access control.
• Support and troubleshoot networking infrastructure, including switches and related hardware.
• Administer Linux operating systems across multiple distributions, including Ubuntu and Red Hat–based systems.
• Support endpoint management solutions such as SimpleMDM and manage macOS, windows and Linux workstation environments.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior staff and assist with operational best practices.
• Support and maintain audiovisual systems, including Zoom Rooms, displays, digital signage, and assembly or conference room technology.
• Collaborate with faculty, researchers, students, and staff to gather requirements and deliver technical solutions that support research workflows.
• Participate in incident response, disaster recovery planning, backups, and security remediation activities.
• Maintain documentation for systems, procedures, and infrastructure.
• Successfully collaborate and communicate with other system administrative team members and non-technical staff.
• Utilize virtualization and containerization technologies such as Docker, Nomad or Podman.
• Configures, installs, upgrades, and maintains server applications and hardware.
• Works to safeguard the integrity of computer software.
• Implements operating system enhancements to improve the reliability and performance of the system.
• Administers operating systems, maintains security, and implements backup procedures for the organization's information systems and peripheral equipment, such as servers, desktops, printers, and storage devices.
• Perform other related duties as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.
• Significant hands-on experience administering Linux systems in production environments.
• Deep knowledge of command line tools and systems.
• Experience operating or supporting HPC or related systems, including computer clusters, schedulers, and research workflows.
• Strong experience with configuration management (Ansible, Puppet, or similar tools).
• Proficiency in Python and Bash scripting for automation and systems tooling.
• Experience with distributed and high-performance storage systems, including ZFS, pNFS, and Lustre.
• Familiarity with containerization tools such as Nomad, Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience managing multi-platform environments including Linux and macOS.
• Working knowledge of enterprise networking concepts, including routing, switching, and troubleshooting.
• Experience supporting A/V systems and institutional collaboration technologies.