Systems Administrator
The mission of the Scientific Data & Computing Center (SDCC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is to provide computational support for BNL scientific programs. BNL is the US extreme scientific scale Data Laboratory. The Scientific Data & Computing Center provides data services for the many scientific user facilities on the BNL site, such as the nuclear physics Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), the brightest synchrotron in the world at National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS II), the Center for Functional Nanomaterials, or remote like the Atlas experiment at CERN (Switzerland), the Belle II experiment in Japan, and the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program. Due to BNL's fast-growing data science research programs, the SDCC is a lively organization developing solutions and providing the necessary computing infrastructure to support BNL's science mission.
The SDCC has an opening for a Technology Analyst/Senior Technology Analyst to take a supporting role in scientific computing for the RHIC and ATLAS programs. Within a team that manages thousands of computer and storage servers, the selected candidate will contribute to supporting these systems (deployment, monitoring, resource scheduling, etc.) and in defining the facility evolution to support massive data processing and computing needs. This position has a high level of interaction with an international and multicultural scientific community.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist in data center infrastructure management using DCIM tools
- Assist in the installation of new computer equipment
- Assist in the management of data center assets and hardware
- Participate in off-hours support of the data center
- Assist and contribute to the general operational readiness of the SCDF
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems or related discipline or equivalent directly related experience based on 2:1 (exp:edu)
- A minimum of 1 year of full-time experience in data center-related operations, such as hardware installation and lifecycle management, software upgrades and end-user support
- Familiarity with asset management and validation in a large computing center environment
- Ability to perform physically demanding work occasionally
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously in a collaborative environment with time-sensitive deadlines
- Clear and concise oral/written communication skills
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Familiarity with high-performance disk storage systems
- Familiarity with high-performance and high-throughput computing clusters
- Working knowledge of networks and networking concepts
- Basic IT services that interface facility with user-facing services
- Configuration management and version control software
- Familiarity with Collaborative Tools, such as MatterMost and Jira.
Environmental, Health & Safety Requirements:
- Ability and willingness to perform moderate physically demanding work occasionally (replacing server components, moving servers within the data center, connecting network cabling among servers, inventory and organizing replacement hardware parts, etc).
OTHER INFORMATION:
- This is an on-site position.
- Occasional travel (foreign and domestic) may be required.
- U.S. citizens and permanent residents only. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
Brookhaven Laboratory is committed to providing fair, equitable and competitive compensation. The full salary range for this position is $77250 -128800 / year. Salary offers will be commensurate with the final candidate's qualification, education and experience and considered with the internal peer group.
Brookhaven National Laboratory is committed to employee success and we believe that a comprehensive employee benefits program is an important and meaningful part of the compensation employees receive. Review more information at BNL | Benefits Program
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