High Performance Computing System Administrator - Scientific Computing & Data

Description Strength Through Diversity Ground breaking science. Advancing medicine.

Healing made personal. Roles & Responsibilities: The Scientific Computing and Data group at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai partners with scientists to accelerate scientific discovery.

To achieve these aims, we support a cutting-edge high-performance computing ("HPC") and data ecosystem along with MD/PhD-level support for researchers. The group is composed of a high-performance computing team, the research clinical data warehouse team and a research data services team. The HPC Administrator, as a member of the Scientific Computing and Data group, is responsible for a computational and data science ecosystem for researchers at Mount Sinai.

Duties include the design, deployment, management and maintenance of high-performance computing (HPC) clusters, an archival storage system, scientific workflows and associated data resources. Participate in the integration of HPC resources with genomic systems and in the resolution of all technical issues. This position reports to the Director for Computational & Data Ecosystem in Scientific Computing.Specific responsibilities are listed below.

Responsibilities Designs, deploys and maintains HPC clusters with over 30,000 cores with Infiniband, 40+ petabytes of data storage and databases in production. Designs and develops scripts for system administration, monitoring and usage reporting.

Designs and develops scripts for system regression test and performance (file systems, scheduler, interconnect, high availability, etc.). Troubleshoots, isolates and resolves application, system and other technical problems (hardware, software, and network). Maintains, tunes and manages computational, data and workflow systems for MSSM researchers and scientists.

Helps define and deploy a comprehensive computational and data vision. Researches, deploys and optimizes resource management and scheduling software and policies.

Develops and implements backup policies.

Understands research use cases, researches and deploys new technologies, defining cost, performance and other trade-offs. Answers and resolves user tickets.

Participates in the integration of HPC resources with laboratory equipment such as sequencers, etc.

Designs, tunes and manages parallel file systems, storage and data-oriented resources. Manages and maintains tools for configuration management, resource management, scheduling and all necessary aspects of HPC in accordance with best practices.

Researches, deploys and manages networking and security infrastructure, including development of policies and procedures.

Partners with other peers regionally, nationally and internationally to discover, propose and deploy a world-class research infrastructure for Mount Sinai. Assists in developing and writing proposals and publications.

Creates and provides clear documentation.

Works as a strong team player within the group, within Mount Sinai, and externally. Provide after hours support in case of a critical system issue. Performs other related duties as assigned or requested Qualifications Bachelors degree or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Science or a related discipline; Masters degree or equivalent in a domain science. 4 years, preferably in a Redhat Linux administration Experience in a large-scale HPC cluster environment Experience with parallel file systems and storage Experience with archival storage and tape libraries Experience with networking and security Working knowledge of databases and web services Experience in Infiniband, Gigabit Ethernet Experience in an academic or research community environment Script and programming experience Must be an expert troubleshooter Preferred:

Advanced degree Experience with TSM, GPFS, LSF Employer Description Strength Through Diversity The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai's unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together.

We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by: Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential. Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.

Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers. At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients.

We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally. Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history! "About the Mount Sinai Health System: Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education.

Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time - discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients' medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers.

We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology.

New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report's "Best Children's Hospitals" ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country's best in several pediatric specialties.

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek's "The World's Best Smart Hospitals" ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally. The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer.

We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism." EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans Compensation The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements.

The salary range for the role is $99200 - $148800 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

Bachelors degree or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Science or a related discipline; Masters degree or equivalent in a domain science. 4 years, preferably in a Redhat Linux administration Experience in a large-scale HPC cluster environment Experience with parallel file systems and storage Experience with archival storage and tape libraries Experience with networking and security Working knowledge of databases and web services Experience in Infiniband, Gigabit Ethernet Experience in an academic or research community environment Script and programming experience Must be an expert troubleshooter Preferred:

Advanced degree Experience with TSM, GPFS, LSF

Designs, deploys and maintains HPC clusters with over 30,000 cores with Infiniband, 40+ petabytes of data storage and databases in production. Designs and develops scripts for system administration, monitoring and usage reporting.

Designs and develops scripts for system regression test and performance (file systems, scheduler, interconnect, high availability, etc.). Troubleshoots, isolates and resolves application, system and other technical problems (hardware, software, and network). Maintains, tunes and manages computational, data and workflow systems for MSSM researchers and scientists.

Helps define and deploy a comprehensive computational and data vision. Researches, deploys and optimizes resource management and scheduling software and policies.

Develops and implements backup policies.

Understands research use cases, researches and deploys new technologies, defining cost, performance and other trade-offs. Answers and resolves user tickets.

Participates in the integration of HPC resources with laboratory equipment such as sequencers, etc.

Designs, tunes and manages parallel file systems, storage and data-oriented resources. Manages and maintains tools for configuration management, resource management, scheduling and all necessary aspects of HPC in accordance with best practices.

Researches, deploys and manages networking and security infrastructure, including development of policies and procedures.

Partners with other peers regionally, nationally and internationally to discover, propose and deploy a world-class research infrastructure for Mount Sinai. Assists in developing and writing proposals and publications.

Creates and provides clear documentation.

Works as a strong team player within the group, within Mount Sinai, and externally. Provide after hours support in case of a critical system issue. Performs other related duties as assigned or requested