Infrastructure Solutions Architect #1023408
Job Description:

• Basic HPC security
• Implementing and maintaining data management infrastructure
• Providing support for SAN and NAS storage, backup/recovery environments and virtualization infrastructure by implementing, managing, and monitoring the hardware and software
• Playing a major role in the security, disaster recovery and services continuity of a highly available enterprise storage and backup infrastructure by following established procedures and compliance requirements
• Technical support (installation, configuration, maintenance, upgrade, retirement, troubleshooting).
• Configuration management using frameworks such as Ansible, Puppet, and Chef.
• Administration of high-speed network storage systems including Mellanox switches, and NAS Cluster.
• Managing, configuring, and supporting cloud systems such as setting up, maintaining, and troubleshooting cloud compute engines and storage buckets
• Managing databases(eg:SQL Server, PostGreSQL , MySQL, Oracle)
• Assisting staff to access and utilize computing resources
• Co-ordinating with Labs and DTMB staff on maintaining and managing the computational resources

 
Skills & Experiences

• 10+ years experience with the Linux CLI environment and coding languages such as R, Python, Bash
• 10+ years experience with workload management systems such as SLURM
• 10+ years experience with setting up HPC systems including identifying suitable hardware and software needs
• 10+ years experience with setting up and managing databases such as PostgreSQL
• 10+ years experience performing System Administration including installation, configuration, and support software, packages, and libraries in various environments
• 10+ years experience with Network Appliance clustered servers and applicable software
• 10+ years experience with hands-on troubleshooting, issue resolution, discrepancy tracking, and report generation
• 10+ years experience with Linux configuration regarding Storage, Networking, Load Balancing, Memory Management, VMs, Firewalls, and System Monitoring
• 10+ years experience with computer security
• Knowledge of package management systems such as conda, Docker and Singularity
• Knowledge of automation tools such as Ansible or Puppet and NextFlow
• Experience with cloud computing (setting up compute engines, storage buckets)
• Strong knowledge of enterprise storage solutions
• Familiar with software frameworks used for searching, monitoring, and analyzing big data
• Ability to provide good recommendations, and guidance for storage and cost savings for Labs
• Knowledge and experience in HL7 messaging
• Ability to review and interpret web.config files for plugins and interpret them
• Ability to review logs(for eg:IIS logs, Dynatrace logs, etc) to make sure that there is no excess resource utilization and no peaks or spikes occurring on the web/app server
• Knowledge in ClouFlare, ForcePoint and the related rule(for eg.C86 rule) and the policies
• Ability to understand the existing junction configuration to the application and review those settings in case of a break
• Help the team with setting up Failover environment for Apps
• Help the team to complete the Disaster Recovery(DR) Plan and DR Testing
• Knowledge on CDC hosted apps(preferred, not a requirement)

 
Top Skills & Years of Experience:

• 10+ years in Linux system administration (Ubuntu, CLI, security, networking)
• 10+ years in Bash & Python scripting, with pipeline automation experience (e.g., Nextflow)
• 10+ years in Slurm workload manager – installation, configuration, and job troubleshooting
• 10+ years in cluster and storage management, including NAS (Qumulo), rsync, and mount strategies

 
Additional Info:
 
At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra.  We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.
We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years!
FastTek Global is a financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused.
We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.
Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:
 

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

 
Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.
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