Employment Opportunities at LONI

Information Technology Analyst 1, 2, 3 Or Consultant

Storage Specialist

The National Science Foundation awarded the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI) a prestigious grant for $2.2 million that allows Louisiana to join the TeraGrid, a backbone of national cyberinfrastructure. TeraGrid is a nationwide, NSF-funded research infrastructure that incorporates high-performance computing resources at nine sites across the country. The award will fund initiatives for Louisiana researchers to develop broader use of LONI resources as well as underwrite the operations costs associated with joining TeraGrid.

As a member of TeraGrid, LONI will contribute one half of its centerpiece supercomputer, Queen Bee's, computational cycles to the TeraGrid community. LONI researchers will in turn be able to utilize the TeraGrid's national resources. This will give Louisiana researchers better opportunities to collaborate on nationwide scientific research projects and give LONI experience supporting a national user community.

High Performance Computing (HPC) which provides support for LONI consists of Louisiana State University's Center for Computation & Technology (CCT) and Information Technology Services (ITS). Due to this prestigious two year grant award, HPC will be hiring an IT Analyst 1, 2, 3, OR Consultant (Storage Specialist).

Responsibilities

• Installs, configures, maintains, updates new and existing storage systems for HPC/CCT;
• assists system administrators with storage integration;
• monitors usage;
• optimizes performance;
• reports usage;
• manages quota;
• predicts future directions for storage architecture;
• performs professional initiatives including, but not limited to representation of CCT, LSU and LONI in statewide, national, or international forums or partnerships;
• researches emerging trends in HPC and development of potential HPC solutions for LSU and LONI;
• participates in professional improvement or training activities;
• performs other duties as assigned by the Manager of Unix Systems in HPC, the Director of HPC, the CTO of CCT or their designee.

Required Qualifications

(All positions)

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related scientific or engineering field;

(Analyst 2)

• two years of experience with Linux and UNIX operating systems with an emphasis on storage technologies;

(Analyst 3)

• four years of experience with Linux and UNIX operating systems with an emphasis on storage technologies;

(Consultant)

• five years of experience with Linux and UNIX operating systems with an emphasis on storage technologies;
• Master's degree in related field will substitute for two years of experience;
• experience with scripting languages (shell, perl, python, etc.);
• excellent oral and written communications skills with a proven ability to prepare and deliver technical presentations on specialized topics and write and publish technical papers and documentation.

Additional Qualifications

• Experience managing GPFS, Lustre, Panfs or other high performance parallel file systems;
• experience with quota management and user support;
• experience with IDE, SATA, SAS, Fiber Channel configuration, SANs;
• experience monitoring and maintenance of disk subsystems;
• demonstrated administration knowledge of HPC Linux systems.

Application Process

An offer of employment is contingent on a satisfactory pre-employment background check. Application deadline is November 2, 2007 or until a candidate is selected. Submit a letter of application and resume (including e-mail address), electronic submission is preferred, to:

Contact

HPC Search Committee
216 Johnston Hall
Louisiana State University
Ref: #032113
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
E-mail: jobs@cct.lsu.edu

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