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Systems Administrator 3

Illinois💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-11 → 2026-09-27

Core

Design, operate, and secure computing infrastructure for a Computer Science department, focusing on research computing systems, HPC, networking, and storage.

Role type

Mid-level Systems Administrator (Infrastructure & HPC)

Builds

Research computing systems, workstations, servers, storage, and networking environments for faculty and researchers.

Domain

Higher Education / Computer Science / High-Performance Computing

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Linux administration, TCP/IP networking, server management, backup procedures, intrusion detection, system patching, configuration management (Puppet/Ansible), scripting (Python/Bash), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes/Nomad), incident response, disaster recovery planning.

Preferred skills

Multi-platform environment management, web server administration (Apache/Nginx), cluster architecture management, SLURM experience, enterprise networking (routing/switching), hardware firewall configuration.

Technologies

Linux, Puppet, Ansible, Python, Bash, Docker, Kubernetes, Nomad, Apache, Nginx, SLURM, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP

Responsibilities

Administer and maintain OS, servers, and storage; plan and execute system upgrades and migrations; manage core infrastructure services (DNS, DHCP, authentication); monitor system health and performance; lead large-scale infrastructure projects; support faculty and researchers with technical solutions; participate in incident response and disaster recovery.

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC

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