Tech Expert (Servers)

About the role

Support High Performance Computing (HPC) server-class platforms, network devices, server interconnects, mass storage systems and supporting infrastructure services.

Responsibilities

• Installation, configuration, tuning, and support of:
  • Servers running Spare Solaris, SolarisX64, Red Hat, and SuSe, with direct attached and FC SAN storage
  • Client server technology utilizing NFS and CIFS
  • Large memory SMP systems with many cores
  • Enterprise client server configurations
  • Multi-vendor filesystems such as XFS, GPFS, and VXFS
  • Fielded systems
  • Blade systems and associated interconnects (SAD, FC, TCP/IP, etc.)
  • Red Hat and Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
  • Microsoft Exchange
  • Centrify
• Configuration, tuning, testing and advanced level troubleshooting and support of virtualization products such as VMware, Xen, and Solaris containers.
• Configuration, tuning, testing, and advanced level troubleshooting and support high performance filesystems such as XFS, GPFS, VXFS, LUSTRE.
• Configuration, tuning, testing and advanced level troubleshooting and support of distributed computing tools such as NQS, RES and LSF.
• Configuration, tuning, testing, and advanced level troubleshooting and support of Red Hat, SuSe, and Solaris Operating Systems.
• Advanced level troubleshooting of core infrastructure services such as DNS, Centrify, AD, NIS, NFS, CIFS.
• Advise Government, and plan for next generation server and services infrastructure based on advanced research and test initiatives.
• Infrastructure support services such as:
• DNS, NIS, Active Directory, Centrify, Zenoss, SiteScope, HP Openview, HPSA, HPSE, Splunk
• Sendmail, Exchange
• NetQoS, Infoblox
• Thin client solutions based on Virtual bridges and Citrix
• NoMachine NX
• Virtualization products; VMware and Solaris containers

Qualifications

A Security Clearance and Polygraph are required.