Systems Administrator

Systems AdministratorThe individual is responsible for overseeing the maintenance and security of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Bureau of Laboratories (BOL) Bioinformatics and Sequencing Section local and cloud High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems. Their duties include installing antivirus or malware protection software, responding to employee concerns, or drafting documents to help employees use computer systems, maintaining databases and software on the HPC system and coordinating with company leadership to determine new technologies that could enhance their Section’s computer systems. This position will work closely with bioinformatics staff, LIMS, DTMB and Google Cloud support teams on activities to perform needed analysis and provide technical feedback.Duties and ResponsibilitiesAdministration of Linux servers and High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters.Installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of Linux Servers.Basic HPC securityImplementing and maintaining data management infrastructureProviding support for SAN and NAS storage, backup/recovery environments and virtualization infrastructure by implementing, managing, and monitoring the hardware and softwarePlaying a major role in the security, disaster recovery and services continuity of a highly available enterprise storage and backup infrastructure by following established procedures and compliance requirementsTechnical support (installation, configuration, maintenance, upgrade, retirement, troubleshooting).Configuration management using frameworks such as Ansible, Puppet, and Chef.Administration of high-speed network storage systems.Managing, configuring, and supporting cloud systems such as setting up, maintaining, and troubleshooting cloud compute engines and storage bucketsManaging databasesAssisting staff to access and utilize computing resourcesCo-ordinating with LIMS and DTMB staff on maintaining and managing the computational resourcesExperienceExperience with the Linux CLI environment and coding languages such as R, Python, BashExperience with workload management systems such as SLURMKnowledge of package management systems such as condaExperience with setting up HPC systems including identifying suitable hardware and software needsExperience with setting up and managing databases such as PostgreSQLExperience performing System Administration including installation, configuration, and support software, packages, and libraries in various environmentsExperience with Network Appliance clustered servers and applicable softwareExperience with hands-on troubleshooting, issue resolution, discrepancy tracking, and report generationFamiliar with software frameworks used for searching, monitoring, and analyzing big dataExperience with Linux configuration regarding Storage, Networking, Load Balancing, Memory Management, VMs, Firewalls, and System MonitoringExperience with computer securityKnowledge of automation tools such as Ansible or PuppetExperience with cloud computing (setting up compute engines, storage buckets)Strong knowledge of enterprise storage solutionsRequired Skills: 3+ years Linux (minimum) - systems or network background - coming in to set up infra Basic Qualification: Administration of Linux servers and High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters. Installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of Linux Servers. Basic HPC security - Excellent communication skills