High Performance Computing (HPC) Research Support Technician | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | University of Luxembourg

Position:	High Performance Computing (HPC) Research Support Technician
Institution:	University of Luxembourg
Location:	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Duties:	Participation in the daily operations, monitoring the HPC clusters, response to incidents in a coordinated manner; Participation in the first line support activities for our 600+ user base (bug tracking, documentation) and provide second-line support (system expertise, hardware maintenance, SLA enforcement); Contribution to the system analysis and design of future infrastructure expansions (hardware & software); Contribution to development, and automation of provisioning and configuration management of a Linux-based infrastructure, including but not limited to HPC clusters, parallel storage systems and heterogeneous network equipments
Requirements:	Bachelor in Computer Science, or equivalent degree, ideally with a specialty in systems, networks and applications administrations; Good knowledge in GNU/Linux system administration (Red Hat and derivatives); Good knowledge in at least one scripting language (Bash, Python, Ruby), in Version Control Systems (Git) and in virtualization and containers technologies; Good understanding of networked computing environment; System administration “best practices” are part of all actions; 3 to 5 years of relevant working experience

Text:	High Performance Computing (HPC) Research Support Technician Participation in the daily operations, monitoring the HPC clusters, response to incidents in a coordinated manner; Participation in the first line support activities for our 600+ user base (bug tracking, documentation) and provide second-line support (system expertise, hardware maintenance, SLA enforcement); Contribution to the system analysis and design of future infrastructure expansions (hardware & software); Contribution to development, and automation of provisioning and configuration management of a Linux-based infrastructure, including but not limited to HPC clusters, parallel storage systems and heterogeneous network equipments Bachelor in Computer Science, or equivalent degree, ideally with a specialty in systems, networks and applications administrations; Good knowledge in GNU/Linux system administration (Red Hat and derivatives); Good knowledge in at least one scripting language (Bash, Python, Ruby), in Version Control Systems (Git) and in virtualization and containers technologies; Good understanding of networked computing environment; System administration “best practices” are part of all actions; 3 to 5 years of relevant working experience