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Cluster Administrator

BCforward Hillsboro, OR (Onsite) Contractor
Cluster Administrator

BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated Cluster Administrator for a Remote opportunity!

Position Title: Cluster Administrator

Location: Remote

Anticipated Start Date: 06/17

Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: 6+ months contract + renewable

Job Type: [FULL TIME (>%3D30 HRS WEEKLY) [CONTRACT], [REMOTE]

Pay Range: $80-$82/hr only on W2

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

Requirements:

  • Serve as the cluster administrator for Client's Labs academic research cluster
  • Driving deployments of new servers of varying types depending on need.
  • Likely to involve engagement with product teams to help perform best known methods and configuration.
  • Technical escalation point for first level support technicians likely to include topics involving job submissions, resource requests, troubleshooting, etc.
  • Monitor and report utilization of cluster resources including compute nodes and NAS storage leveraging existing tools such as Zabbix and potential usage of Grafana + Prometheus.
  • Serve as the owner of the SLURM job scheduler, defining the configuration that best fits the user base and developing/enabling advanced features as applicable.
  • Maintain software stack including OneAPI, OpenHPC, and one off package install requests across compute nodes utilizing existing Chef configuration management tool.
  • Educate users who have varying levels of experience how to best utilize the cluster when they reach out with questions. Regularly update the documentation provided to users with the most relevant details to improve their experience.
Desired skills:

  • Can effectively communicate with a variety of stakeholders, including presenting plans to higher management and having technical discussions with engineers/scientists.
  • Experience designing and managing large clusters with heterogeneous HW (CPUs, GPUs, etc.)
  • User-centric and results oriented. You can learn from data what the needs of our scientists/engineers will and can produce a cluster growth plan to fulfill these needs
  • Power user. You are willing to extensively test the different workflows that run in the cluster and help optimize them.
  • Cluster tech stack. You are an expert on cluster orchestration and management, familiar with technologies such as SLURM, Docker, Zabbix, Chef, etc. (or you are willing to learn them quickly)
Benefits:

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

Keywords:

Cluster Administrator

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

To learn more about how BCforward collects and uses personal information as part of the recruiting process, view our Privacy Notice and CCPA Addendum. As part of the recruitment process, we may ask for you to disclose and provide us with various categories of personal information, including identifiers, professional information, commercial information, education information, and other related information. BCforward will only use this information to complete the recruitment process.

This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.

Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 223131 when responding to this ad.


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Job Snapshot

Employee Type

Contractor

Location

Hillsboro, OR (Onsite)

Job Type

Information Technology

Experience

Not Specified

Date Posted

05/31/2024

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