[LA-Jobs] HPC Systems Engineer - NIWA (New Zealand)

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A new job has been posted on the Linux Australia website.
http://linux.org.au/hpc-systems-engineer-niwa-new-zealand
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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.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced engineer to make a  
significant contribution to the New Zealand (NZ) research landscape by  
working within the National eScience Infrastructure (NeSI).

The New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (htltps://www.nesi.org.nz/) is a  
collaboration of five institutions, including the National Institute of Water  
and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), working in partnership with the Crown, to  
provide High Performance Computing (HPC), analytics, and consultancy services  
to the NZ Research sector, and industry. NeSI's primary aim is to grow the  
computing and analytics capability of researchers to ensure New Zealand's  
future prosperity.

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 provide systems  
support to operational and science users. Daily monitoring and maintenance of  
systems, servers, storage and services, for correct functionality and optimum  
performance are key responsibilities of this position. There will also be an  
opportunity to help us extend and enhance OpenStack deployments from the bare  
metal.

We are looking for an operations expert with a few years of experience in  
Cluster management and operating Openstack environment who also has:

- a tertiary qualification in computer science and/or other sciences, and  
equivalent work experience in System Administration, Development, IT  
Operations / DevOps.
- a solid understanding of Linux / UNIX preferably in HPC service,  
datacentre, or cloud computing environment.
- parallel filesystem knowledge (GPFS, Spectrum Scale, Spectrum Scale  
Protect).
- strong scripting skills; we love to automate! Provisioning systems,  
configuration and change management (Python, Ansible, Puppet)
- an understanding of networking fundamentals and protocols (Including  
InfiniBand).

You are a team player, excellent at troubleshooting, root cause analysis and  
generally love to solve technical problems. You will have strong  
communication skills both written and verbal and be able to articulate  
technical and non-technical concepts. You will also be passionate about  
technology and committed to continuously improving.

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

Applications close 2 July 2017

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