[LA-Jobs] HPC Systems Engineer - NIWA

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A new job has been posted on the Linux Australia website.
http://linux.org.au/hpc-systems-engineer-niwa
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•Based in Wellington, New Zealand
•Permanent, full-time

NIWA is a leading environmental and natural resource science institute and  
key provider of atmospheric, freshwater and marine research and consultancy  
services in New Zealand.

A key component of NIWA's research infrastructure is the High Performance  
Computing Facility (HPCF) (http://www.niwa.co.nz/our-services/hpcf), which is  
used to support research activities in climate, chemistry climate, weather,  
river flood, sea state, ocean, sea-level, and inundation modelling and  
forecasting, as well as an operational environmental forecasting system  
(EcoConnect). Within the National eScience Infrastructure  
(https://www.nesi.org.nz/) the system also supports the High Performance  
Computing (HPC) requirements of researchers within the national research  
community.

We are seeking a Systems Engineer for our HPCF Operations Group, part of the  
NeSI (national) Platforms Service.  In this role you will potentially be  
involved in the management of all NeSI High Performance Computers, and  
provide support to operational and science users on the systems. There is an  
opportunity to work on a wide range of technical tasks within project teams  
that include staff from all NeSI HPC sites.

You will have a tertiary qualification in computer science and/or other  
sciences, or equivalent work experience. You will have experience in  
operating a Linux/Unix HPC service, datacentre, or cloud computing  
environment. You will have familiarity with provisioning systems,  
configuration and change management, parallel file systems, data management,  
and system integration services.  Experience with AIX, GPFS, xCAT, TSM,  
Puppet, SAN, networking, and cloud computing infrastructures would be  
advantageous. Other desirable skills include experience with resource  
managers and schedulers, system tuning, virtualization (vmware/KVM), software  
containers (docker), compilers and parallel libraries.

You will have strong interpersonal skills, an ability to work in a team  
environment and be well-organised and solution-oriented.

NIWA offers competitive remuneration and benefits, an attractive waterfront  
location with free parking and the opportunity to work in a collaborative,  
national, and professional team.

A job description, online applications and further information about NIWA can  
be found at https://careers.sciencenewzealand.org/niwa/niwa-jobs


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