One of Myticas Consulting's direct clients is seeking a DAOS System Administrator for a 100% Remote contract position.

NOTE: W2 Only and Must be a US Citizen.

Job Description

Seeking an HPE DAOS (Distributed Asynchronous Object Storage) System Administrator for a confidential client, to provide daily support, issue resolution, and system maintenance for high-performance computing (HPC) storage systems. The role involves managing system health, coordinating with teams and HPE, performing diagnostics, and ensuring the functionality of large-scale distributed storage.

The Core Tasks May Include

Service delivery

Log in to HPC system storage components and run commands and scripts to manage and maintain the system health and performance
Review log files for errors and warnings indicating possible issues with system health and performance, and collaborate with customers and HPE on resolution
Plan ahead and exercise appropriate caution and care when executing privilege-level commands
Collaborate with team members using face-to-face, phone, and online communication including email, Teams, and Slack
Support planning and scheduling of system software upgrades including estimation of time and effort required to complete
The Subcontractor will provide three (3) months of DAOS SME oversight in addition to the the Subcontractor designated support TSE
The Subcontractor designated TSE will have direct access to the DAOS SME as well as the development and testing team for ongoing elevated technical issues or concerns including product training

Issue resolution

Participate in regular team discussions of system issues and follow-up on assigned tasks
Perform triage and diagnosis of issues to DAOS storage
Prescribe HW actions to be taken for repairs
Provide status to Site Team Lead and/or directly to customer
Create new Cases (if necessary) and elevate Cases to Level 2/Level 3 support as needed difficult problem diagnostics or issue resolution

Client coordination

Specific touchpoints and roles & responsibilities between ANL system administrators and HPE system administrators may vary according to ALCF needs and service level specific to DAOS.
Professional development
Complete required training when assigned on specialized storage operating systems in a timely manner.
Maintain training and certification prescribed by the Subcontractor and/or ALCF.
Monitor HPE technical communications (e.g. field notices) for awareness of potential issues that could be encountered on the system at their site.
In addition to the Services defined throughout this Proposal, the Subcontractor shall coordinate activities of all HPE resources.

Required Knowledge, Skills/Experience

Must have experience in operating high-performance storage systems.
Must have experience with computer hardware.
Must have experience with Linux administration, including command-line operations.
Must be proficient in scripting languages for automation.
Experience with HPC clusters is preferred.
Experience in distributed storage systems, especially in large-scale environments, is required.

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