Reporting to the Center for Vital Longevity’s Associate Director, this is a systems engineer with a background in a High Performance Computing environment. To collaborate with and support center personnel, the engineer must have demonstrated a consultative customer service attitude in prior roles in similar organizations. Primary responsibilities include: the ability to build and run the underlying storage and high-performance computer systems that form the foundation of HPC services. The engineer ensures systems are secure, available, and reliable. They must have broad industry knowledge of hardware and software services involved in building and operating HPC environments.

This position is responsible for provisioning, deploying, administering, monitoring, maintaining, troubleshooting, upgrading, and patching high performance computational (HPC) resources and related research services supporting the operations of the Center for Vital Longevity (CVL). The engineer will collaborate closely with the HPC Operations team at the University of Texas, Dallas. The engineer will demonstrate a customer service mindset and adapt with agility to different work styles. They will interact with employees and stakeholders in a positive, productive, and appropriately stratified manner at various levels. The applicant must be self-motivated to stay abreast of applicable new technologies and technical methodologies to advance their productivity and career path. This engineer will produce effective, timely results both on individual projects and in team projects of all sizes. The engineer will have a good understanding of HPC solutions, architecture, and Linux administration. The engineer will have additional responsibility to document processes, procedures, system configurations, services and to place configuration information within our configuration management systems.

No degree – Six years recent applicable experience
Associate Degree with 4 years applicable experience
Bachelor’s Degree with 2 years applicable experience

Expected areas of expertise and duties will include proficiency in the following:

1) All employees serve as a representative of the University and are expected to display respect, civility, professional courtesy, consideration of others and discretion in all interactions with members of the UT Dallas community and the general public.

2) The University of Texas at Dallas is committed to providing an educational, living, and working environment that is welcoming, respectful, and inclusive of all members of the university community. UT Dallas does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, genetic information, or veteran status in its services, programs, activities, employment, and education, including in admission and enrollment. EOE, including disability/veterans. The University is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodation in the employment application and interview process, contact the ADA Coordinator. For inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies, contact the Title IX Coordinator.