HPC SYSTEMS ENGINEER

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UW Information Technology (UW-IT) is the central information technology organization for the University of Washington, responsible for strategic planning, oversight, and direction of the UW’s IT infrastructure, resources, and services. UW-IT provides critical technology support to all three campuses, UW Medicine, and research operations around the world, partnering with the UW community to enable innovation, learning, discovery, and service."

The Research Cyberinfrastructure group within the University’s central IT organization designs, implements, and operates Linux-based High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters and storage systems to offer UW researchers cost-effective yet powerful high-performance computing options that unlock new possibilities for their research.

This position focuses on supporting HPC efforts for the research computing group, while providing expertise and support to other endeavors when needed. This position requires a team-oriented professional, experienced in managing large IT systems for research using automated and software-defined approaches. This position regularly interfaces with other UW-IT teams as well as research customers across campus.

Expertise in process automation, software development, Linux system administration, attention to detail, eagerness to evaluate and push new technologies, an optimistic “can do” disposition, collaborative growth mindset, and a customer-centric perspective are all key for success in this role.

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