Senior Scientific Platform Specialist (for Linux Research Platform) (m/f)

REFERENCE NUMBER:

371190/11

MY DUTIES:

-Ensure installation, configuration and operation of the scientific platform environment to achieve the performance and agility of the various applications supported (in the range of several hundreds)
-Definition of HPC/HTC workflows and job submission optimization activities
-Assist with scientific application and data analysis tool set build, installation, configuration, maintenance and advanced tuning
-Contribute to the concept, planning and execution of projects

MY QUALIFICATIONS:

-Strong experience with large scale Linux/HPC environments; professional Linux related certifications, qualifications and industry presentations/recognition
-Knowledge of HPC cluster build and management tools (e.g. bright, xcat); HPC infrastructure components, infiniband networking; Parallel Filesystem (e.g. GPFS, Lustre); GPUs; and monitoring/benchmarking/tuning HPC workloads and applications
-Knowledge of workload management and architecture, queue configuration, such as SLURM, LSF, Gridengine and parallel programming techniques and tuning, openmp, mpi
-General Linux system administration skills regarding DevOPS approach (configuration management (e.g. puppet), automated build/release testmonitoring tools/frameworks (e.g. Nagios, Ganglia, Elk) and scripting (Shell, Python, Perl)
-Senior level technical operational skills, such as troubleshooting, capacity planning, and root cause analysis; writing application and platform documentation; and user training and education experience
-Experience in fast changing environments where solutions are deployed and retired at high pace; problem solving attitude; customer orientation and delivery focus with good end user perspective
-Clear goal orientation and supportive of change; proactivity, with a clear ability to think beyond boundaries, take controlled risks and assume responsibilities; experience in a global organization and with working in an international and multicultural environment is considered a valuable asset
-Scientific knowledge or awareness – bioinformatics, cheminformatics, life sciences; understanding of Computer Systems Validation and ITIL concepts is desirable; active open source contributor
-Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent, ideally Master's

MY BENEFITS:

-A very renowned company
-Fascinating, innovative environment in an international atmosphere

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