Grand Valley State University - Research Computing Specialist

paid / Allendale, MI / full-time


Experience with Linux, Slurm, HPC environments.
Familiarity with and demonstrated utilization of scripting (examples, Python, R, etc.)
Active Directory administration.
Microsoft Hyper-V or VMWare administration.

Summary

This position is responsible for monitoring, supporting, and optimizing research computing systems across environments.

PRIMARY DUTIES

  1. Manage the daily operations of the Academic Research Computing (ARC) team across colleges, working directly with faculty, students, and staff to provide exemplary service.
  2. Directly supporting students and faculty in their academic research and curricular computing needs.
  3. Ensure high availability of advanced technologies through monitoring of lab environments both virtual and physical.
  4. Marshal research projects through onboarding, maintenance, and offboarding processes while ensuring compliance with applicable regulations (HIPAA, FERPA, GDPR etc).
  5. Regularly collaborate with team members, internal offices, vendors, and suppliers in support of enterprise-class research applications and platforms from various product portfolios.
  6. Monitor, maintain, support, and optimize enterprise research systems to ensure minimum disruption to students, faculty, and staff.
  7. Ensure designated platforms and solutions are following internal standards and adhere to internal policies.
  8. Provide advanced support for requests escalated from IT-Services front line support and other team members, taking ownership to thoroughly identify, document, and resolve issues.
  9. Serve as subject matter expert in multiple technologies, maintaining in-depth technical and functional awareness and competency in assigned areas as they relate to academic research computing.
  10. Prepare operational and technical documentation for multiple audiences, maintain related knowledge base article content.
  11. Maintain awareness of industry trends and emerging technologies to recommend growth opportunities for the team and to apply new skills to day-to-day work.
  12. Perform other duties as required/assigned by manager.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Minimum two years professional experience demonstrating the following:
    • Technical expertise and demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft operating systems in both virtual and physical computing environments.
    • Experience working in a multi-disciplinary team and ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and end users possessing varying technical skillsets.
    • Ability to gather and refine requirements to thoroughly understand requests, then document proposed scope of work to implement solutions.
    • Knowledge of modern IT infrastructure and computing environments including on-prem, hybrid, and cloud-based technologies for servers, storage, and networking.
    • Working knowledge of client/server networking protocols and components including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, etc.
    • Understanding and demonstrated experience working with one or more of HIPAA, FERPA, GDPR protected data security.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES PREFERRED

  • Advanced degree or technical certification in relevant area of expertise.
  • Experience working in or supporting technology for higher education settings.
  • Experience with Linux, Slurm, HPC environments.
  • 2 or more years professional experience with the following:
  • Familiarity with and demonstrated utilization of scripting (examples, Python, R, etc.)
  • Active Directory administration.
  • Microsoft Hyper-V or VMWare administration.
  • Knowledge of Monitoring and Management Platforms.
  • Knowledge of system security.

This position is responsible for monitoring, supporting, and optimizing research computing systems across environments.


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