HPC System Administrator for National Supercomputing Centre - Computerome

Do you have strong IT-problem-solving skills? Do you thrive in providing excellent service to the costumer? And do you want to be part of building up a new Pan-European cloud service provider? Then this a unique job opportunity for you.

We are looking for HPC System Administrator to join our team. The ideal candidate are curious of nature, have strong problem-solving skills and pride themselves in excellent customer service. In our team, you will have the opportunity of making a real difference while having diverse tasks related to the newest technology.

Computerome comprises of a large 50.000 CPU cluster and a 50 PB file system, combined with a custom-built secure cloud environment to accommodate sensitive data handling. Besides the daily user support, the system administrators’ responsibility is to ensure stable and secure operation at all times including the HPC cluster, network, backup, cloud environment and various database solutions.

The job

• Installation, configuration, updating and maintenance of our HPC environments. We use Moab/Torque, SLURM, Mellanox InfiniBand, and NFS/GPFS among others.
• Installation, configuration and design automation with tools like Ansible.
• Administer and support core VMware technologies. 
• Maintenance of software for programming and parallelizing computations such as Fortran, C, MPI, OpenMPI.
• Scripting (Bash, Python, etc.). Gitlab-C.
• Installation, configuration, and support of technical scientific applications under Environment Modules or Easybuild or similar tools.
• Maintain inventory and asset configuration documentation.
• Interact with customers and staff at the technical level, as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

Our expectations of you

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science (or related area) preferred.
• Have experience as HPC administrator.
• Have a solid experience in different areas within IT, especially Linux/UNIX environment.
• Good understanding of virtualization and containerization.
• Strong communication in English and documentation skills.
• Flexible and able to adapt to a rapidly changing environment.
• Positive, self-motivated individual who can complete tasks independently.
• Must be a team player.

What we offer in return

We offer an interesting and challenging job in an international atmosphere with the focus on cutting edge technologies and platform development. We place emphasis on high-level professionalism among our staff, so skill development is an integral part of our organization. We have a strong team-based performance culture, and we constantly strive to be the best in business.

Salary and appointment terms

The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC) or any other relevant agreement.

Application and contact

Please submit your online application no later than Thursday, 21 March 2024. 

Open the “Apply now” link, fill out the form and attach your motivated application, CV and exam certificates. 

If you would like additional information about the position, feel free to contact Head of Development, Hossein Aghili, phone +452478 2409.

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, disability, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

The Danish National Life Science Supercomputing Center, Computerome

has a long track record within High-Performance Computing (HPC) specialized for Life Science but will in the short transition into more broad and commercial service provider. We are there for staffing up and looking for ambitious people with a pioneer spirit and strong business acumen (i.e. A-players) to bring Computerome into the next level.

Technology for people

DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear mission to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That mission lives on today. DTU has 13,500 students and 6,000 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.