Substantial hands-on experience administering Linux in a complex enterprise or research-computing environment.Practical experience supporting HPC clusters and diagnosing issues across compute, scheduler, storage and network layers.Strong operational knowledge of SLURM administration and workload troubleshooting.Competence in Bash or another relevant scripting language, with a track record of automating administrative tasks.Experience with Linux performance analysis, capacity management, patching, security hardening and vulnerability remediation.Experience operating shared file services and troubleshooting NFS, permissions, throughput, latency and capacity issues.Working knowledge of enterprise networking fundamentals and distributed-system dependencies.Experience delivering controlled technical change and maintaining accurate documentation in a structured IT service-management environment.Experience with NVIDIA Base Command Manager, Bright Cluster Manager or a comparable HPC cluster-management platform.Experience with Cisco compute platforms and associated server-management tooling.Experience administering NetApp storage in Linux or HPC environments.Knowledge of InfiniBand or other high-speed, low-latency fabrics.Experience with MPI workloads, environment modules, compilers, engineering or scientific applications, and common HPC software stacks.Experience with Ansible, Git and infrastructure-as-code practices.Experience with virtualisation, containers or cloud-hosted Linux workloads.Knowledge of backup, recovery, monitoring and observability platforms used in enterprise infrastructure.Professional Capability
Able to work independently with minimal supervision and take technical ownership through to resolution.Demonstrated ability to analyse complex problems, prioritise operational risk and exercise sound technical judgement.Clear written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain technical issues to specialists and non-specialists.Strong operational discipline, attention to detail and commitment to secure, reliable and supportable services.Collaborative approach and willingness to coach colleagues and share knowledge.Bachelor's degree in computing, engineering or a related field with relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of professional training and substantial practical experience.Relevant Linux, HPC, Cisco, NVIDIA or NetApp certifications are advantageous but not essential.KBR Company Information
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