Victorian Partnership for Advanced Compu ting,Systems Administrator / Engineer Job Vacancy in Australia

Prestigious Organisation
Agile and Lean Environment
Great Tech Team Culture

V3 Alliance is a not for profit r

egistered Research
Service Provider, established in 2000 by a consortium of Victorian
Universities. V3 Alliance operates a High Performance Computer (HPC)
centre of expertise that designs, manages and installs innovative HPC and
specialist Cloud application solutions to Academic, Government and Industry
Research Organisations.

V3 delivers a wide range of managed HPC and Cloud
services, training and support, as well as professional R&D services in
Advanced Computing, Visualisation, Virtual Worlds and Simulations,
Computational Engineering, Spatial Information, Data Management, Health, and
Life Sciences. We support diverse fields that are dependent on
computational modelling and simulation, informatics, data management and
analysis, and are ISO9001 certified.

We have an immediate opening for an experience Systems
Administrator / Engineer to support our installation and technical support
program for our academic, industry and government partners.

The role would ideally suit a person with strong
technical skills in linux system administration with an interest in deployment
and operational support of high performance computing systems.

The successful applicant will have 4 years relevant
system administration experience, qualifications in a computer science or a
relevant discipline that includes computer related, mathematics or science
courses relevant to the position, and/or substantial relevant experience.

We offer an eclectic and challenging environment,
providing scope to engage in a wide range of advanced technologies and products
from networks, servers, and desktops through to supercomputing.

Key Selection Criteria

Essential

Tertiary qualification in Computer Science or a
relevant discipline that includes computer related, mathematics or science
courses relevant to the position, and/or substantial relevant experience.
and related network administration of
complex computer systems, specifically Linux and servers;
Demonstrated ability in networking systems and
software including DNS and TCP / IP;
Demonstrated experience with a parallel file
system, eg GPFS or Lustre;
Proven experience with configuration management
tools such as Puppet;
Experience using and extending existing Nagios
infrastructure;
Experience with backup software including Bacula
and Tivoli;
Proven experience with Linux clusters, Virtual
Machines, and Mac OS;
Ability to program using a variety of scripting
languages, including Perl, Bash and Python;
Awareness of technology trends relevant to
scientific and advanced computing;
Understanding of service management and change
management;
Experience working within a complex IT Department
in an overall capacity is desirable;
Well developed communication skills, both oral
and written;
Ability to work in a team environment;
Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines

Desirable

Experience in Windows Administration including
Samba;
Project Management expertise;
Knowledge of LDAP directory software;
Knowledge of or experience in version control
systems such as subversion and git;
Experience administrating ticket tracking
systems.