Addison Group

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Linux IT Specialist to join our IT team. This role will play a vital part in contributing to the global HPC and Digital Platform team, ensuring seamless HPC and Cloud infrastructure performance. The successful candidate will have a proven track record in Linux administration, with a strong understanding of system monitoring and administration, troubleshooting, and IT service management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Install, configure, and maintain Linux systems, software, and applications.
• Provide technical support to users, resolving issues and escalating complex problems as needed.
• Troubleshoot and debug hardware and software issues, including diagnosing system crashes and addressing security breaches.
• Perform regular maintenance tasks, such as backups, upgrades, and security updates, to ensure system stability and security.
• Monitor systems and services through performance monitoring, log analysis, and proactive issue detection.
• Utilize ticketing systems to track and resolve user support requests efficiently.
• Identify and address potential system issues through proactive monitoring of systems and services.
• Support in-house software applications by troubleshooting, optimizing performance, and adhering to standard policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align IT services with business and user needs.
• Stay current with technology trends and best practices to enhance systems and services.
• Proficiency in SLURM job scheduling is preferred, including configuring and managing job queues and resolving basic scheduling-related issues.
• Demonstrate strong project and time management skills to prioritize tasks effectively in a dynamic environment.

Skills & Competencies:

• 3-5 years of experience in Linux administration, preferably in an HPC environment.
• Strong understanding of system administration, troubleshooting, and IT service management.
• Experience with automation/configuration management using either Puppet, Chef, Salt, Ansible, Gitlab, or an equivalent.
• Ability to use a wide variety of open-source technologies and cloud services.
• Some experience with SQL, MySQL, and MariaDB.
• Experience with Docker and container orchestration.
• Familiarity with code and script (Bash, Python, Perl); shell scripting.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Desirable:
• Experience with DevOps methodologies and tools such as OpenStack, Kubernetes, CI/CD, etc.
• Experience in cloud administration, virtualization, and hardware maintenance (Storage/CPU/GPU).

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
• Experience in scripting and automation, cloud technologies, and DevOps practices is preferred.
• Knowledge of internet security and data privacy principles.
• Experience in scripting and automation, cloud technologies, and DevOps practices is preferred.

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Addison Group

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Addison Group
Houston