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Pay Range Base pay range: $91,800.00 - $116,000.00 per year.
Department Provost Research Computing Center
About the Department The University of Chicago Research Computing Center (RCC) provides high‑end research computing resources to researchers. It offers HPC, storage, and visualization resources along with hardware, software, user support, and training. The Office of Research oversees sponsored research and contract management functions.
Job Summary The role participates in the design of automated, scalable, and rapidly deployable solutions to systems infrastructure and server configuration. Responsibilities include installing, configuring, and maintaining operating systems, monitoring, and alert systems, and firewalls. The engineer plans and executes hands‑on maintenance for production servers (Windows and Linux) and oversees the operation, maintenance, security, and compliance of large‑scale HPC systems.
Responsibilities
Design, deploy, configure, and administer HPC clusters, including compute nodes, storage, interconnects (e.g., InfiniBand), and related systems.
Develop, maintain, and enforce security procedures and documentation for operational and compliance purposes.
Implement infrastructure and security monitoring to detect failures and unusual activity, and respond to automated alerts.
Tune, secure, and maintain the HPC job scheduling environment, including fair‑sharing, accounting, and policy enforcement.
Troubleshoot and resolve operational, performance, and security‑related issues across hardware and software stacks; coordinate with vendors for defects, vulnerabilities, and performance issues. Provide help‑desk tickets support for security‑protected environments.
Maintain secure backup, archival, disaster‑recovery, and restore capabilities for systems and research data.
Perform vulnerability scanning, patch management, system, and firmware updates across the infrastructure.
Document all configuration and maintain operating system, hardware, and software documentation.
Monitor for IT security incidents and keep current with new security technologies, laws, and regulations.
Perform other related work as needed.
Education Minimum: College or university degree in a related field.
Experience Minimum: 2–5 years of experience in a related job discipline.
Preferred Qualifications
Linux system administration experience in a large, distributed computing environment.
Demonstrated experience and knowledge of system security and best practices.
Technical Skills and Knowledge
Linux administration (RHEL).
Advanced scripting with Python or Bash.
Job scheduler administration (e.g., Slurm, Torque, PBS, LSF).
Automation tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Salt).
Provisioning tools (xCAT, Confluent, Warewulf).
Monitoring tools (CheckMK, Zabbix, Nagios).
Knowledge of federal regulations and frameworks (HIPAA, FISMA, NIST CSF).
Controls for protected unclassified information (NIST 800‑53/171/223, FIPS).
Distributed storage systems (e.g., Storage Scale, Lustre, Gluster, BeeGFS, Ceph) with practical experience.
InfiniBand concepts and working knowledge.
Documentation of procedures and standard operating procedures.
Preferred Competencies
Translate researchers’ scientific goals into computational requirements.
Collaborate effectively with faculty and researchers.
Stay current with emerging technologies and software tools.
Work as part of an interactive team and demonstrate self‑initiative.
Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
Application Documents
Resume or C/V (required)
Cover letter (preferred)
When applying, upload documents via the
My Experience
page in the “Application Documents” section.
Benefits Eligible: Yes. The University offers a wide range of benefits including health, retirement, and paid time off. See the Benefits Guidebook for details.
Posting Statement The University of Chicago is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected class. All offers of employment are contingent upon a background check. For more information, see the University’s Notice of Nondiscrimination. For accommodations, call 773‑702‑5800 or submit a request via the Applicant Inquiry Form.
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Pay Range Base pay range: $91,800.00 - $116,000.00 per year.
Department Provost Research Computing Center
About the Department The University of Chicago Research Computing Center (RCC) provides high‑end research computing resources to researchers. It offers HPC, storage, and visualization resources along with hardware, software, user support, and training. The Office of Research oversees sponsored research and contract management functions.
Job Summary The role participates in the design of automated, scalable, and rapidly deployable solutions to systems infrastructure and server configuration. Responsibilities include installing, configuring, and maintaining operating systems, monitoring, and alert systems, and firewalls. The engineer plans and executes hands‑on maintenance for production servers (Windows and Linux) and oversees the operation, maintenance, security, and compliance of large‑scale HPC systems.
Responsibilities
Design, deploy, configure, and administer HPC clusters, including compute nodes, storage, interconnects (e.g., InfiniBand), and related systems.
Develop, maintain, and enforce security procedures and documentation for operational and compliance purposes.
Implement infrastructure and security monitoring to detect failures and unusual activity, and respond to automated alerts.
Tune, secure, and maintain the HPC job scheduling environment, including fair‑sharing, accounting, and policy enforcement.
Troubleshoot and resolve operational, performance, and security‑related issues across hardware and software stacks; coordinate with vendors for defects, vulnerabilities, and performance issues. Provide help‑desk tickets support for security‑protected environments.
Maintain secure backup, archival, disaster‑recovery, and restore capabilities for systems and research data.
Perform vulnerability scanning, patch management, system, and firmware updates across the infrastructure.
Document all configuration and maintain operating system, hardware, and software documentation.
Monitor for IT security incidents and keep current with new security technologies, laws, and regulations.
Perform other related work as needed.
Education Minimum: College or university degree in a related field.
Experience Minimum: 2–5 years of experience in a related job discipline.
Preferred Qualifications
Linux system administration experience in a large, distributed computing environment.
Demonstrated experience and knowledge of system security and best practices.
Technical Skills and Knowledge
Linux administration (RHEL).
Advanced scripting with Python or Bash.
Job scheduler administration (e.g., Slurm, Torque, PBS, LSF).
Automation tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Salt).
Provisioning tools (xCAT, Confluent, Warewulf).
Monitoring tools (CheckMK, Zabbix, Nagios).
Knowledge of federal regulations and frameworks (HIPAA, FISMA, NIST CSF).
Controls for protected unclassified information (NIST 800‑53/171/223, FIPS).
Distributed storage systems (e.g., Storage Scale, Lustre, Gluster, BeeGFS, Ceph) with practical experience.
InfiniBand concepts and working knowledge.
Documentation of procedures and standard operating procedures.
Preferred Competencies
Translate researchers’ scientific goals into computational requirements.
Collaborate effectively with faculty and researchers.
Stay current with emerging technologies and software tools.
Work as part of an interactive team and demonstrate self‑initiative.
Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
Application Documents
Resume or C/V (required)
Cover letter (preferred)
When applying, upload documents via the
My Experience
page in the “Application Documents” section.
Benefits Eligible: Yes. The University offers a wide range of benefits including health, retirement, and paid time off. See the Benefits Guidebook for details.
Posting Statement The University of Chicago is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected class. All offers of employment are contingent upon a background check. For more information, see the University’s Notice of Nondiscrimination. For accommodations, call 773‑702‑5800 or submit a request via the Applicant Inquiry Form.
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