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Sci Info Services Systems Administrator
$80,000 - 115,000
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Rio Road East 1618, Charlottesville
$80,000 - 115,000
Requirements
Must:
- Bachelors degree in computer science, information systems, astronomy, physics, or comparable professional experience
- Minimum four years of experience as a Linux systems administrator in critical or scientific computing settings
- Familiarity with high-data-rate scientific pipelines, such as radio astronomy, genomics, or earth observation (preferred but not mandatory)
- Working knowledge of VictoriaMetrics, Ceph, SLURM, and Prometheus/Grafana/Loki stacks (advantageous)
- Experience with both agile and traditional project management methodologies
- Basic knowledge of the Next Generation Archive System (NGAS) software (a plus)
Technologies
Ceph
Confluence
DMS
Flow
Kanban
Responsibilities
- Oversee the execution and lifecycle of RHEL-based systems for scientific data processing and archiving
- Support management of the scientific data flow from the Joint ALMA Observatory (JAO) in Santiago, Chile, to the NRAO Science Center
- Deploy ALMA software within our Docker environments in collaboration with JAO and other ALMA Regional Centers (ARC)
- Deploy the CASA software package
- Monitor data flow, storage efficacy, and system performance for archive and pipeline systems
- Create and sustain automation tools in Python and SQL for pipeline health monitoring, operational metric generation, and alerting
- Act as a Level-3 escalation point for production issues; perform root-cause analyses and author post-mortem documents
- Resolve elevated support tickets, ensuring timely communication of status during incidents
- Engage in agile development processes (two-week sprints, daily meetings, Jira/Confluence) to enhance stakeholder projects
- Contribute to the NRAO Common Computing Environment initiative for standardization and knowledge sharing
- Travel occasionally to NRAO sites, including the Very Large Array (VLA) and ALMA in Chile
Description
We are the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, a respected research and development organization pivotal in exploring the universe. Our facility serves as a meeting point for technological and scientific collaboration, operating advanced radio telescope facilities for the global scientific community. We host conferences and workshops for idea exchange and partnership development. We are currently seeking a skilled Systems Administrator to join our Science Information Services Operations Group. This important position merges extensive systems knowledge with operational management, directly contributing to critical scientific missions. The role is situated at our headquarters in Charlottesville, Virginia, and offers a competitive salary range of $80,000 to $115,000, alongside a robust benefits package that includes paid time off, health plans effective on the first day of employment, and retirement contributions.
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