Bangalore work from office only

Contract 2 hire

Key Responsibilities

Linux Skills
Familiarity with one, or more, shell environments (BASH, sh, tcsh, ksh, etc.)
Experience administering Linux (boot process, file systems, kernel modules)
Familiarity with core OS services such as: SSH, telnet, FTP, NFS, DNS, DHCP, Samba, LDAP
Familiarity with networking tools (ping, tracert, tracemon, tcpdump, etc.)
Understanding of the OSI model and related concepts

Cluster Administration
Install, configure, and maintain Linux-based compute and login nodes.
Manage workload schedulers (e.g., Slurm, PBS Pro) and optimize job throughput and queue performance.
Oversee software provisioning, OS image deployment, and firmware updates across thousands of nodes.
Manage HPC management frameworks such as HPE Performance Cluster Manager (HPCM), Bright Cluster Manager, or equivalent.

Networking & Interconnect
Monitor and tune high-speed fabrics such as InfiniBand (HDR/NDR) including subnet managers (UFM, OpenSM) and link diagnostics.
Need to ensure low latency, congestion-free data paths across compute and storage.

Monitoring & Automation
Implement comprehensive cluster monitoring using tools like Grafana, Prometheus, Nagios or Opsramp.




Develop automation and orchestration scripts (Bash, Python, Ansible) for provisioning, health checks, and performance tuning.
Proactively identify performance bottlenecks and propose corrective actions.

Security & Compliance
Maintain secure authentication, role-based access, and audit controls across nodes.
Apply patches, enforce configuration management, and ensure compliance with organizational IT policies.

Qualifications

Essential:
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field.
Solid experience in Linux systems administration (RHEL/SLES/Ubuntu) in an HPC or data center environment.
Minimum 5 years of experience in HPC administration is valuable.
Hands-on expertise with Slurm, PBS Pro job schedulers.
Familiarity with InfiniBand networking
Proficiency in scripting (Bash, Python, or Ansible) and version control (Git).
Valuable knowledge about the HPE Proliant Gen 10 or Gen11 servers is preferable.

Desirable:
Experience with containerized HPC (Singularity/Apptainer/Docker) and Kubernetes integration.
Basic understanding of VMware is valuable.

Familiarity with Lustre/GPFS filesystems

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🏢 Ifinsol Global
📍 Bengaluru