Linux systems administrator | Los Angeles, CA

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  • Location: Gardena, CA

teams that collaborate on high-impact research, leveraging the Institute's leading-edge facilities and expert services to address grand challenges of our time. A successful Linux Systems Administrator at CNSI is passionate about technology and will thrive working on a collaborative team of technologists and scientists to support and grow the Institute's research computing infrastructure.

Under the direction of the Information Technology Manager, this role is responsible for the Institute's HPC cluster, high-performance storage, Linux servers and workstations, advanced networking, and associated management and monitoring infrastructure. The systems administrator will work with Technology

Center (core research laboratories) leadership and research staff to understand workflows and computing needs to analyze, specify, design and implement operating system and application software solutions in a medium-sized, heterogeneous computing environment made up of standalone, virtualized, and clustered Windows and Linux systems.

The systems administrator is tasked with working with research staff to optimize the performance and utilization of the Institute's HPC resources including the parallel file system storage array. Additional responsibilities involve security patching, OS and package upgrades, automation, scripting. troubleshooting hardware, software and networking issues,

and ensuring maximum system availability. The incumbent will enforce IT security best practices, engage in the monitoring, investigation and remediation of cyber security threats, provide network administration and troubleshooting, and also actively participate in strategic planning discussions regarding future state of the Institute's infrastructure.

The systems administrator will work collaboratively with the other members of the IT team to develop, plan and implement projects to achieve team objectives. The incumbent is expected to stay informed of the latest IT security threats and work with the IT team to backss network security levels and compliance, institute IT security best practices, and develop and implement action-plans to improve system and network security.

The incumbent will monitor the health and overall performance of the department's network hardware, physical and virtual servers, uninterruptable power supplies, storage solutions, databases, and web services. Other tasks include the evaluation, recommendation, implementation and support of new hardware and software technologies, documentation of systems and processes, the training of staff, researchers and CNSI building residents regarding network access procedures, software applications, security best practices and policies, hardware usage, serve as backup for other IT team members and perform other duties as assigned.

CNSI is committed to supporting work-life balance for its employees. Due to the complex, laboratory-centric work done at the Institute, on-site work is required. The Institute's IT team works on a rotating and partially overlapping schedule. System maintenance activities will require intermittent night and weekend work, some of which can be done remotely. Special Instructions: Work from Home: This position will be 100% on-site due to the scientific work being supported in the CNSI building.

There will be flexibility for remote work on a limited basis which will be evaluated after a period of focused on-site training. Compensation: Base pay will be between $74 to $120K depending on experience. Generous health and retirement benefits are available. For full application instructions and position description, please visit: hr. mycareer. ucla. edu/applicants/Central? quick Find=87351 The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, interaction, interactionual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.

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