HPC Linux Systems Engineer, Associate

About This Role

This role is for an HPC Linux Systems Engineer to join the HPC Infrastructure team, responsible for deploying, configuring, and managing HPC-scale services in a Linux environment at the National Center for Computational Sciences.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure and manage HPC-scale services in a Linux environment, primarily RedHat and Rocky
• Coordinate and perform regular patches, updates and backups
• Monitor systems using tools like Nagios and Grafana
• Deploy and administer NFS storage using NetApp
• Respond to and troubleshoot complex issues
• Administer RSA SecureID and PingFederate servers
• Deploy, configure and support identity and access management services such as single-sign on (SSO), OAuth, two-factor auth, zero trust
• Integrate IdM with user applications and Entra ID
• Deploy and manage resources in the NCCS VMware environment
• Automate systems administration tasks using tools like Puppet, Terraform and Ansible

Requirements

• 2+ years experience in Linux systems administration and/or Identity Management (with Bachelor's)
• 1+ year experience in Linux systems administration and/or Identity Management (with Master's)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or closely related field, or Master's Degree.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in Linux systems administration and/or Identity Management with a Bachelor's degree, or 1 year with a Master's degree.

Nice to Have

• Excellent interpersonal/communication skills
• Ability to work within a team
• Foundational knowledge of modern authentication and authorization standards (SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), LDAP)
• Familiarity with managing user identities and group memberships in LDAP and Active Directory
• Understanding of cloud-native IAM concepts (roles, policies, service accounts) in platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Strong working knowledge of Linux system fundamentals and common network protocols
• Programming and scripting skills in Python and bash
• Understanding of versioning and code review tools like GitHub and GitLab
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Puppet or Ansible
• Experience deploying and maintaining virtual environments using VMWare
• Working knowledge of common infrastructure services such as OpenLDAP, DNS, DHCP
• Ability to plan, prioritize and complete assigned projects with minimal supervision

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits