Seeking for a Lead System Engineer w/ at least 4+ years experience. Bachelor preferred. Job Descriptions • Work closely with the Director of IT, Solutions Architect, Data Manager, development team, and bioinformaticists to establish, configure and support a variety of computer environments. The computing resources include super computer clusters; web application, client/server tools, and database servers; file servers and data management systems; and research workstations. • Must support both multi-tier dev/test/QA/production environments, as well as research and analysis environments - requiring two very different sets of security and management policies and procedures. • Configure, secure and manage web container applications for collection of Protected Health Information and/or Personally Identifiable Information. • Compile, test and implement custom bioinformatics programs to the satisfaction of internal and external ITMI researchers. • Comfortable managing Windows Server 2008/2012 and various flavors of Linux/Unix. • Interface with PHD level scientists and bioinformatics to understand software, compute and infrastructure needs. • Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning. • Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required. • Instantiate manages, administer and monitor over one dozen Linux and Windows virtual machines residing in Amazon EC2 environment. • Set up and manage Virtual Private Networks within Amazon Web Services. • Administer Linux High Performance Computer consisting of over 1000 cores and a Petabyte of storage. • Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs. Skills Required • BS or higher in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Management Systems, or related area • Experience administering Linux servers in a research and/or clinical environment where security and flexibility are essential • Experience with scripting within Windows or Linux environments in genomic research environment. • Working knowledge of information, network and system security protocols, including SSL and data encryption technologies • Experience establishing and managing Amazon Web Services - especially Elastic Compute and Simple Storage • Ability to plan, organize and document complex system design activities and to configure systems to be consistent with institutional policies/procedures • Must be able to communicate technical/complex information both verbally and in writing • Ability to establish and maintain cooperation, understanding, trust and credibility • Willing and competent in performing multiple tasks concurrently and responding to emergency situations effectively
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:03:27 +0000
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