Hpc System Administrator

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We are currently hiring for an HPC System Administrator to work a mix of onsite and remotely with one of our customers based in the UK (locations in London & Slough).

As part of the Lenovo Professional Services team your responsibilities will include:

• Hardware and system software debugging and troubleshooting
• OS Management Become the customer’s Single Point of Contact (SPOC). Opening trouble tickets against different vendors.
• Following up and reporting the progress on all issues. Respond to users and provide support to them on the daily operations of the cluster.
• Daily system administration tasks, including granting or deleting access. Investigate and correct defects in the cluster as reported, adhering to service levels.
• Resolve errors through developing, testing and implementing changes to the system. Provide corrective and preventive maintenance, troubleshoot and isolate defects.
• Perform Software and firmware testing for any fixes, upgrades, security patch. Update the documentation when and as necessary to reflect the changes made to the system.
• Compile Monthly Reporting and take part in monthly customer Service Reviews where required.

Working directly with the customer you will be responsible for:

• Responsible for the installation, configuration, and support of services as required within the central customer Research Computing Services platform team.
• Work with vendors and customer Technology Office to design, implement and upgrade services using change management and revision control processes to ensure that changes are properly tracked and available for audit when required.
• Analyze and troubleshoot system issues, defining, and resolving complex issues.
• Develop innovative solutions to continuously improve HPC and address any shortfalls in provision.
• Work closely with other customer staff, including Infrastructure Technology, Security and Governance teams.
• Understand the importance of security and seek specialist security advice to secure systems.
• Maintain a knowledge of technical developments, tools, and ideas in HPC, attending seminars, conferences, technical briefings, and other community events.
• Work flexibly as a part of the customer Platform Team, supporting the group’s activities and undertaking individual projects.
• Write and maintain documentation on system design and management processes to ensure knowledge is accessible and disseminated appropriately within the customer team.
• Deliver a high-quality service through a collaborative approach and outstanding analytical skills.
• Take an active part in meetings, representing the customer, and facilitating collaboration between partners.
• Assist customer researchers to utilize the HPC resource, providing subject matter expertise support to the Customer Research Computing Analysts.

The role gives you a great deal of independence and opportunity to take the lead and advise. You will be expected to work effectively in providing remote technical services in the areas of HPC & AI platforms and solutions. Also, you will be responsible for implementing and supporting HPC solutions at customer sites, involving Server, Storage, Network, Power and Cooling, OS, and cluster management software. The job responsibilities involve providing knowledge transfer, troubleshoot, resolve and advise on the mentioned infrastructure and technologies.

The position will require you to build a solid customer relationship so it is important that you possess customer interaction skills and ability to make technical decisions, to collaborate during projects with several organization verticals, partners, and customers and to develop training and knowledge base documentation.

Position requirements

• Experience in Linux (ie Suse, RHEL & CentOS)
• Experience in HPC system troubleshooting and support
• Fluency in English language
• Able to perform OS installation and upgrades with no supervision
• Able to perform high level problem determination
• Customer service skills including written and oral communication with client

What Lenovo can offer you:

• Holiday purchase  
• Private medical  
• Income protection 
• Attractive pension scheme  
• Positive work life balance 
• Learning and development 
• Life insurance 
• Lenovo and Motorola products discounts  
• Lifestyle discounts  
• Cycle to work  
• MyGymDiscounts 
• Mortgage advice and support  
• Referral bonus 

At Lenovo we are proud to be an equal opportunity company. This vacancy certainly applies for people with disabilities, too.