Systems Administrator Il

About the role

The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) seeks a Systems Administrator II to join their team at the Center for Communications Research in Princeton, New Jersey (CCRP). This position offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities to contribute to critical national programs.

Responsibilities

• Provides operational support and maintenance to ensure systems functionality, availability, security, and performance.
• Builds and implements IT technology initiatives.
• Partners with the engineering staff to ensure the successful deployment and transition of operational support.
• Buils new physical and virtual servers to design specifications.
• Maintains technical documentation, to include standard operating procedures and processes.
• Administers and maintains classified and unclassified systems and services to ensure optimum performance and availability.
• Communicates all computer network, system and service problems and outages immediately to the appropriate supervisors and/or managers.
• Responds to critical after hours support issues.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent experience in related field.
• Advanced knowledge in the Linux operating system and/or Windows, with significant experience with CPU/GPU based systems, high-performance storage technologies (e.g. Lustre), HPC or High Throughput job allocation technologies (e.g. Slurm, HTCondor), parallel computing environments such as MPI and CUDA, and high-performance network technologies (e.g. InfiniBand, GigE).
• Three years minimum experience in Information Technology, two in systems administration.
• Possess technical and operational proficiency managing and supporting servers, systems, and software, specifically Linux/Unix and/or Windows.
• Experience in more than one of the following areas a plus: High Performance Computing (HPC) systems or large cluster computing, including GPU based systems. Authentication, access control, compliance and security in a DOD environment. Open Source software installation and support.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal form and with all levels of employees; possess good interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to work hours outside of a regular schedule, including periodic on-call support.
• Project management experience a plus.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret/SCI security clearance with lifestyle polygraph.

Benefits

IDA offers a competitive salary, an excellent benefits package, and a superior professional working environment. Benefits include diverse health insurance options, generous 10% contribution to retirement, 6 weeks 100% paid parental leave and 20 days paid time off. IDA is also committed to providing professional development, including tuition reimbursement, internal and external trainings, and the possibility of Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSFL).