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    BACKGROUND

    SRA is seeking an innovative, dedicated, and highly motivated Senior Linux Engineer to solve challenging problems for our client, a scientific and medical research agency. If working with a 1000+ core HPC cluster, extensively automating the data center from bare-metal provisioning to application deployments, and creating scalable enterprise solutions sounds interesting to you, then please apply.

    RESPONSIBILITIES

    The Senior Linux Engineer will perform architecture design and day-to -day operational maintenance, support and upgrades for Linux operating systems, and servers. Platforms to be supported include Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS and Linux-based security appliances. The Linux Engineer will develop and implement innovative and complex solutions, ensuring that upgrades and changes comply with established guidelines and processes. The Linux Engineer will help further develop and execute High Performance Computing solutions using cluster/grid technologies. This position is a senior member of the team responsible for the planning and development of a robust and scalable management infrastructure for Linux computing resources. The successful candidate will apply in-depth HPC and Linux expertise to collaborate with stakeholders across IT and domain disciplines to expand HPC use in support of world class, cutting-edge scientific research.

    REQUIREMENTS

    • Bachelors and 6+ years relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered (ie no degree and 10+ years experience)
    • 7+ years of experience with Linux/Unix variants, especially RedHat/RHEL and its derivatives
    • Experience with automation/configuration management (Chef, Puppet, Ansible, etc.)
    • Scripting skill of some sort (Perl, Python, Ruby, bash, etc.)
    • Experience and/or knowledge with administering Apache and MySQL in traditional LAMP stack deployments
    • KVM/VMware administration and deployment experience
    • Strong troubleshooting skills
    • Experience effectively leading technical projects
    • Experience analyzing solutions components, understanding systems integration challenges, and identifying technology gaps in current components that must be resolved to reach future performance targets and functionality requirements.
    • Experience clearly presenting ideas to both technical and non-technical users and staff
    • Familiarity with industry best practices for Linux server security; ability to implement organizational security standards on Linux platforms
    • Experience with technical evaluation and recommendation of new technologies

    PREFERENCES

    • HPC administration, more specifically Grid Engine experience (in any variant) and GPFS
    • Working knowledge of popular bioinformatics applications and experience installing and configuring within a cluster
    • Infiniband administration experience
    • SAN/NAS hardware experience (NetApp and DDN preferred)
    • Knowledge of high performance enterprise storage systems
    • BrightCluster administration experience
    • Good documentation skills
    • Skilled in coordinating efforts between disciplines and across organizational boundaries

    TERMS

    Full Time Employment with SRA International

    LOCALE

    Rockville, MD

    COMPENSATION

    Negotiable

    HOW TO APPLY

    Please apply directly online via http://www.sra.com/careers to job #50203BR or directly online via this link: http://jobs.brassring.com/1033/ASP/TG/cim_jobdetail.asp?partnerid=16017&siteid=5086&AReq=50203BR

    DEADLINE

    March 20, 2015 (start date negotiable)

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