Recruitment/Posting Title System Admin III Job Category Staff & Executive - Information Technology Department Office of Advanced Research Computing Overview Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, stands among the nation’s highest-ranked, most diverse public research universities. The oldest, largest, and top-ranked public university in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area, you’ll find us at our main locations in three New Jersey cities, and our footprint can be seen around the region. As one of the nation’s most diverse universities, Rutgers draws strength from the rich variety of perspectives and life experiences of our community. We’re an academic, health, and research powerhouse and a university of opportunity.The Office of Information Technology (OIT) is Rutgers’ enterprise IT office. OIT provides university wide services and support and collaborates with department and unit IT professionals on projects and initiatives for the Rutgers community. OIT’s services and systems include the Rutgers network; email and calendaring systems; IDs/passwords and identity management; data centers; computer labs; help desk support; wireless connectivity; a software portal; information security, risk, and compliance services; research computing; and many others. OIT’s staff members work closely with the broader university community to advance Rutgers’ missions of teaching, research, and service. For more information, please visit https://it.rutgers.edu. Posting Summary Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey is seeking a Systems Administrator III for the Office of Advanced Research Computing (OARC). OARC is a large and diverse team working to create an outstanding environment for research computing at Rutgers. A key part of OARC’s responsibility to the University is to ensure that we are seeking and supporting the best solutions for constantly evolving computational research challenges. Doing that effectively requires us to carefully address the needs of the community we serve and to ensure that our support networks are diverse, inclusive, and equitable. Diversity is welcome and encouraged here because it fuels innovation and ensures exploration of the broadest range of possible solutions to research problems. Inclusivity and respect for all points of view empower the decision making and policy development that are the framework of a productive research support organization. Prioritizing equity ensures access to resources needed to support the ideas, initiatives, and efforts of all contributors to our research support operations. Above all, we value our team members and their unique capabilities, interests, and experiences that, in concert, form OARC’s mission and vision.


Among the key duties of this position are the following: Supports the university’s Advanced Research Computing (ARC) infrastructure, including High Performance Computing (HPC), High-Throughput Computing (HTC), and Data-Intensive Computing environments. Manages High Performance Computing services in a multiuser environment. Helps build relationships in Rutgers’ research community and gathering requirements. Manages end-user accounts and usage utilizing queuing software (schedulers) and other tools. Provides system services and analyze system performance for stakeholders, internal teams and intended end users. Assists with all activities necessary to activate new operating systems or new releases of an existing systems, including analysis, design, implementation, and related documentation. Assists with all activities necessary to expand an existing operating system or significant expansion of an existing system, including analysis, design, implementation, and related documentation. Assists analyzing systems performance and modify programs to increase the efficiency of operation. Assists with reinstatement of integrity of system as quickly as possible following an outage in order to minimize work and data loss. Participates in on-call rotation. Works with the rest of the OARC team in the development of training materials and user education for internal and external use as needed. Understands and adheres to Rutgers’ compliance standards as they appear in RBHS’s Corporate Compliance Policy, Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy. Performs other related duties as assigned. Conceives, develops, optimizes, integrates, and maintains HPC systems, technical operation and continued development of HPC, on-site cloud infrastructure and storage services. Provides hardware, software, and end-user administration and support to a diverse group of end users that need access to ARC resources. Operates as a member of the ARC team with focus on one of the University’s campuses. Position Status Full Time Hours Per Week Daily Work Shift Work Arrangement FLSA Exempt Grade 29S Position Salary Annual Minimum Salary 83493.00 Annual Mid Range Salary 100558.00 Annual Maximum Salary 119659.00 Standard Hours 37.50 Union Description HPAE 5094 Payroll Designation PeopleSoft Benefits Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.



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